It was probably best that he hid from her the fact that he had effectively become King of Beasts; there was no telling what she would do if she learned of that. It was possible that her head would explode from how much she revered him.
"You have done well," Rui's tone was sincere and earnest. "I may have broken you through to the Apprentice Realm, but you have broken through to the subsequent Realms of your merit in a remarkable amount of time. You are worthy of the breakthrough I gave you."
Her eyes began tearing up as she gained precious words of validation and acknowledgment from the one she harbored deep reverence for.
"Now, tell me more about your Martial Path as we go through the sect," Rui remarked. "I intend to go through the collected contributions of Adaptive Evolution soon, but a Martial Master with Adaptive Evolution is more valuable to me."
