And from the time she broke through to the Eighth Heaven until now, it had only been a few decades.
Only a few decades—and she was already on the verge of stepping into the Ninth Heaven, at an age barely over a hundred?
Such an achievement—even if a Supreme being were to be reborn and cultivate anew—might still find it hard to rival!
[Su Lingyuan: Master!!! You're about to break through to the Ninth Heaven???]
It wasn't only Shui Qianrou and the Lu sisters who were shaken by Dantai Jinglian's and Luo Huangjun's words.
Su Lingyuan, hearing this news for the first time, was just as stunned.
[Luo Huangjun: Mm. This matter must not be spread.]
[Dantai Jinglian: Junior Sister? I was just wondering—didn't you tell me earlier that you could no longer suppress your breakthrough? Why do you still have the leisure to chat with us in this group now?]
[Luo Huangjun: It's fine. Suppressing it for a short while longer is still possible.]
I knew it—you were just showing off before!
Seeing this, Dantai Jinglian couldn't help but complain inwardly.
[Shui Qianrou: Then how can we, like Senior Sisters, obtain that Highest-Grade Reward?]
Shui Qianrou asked the question she cared about the most.
[Dantai Jinglian: That brings us back to what I previously said about Nephew Chu.]
[Dantai Jinglian: It's actually quite simple—just keep improving his impression and favorability toward you. Once that keeps rising, you will naturally receive the rewards.]
[Dantai Jinglian: If you're willing to throw caution to the wind and offer yourself to Nephew Chu proactively, then raising his favorability would only take an instant.]
[Dantai Jinglian: Speaking of which, Nephew Chu is still a virgin now. If you become the first woman to share skin-to-skin intimacy with him, then I'm afraid…]
Dantai Jinglian's words were full of temptation, as though she were luring someone into committing a crime.
[Luo Huangjun: Senior Sister! ]
Luo Huangjun could no longer listen on and immediately spoke up to stop her.
Yet a sense of crisis had already surged in her heart.
If someone truly got ahead of her with Chu Ge…
Just the thought of it made her feel utterly unable to accept it.
[Su Lingyuan: Senior Aunt, what are you saying?! That's so embarrassing! Junior Brother is very easy to get along with. Martial Aunt and the two Junior Sisters can check the favorability values Junior Brother has toward you in your replica panels.]
[Shui Qianrou: Mine is 71.]
[Lu Fuyao: Mine is 59.]
[Lu Tingni: Mine is 58. Master? Why is yours so high?]
Inside the room, Shui Qianrou shot Lu Tingni a glance.
"You're right beside your teacher—there's no need to specifically ask in the group."
"It's probably because that day I gave Nephew Chu quite a lot of pills."
That was what she said, yet Shui Qianrou couldn't help but recall the faint, ambiguous moment that had occurred between herself and Chu Ge that day.
That sentence—'What I want is you, the person'—quietly echoed again in her heart.
As for what Dantai Jinglian said about proactively offering oneself, Shui Qianrou was utterly disdainful of such behavior—of selling one's own body in exchange for benefits.
Opportunities and fortunes were indeed incredibly tempting.
But she, Shui Qianrou, had stepped into the Great Ability realm at such an age and possessed a remarkably refined alchemy path.
Naturally, she had a pride that belonged solely to herself.
Offering oneself in exchange for benefits—that kind of act had already crossed her bottom line.
If it were anyone else, she would never consider it at all.
But if the target were Chu Ge…