CHAPTER 69: THE ENIGMATIC BEAUTY’S THOUGHTS

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

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’This boy might really be one of them...’ looking at the young man already going at meditation for almost nine hours straight starting from when he the mysterious lady asked him whether he got tired, and seeing that he does seems to get even more well rested than before, the lady confirmed that this young man is capable of replacing his rest with meditation, an extremely rare kind of ability for ascenders like them who improves their Immortal Energy.

’Even with my current strength, I can only go and meditate for a month straight, and after that I need to rest for a few days but...’ looking at the surging life force being absorbed by Azrael at a continues, fast rate, the lady paused her thought for a while as she starts using a skill to scan his body, allowing her to confirm that rather than his mental and physical health being deteriorated with continuous meditation, it is recovering and even improving instead.

’...Mhm, he definitely has that talent... maybe, there’s still hope for me...’ as she watches him improve his Immortal Energy consistently, thoughts of something pleasant starts popping up from the depths of her mind, hopes of achieving a very important thing once again surfacing from its suppression as she accepted something a long time ago, but with the existence of this young man, she thought that maybe, just maybe, she can still achieve that goal.

’I was only planning to pass on my meditation technique to him but... it looks like I need to help him grow up a bit faster than now...’ she thought to herself as she decide to put all effort to nurturing this young man, not only from the ulterior motive that she has but also, more of due to what she is feeling towards such talent.

’I can’t just let such a gem remain hidden in this junkyard, I should try to help him acquire a greater chance to reach his full potential’ she thought to herself as in her mind, she already starts sorting through all the experiences, as well as techniques that she acquired all throughout her years of challenging the Ethereal Tower, a place still covered in a thick fog of mystery even to mighty figures like them.

’Oh? This is a good one, based on his physique and skills, this is definitely going to be of help... this one as well, this... well, this doesn’t suit my taste so even if it is compatible with him, I’d rather not... oh, this one is good, this too...’ as she runs through all the techniques in her mind, she starts filtering them out based on two things.

The first being the technique’s compatibility with the young man she plans on nurturing to a powerhouse, and the second one, the more important criterion to her is her own taste, this criterion just proving her eccentricity even more.

’Well... I’d rather not share my memories with him, maybe I can just tell him about the things he need to know rather than transfer memories as well... damn it, if only I improved my mental power enough, I could’ve just extracted the knowledge from my memories and transfer that...’ after looking through feeling melancholic and nostalgic as she recalls her past, she couldn’t help but open her eyes in shame as she recalls what kind of lady she was back in the days.

Why wouldn’t she feel embarrassed? After all, she’s a lady who has a knack for beating up potential suitors here and there while indulging herself, not in carnal pleasure but rather in food and alcohol, enjoying her younger days like a decadent, second-generation young master rather than a proper lady born in a prestigious family.

After sorting through the things she plans on teaching this young man, things about the world and how he should deal with it, of course, based on her own principles and beliefs, she finally notices him opening his eyes, a clear smile on his handsome face that made even her, with all her experience feel like he might be within the top three of the most visually pleasing person she had ever encountered in her entire life.

’Of course, the first one is that beautiful little mirror right here~~’ she thought to herself as out of her spatial ring, she pulled out a small mirror and faced herself on it, narcissistically praising herself as she smiles and winks towards her reflection as if she’s charming herself.

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

[Detected an abundant amount of life force being absorbed and refined by the ascender. Maximum Immortal Energy +1]

Meanwhile, as the enigmatic beauty continues ’appreciating’ herself in the mirror, Azrael doesn’t even notice what she is currently doing as right now, he is occupied with dealing with all the notifications about his Immortal Energy increasing with his continuous meditation, all of the Immortal Energy he had just amassed amounting to this.

[Immortal Energy: 130/130]

’Holy... haha... a thirty percent increase... did I become even more handsome lately? I feel like lady luck is planning to turn me into her sugar baby after all these years of suffering I endured~’ looking at the amount of Immortal Energy he now has, Azrael jokingly thought to himself as he stood up from meditating position, his body feeling more energized than before, his limbs feeling as light as feather as if he can just jump and fly through the skies.

"How is it? The feeling of improving this fast is fun, right?" snapping him out of his reverie, the young man heard the enigmatic beauty’s words, the only way he can reply to her inquiries being a nod of agreement and nothing else.