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"I don't know what you mean." Hua Ruge asked.
Patriarch Tian laughed: "Patriarch Hua is a smart person, I have high hopes for you, if you are willing, I will let you have a bright future."
Hua Ruge had a face full of thought, but he did not speak.
"Since you've started to cherish me, I won't hide this from you. I have forces in the Tian Family that are on par with you, as long as you intend to become a main disciple, then at that time, your achievements and knowledge will not only be in this area." The Patriarch Tian continued.
Hua Ruge revealed a smile: "I am indebted to senior's kindness, but you have also seen this junior's personality. I am not restricted by the sect, and at that time it would not be good for me to cause you any trouble."
"If it's this, then you don't have to worry about it. The sect will only teach you the skills, and they won't hold you back too much." The Patriarch Tian continued, "I know this matter is too sudden for you, so you don't have to answer me in a hurry.
Hearing his words, Hua Ruge did not seem to be able to directly reject him, thus he said: "Alright, in two days I will give Senior an answer."
"Then I won't detain you." Patriarch Tian stood up and said with a smile: "Patriarch Hua, take care."
"You're welcome." Hua Ruge stood up and cupped his fists, then followed the manager out.
Just as she was walking out, Tian Sheng walked out from the tea room and asked: "Father, will she agree?"
"Nope." Patriarch Tian looked outside the door, his eyes squinted: "Just like what she said, she asked for freedom and freedom. Everything is going smoothly now, so how could she listen to me?"
"What does father mean?"
"Her temper is too untamed, and she won't be able to walk far. She should temper herself a bit, as this will benefit her as well." The Patriarch Tian said indifferently.
Tian Sheng nodded his head: "Father's words are reasonable."
After Hua Ruge walked out of the residence's gate, his figure disappeared into the streets, and in the next moment, he reappeared in his room.
Tuoba Rui was sitting by the side of the table, reading a book. In reality, he had not flipped to a few pages, and had been thinking about Hua Ruge the entire night.
"Looking at your unhappy appearance, it seems like she didn't ask you to be her daughter-in-law?" He put down the book and lightly mocked.
Hua Ruge laughed, "Why do you still bear a grudge?"
"Come here." Tuoba Rui opened up one of his arms.
Hua Ruge walked over and sat on his body, but her expression was still a bit heavy, unlike her usual high spirits.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Tian Family wants to rope me in, to let me join some kind of sect. I refused and still insist on letting me think about it." Hua Ruge cut a long story short.
Tuoba Rui thought for a moment and said: "This proves that he appreciates you. Is there a problem?"
"There's nothing wrong with it." Hua Ruge pondered for a moment, and said uncertainly: "But I tested him, and the results made me feel very strange."
"Hmm?"
"I pretended that I didn't understand his invitation to speak frankly, but he still didn't say where the power above him came from." Hua Ruge spread his hands.
Tuoba Rui raised his eyebrows and said: "You are suspecting that his influence is not that glorious."
"Could it be that I'm overthinking it?" Hua Ruge said uncertainly.
"You still have to have the mindset to guard against others." Tuoba Rui thought for a while and said: "I'll reject it immediately after two days, there's no need to hold back."
Hua Ruge nodded: "I know."
Tuoba Rui looked at her condition, and said satisfied: "Not bad, you didn't come back drunk today."1
"With you here, I have to dare." Hua Ruge muttered softly.
"Hmm?" Tuoba Rui's tone rose.
Hua Ruge immediately smiled apologetically: "I'm saying that it's not good for girls to drink outside, and it's not good for their health."
"You." Tuoba Rui laughed helplessly and then carried her to bed.
In the following two days, the curtains for the competition had been drawn. Hua Ruge was finally free and had time to train in seclusion.
She sent someone to recover her Tian Family, then explained everything that she asked Tuoba Rui to do before going into closed door cultivation.
She had made ample preparations for this seclusion. She had kept all the treasures that she had cut out from the arena a few days ago and had also checked the usage of the Heaven grade spirit crystal. Everything was ready.
Taking two deep breaths, she started to circulate her Exterminating Heavenly Scripture and started to cultivate.
Outside, Tuoba Rui had received the news from the Shui Family the same day. They said that everything was going well over there, and that Young Master Wu Hen's body had basically recovered.
He did not relax after learning of the situation. Instead, he informed Shui Family that they could not break the communication and wanted to send a message back in time.
The Shui Family members left immediately.
Tuoba Rui then began to plot and send people to talk about Zhan Jia and the Lie Family. Borrowing the advantage of the mines and resources, he could at least scam a family and beat them to death.
He was very sure that he would have to wait for Hua Ruge to come out of seclusion to give her the good news.
Patriarch Tian wasn't surprised by the news of Hua Ruge's rejection, but calmly accepted it.
Hua Ruge had been in closed-door training for seven days. She first let the Devouring Beast swallow those Exquisite Spirit Crystal and then led the energy cultivation to a breakthrough.
After that, she used two more days to stabilize her realm so that she could completely stop herself from reaching the level of her Extreme Human Stage.
The longer she spent on cultivation of Exterminating Heavenly Scripture, the stronger she got. This time, she had more experience battling experts, so her cultivation technique improved greatly as well. Her Core Formation Stage had reached the large success stage and formed a soybean-sized Jindan in her Dantian.
The golden pellet was the source of all spirit energy, and in the instant Hua Ruge formed the golden pellet, he felt that his power was many times purer than before.
This kind of change might not show up when facing opponents of the same cultivation level, because she already had an absolute advantage, but in a situation like this where she was challenging someone of the same cultivation level, it was very obvious.
After her strength had advanced, she spent another two days using that spirit crystal to repair her soul. After absorbing the power of the spirit crystal, her damaged soul was also completely restored.
The memories she had lost began to reappear bit by bit. The scenes in her mind became clearer and clearer. She remembered everything from her previous life, this life, everything that she should have remembered.
When she opened her eyes again, her first words were, "So I'm not from here. The twenty-first century, thinking about it is really far away."
She stood up, shook her clothes, and pushed open the door to let the sunlight shine on her.
She exhaled comfortably and said: "I, Hua Ruge, am back."
Of course, she had also recovered her memories of Tuoba Rui. Only now did she know that his recent gentleness was mostly an act, and she didn't know how special and tyrannical he was before.
While lamenting that she had boarded a pirate ship, she couldn't help but want to share her feelings with him.
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