Chapter 823: Under the Moonlight
Lachlan looked at Savannah, who had an ethereal and refined temperament that he could sense. It shocked and impressed him internally.
The former genius girl of the Graham family truly deserved the title of “genius.”
As the fallen and lowest-ranked ancient martial family, the Graham family had scarce cultivation resources.
However, Savannah, at less than twenty years old, had reached the peak of the Uppecia stage of cultivation, just one step away from entering Core Formation.
Unexpectedly, after joining the Hudpids Sect, her strength had made tremendous progress. Lachlan’s current Qi Refinement strength had reached the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, allowing him to see through Savannah’s depth.
This girl had actually reached the early stage of Nascent Soul? It left Lachlan even more astonished.
He believed that he had received inheritances and numerous opportunities, and his progress in strength was terrifying.
Even so, it was only a little over half a month ago that he officially entered the Nascent Soul Realm. Unexpectedly, Savannah, in the Qi Refinement Realm, had almost caught up to him?
As he looked at her, a thought arose in Lachlan’s mind: Did this girl break through to Nascent Soul and appear here at this time because she also represents the Hudpids Sect in the selection competition within the starry sky?
“Hey? Had enough of staring?” At this moment, Savannah ran over with a smiling face and, upon seeing Lachlan staring at her intently, couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him.
However, she wasn’t truly annoyed, just a little embarrassed and unnatural.
“Cough! Miss Graham, please don’t misunderstand. I was just amazed by your strength! You actually… reached Nascent Soul?” Lachlan coughed and explained awkwardly.
Hearing this, Savannah nodded. “Hmm! I broke through just a month ago.”
As she spoke, she snorted lightly and asked with a hint of annoyance, “Mr. Willis, is talking about realms and cultivation the first thing you say to me?”
She looked at Lachlan, and besides joy in her beautiful eyes, there was also a touch of resentment.
Initially, she had a somewhat disdainful attitude towards Lachlan because she believed in her own exceptional talent.
Her grandfather and father had intentionally tried to match her with Lachlan, which only fueled her strong resistance.
However, during the Clan Grand Competition, Savannah witnessed Lachlan’s monstrous talent and strength, and he even saved her at a critical moment, protecting her from Arlo and others’ malicious actions and humiliation.
Rescuing the damsel in distress, although cliche, was still the easiest way to win a woman’s heart. Moreover, Savannah had already let go of her arrogant declarations before the Clan Grand Competition.
If Lachlan proved to be stronger than her, she would marry him. So, after the Clan Grand Competition, Savannah was willing to offer herself to Lachlan, even if he already had a wife.
After all, in her view, powerful men having multiple wives and concubines was normal.
Savannah’s words were merely a result of her commitment, or so she claimed. However, deep down, she had developed feelings for Lachlan.
Yet, he bluntly rejected her without hesitation, leaving Savannah resentful and bitter. When they met again this time, Savannah couldn’t help but feel delighted upon seeing Lachlan.
Wasn’t it because of her initial affection?
However, what infuriated her was that Lachlan, that jerk, didn’t even greet her properly before diving into a conversation about strength. How dull! “Um, so what should I say?”
Lachlan scratched his head and asked with a wry smile.
Meanwhile, he felt a bit disheartened inside: Savannah had already broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm in her cultivation a month ago?
She was ahead of him… “What do you think? Isn’t this like reuniting with an old friend in a foreign land? And, we happened to meet in the middle of the night. Don’t you think it’s… fate?”
Savannah asked, biting her lip and staring at Lachlan with her beautiful eyes. “Um, it’s quite a coincidence,” replied Lachlan, not an ignorant young man.
Sensing Savannah’s gaze, he felt a slight peculiarity in his heart, touched his nose, and gave a perfunctory response.
Initially, he thought this girl was just arrogant and unwilling to break her word after the Clan Grand Competition when she said she would marry him.
The past was the past. He didn’t expect that upon meeting again, she would say all these strange things to him…
Could it be that she really had feelings for him? Lachlan bitterly smiled inwardly. “Heh!”
Savannah resentfully glanced at Lachlan before looking towards the Erta Temple and asked, “Why did you come here in the middle of the night?”
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“Nothing much! I was just feeling restless, so I came here to see if I could calm my mind,” Lachlan shook his head and said. “Me too! I’m feeling very troubled, so I came over in the middle of the night,” Savannah replied with a meaningful smile.
“Um…” Lachlan broke into a sweat, thinking, “Could it be that this girl thinks we have some kind of connection again?”
Next, the two of them entered the Erta Temple and started wandering inside. Meeting in the moonlight, a man and a woman, wandering around the temple in the middle of the night-it truly evoked various imaginations.
Lachlan had no impure thoughts in his mind, but it wasn’t the same for others.
Savannah occasionally glanced at Lachlan with her beautiful eyes, her lips always carrying a charming smile. And under the cover of night, there were a pair of eyes secretly observing them, emanating a hint of gloominess and jealousy.