Elder Sarah came to a sharp stop in front of Noah, as the annoyance on her face vanished to allow her eyes to sharpen, after which surprise appeared on her gorgeous face.
"You are now in the middle stage," she said. Her eyes darted to Noah's deadpan expression, and questions couldn't help but rise in her mind. The reality felt stupendous, less than a week ago he held power within the lower stage even if his prowess crossed into the middle stage.
She had considered him special since then, but how was she to react to the quick rise in cultivation base. She still couldn't sense what color his core was, even if hers was already green.
A few seconds of silence passed before she spoke again, this time her words oozed the sheer amount of curiosity and shock she felt.
"What sort of monstrosity are you?" she commanded, walking around Noah while he followed her with his eyes.
"What do you mean," Noah replied in the most down-to-earth tone he could produce.
