Gale and co didn't wait ceremoniously after they were done with the negotiation. They crept out of the office without wasting time on the way back to the inn.
"Master, in one year's time, Han Xiao will undoubtedly be an iron ranker," Xiaolin said, her tone pensive. "Whereas as I'm now, I could barely be a copper ranker at that time, cultivating with pure crystal ingestion. You expect my constitution to change for the better as I rank up, but what if it doesn't? What if it leaks even more, as in copper rank I will be able to hold more Qi?"
The concern in her voice was genuine. But Gale was thankful she was acting natural now. Linlin wasn't the same after she eavesdropped on him and Wang Li talking. Thankfully, the worry about the duel got her to act naturally again.
"Then we lose, wouldn't we?" Gale said as they crept down the road to the Inn.
Xiaolin's face went aghast hearing about losing.
"What? Unacceptable?" Gale smirked.
