After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

"I will leave White Dove City after some time."

Lulu said, "If you truly have no ill intent and have not leaked my whereabouts, the day I leave White Dove City, we'll be even. I won't trouble you after that, as if we had never met."

"Even?"

Lin Da frowned, "I saved you once, how does that make us even?"

Even if it meant using his favor to secure her loyalty, Lin Da had to keep Lulu with him.

Witches generally don't live long, and during the purification, he could feel the mess inside Lulu,

his right hand felt like it was plunged into a sludge, devoid of any clean soil.

A witch on the brink of falling, Lin Da, as a hero, and as Lulu's former team leader, had a duty to purify her.

"Then what do you want?" Lulu's voice was cold as she stopped chewing her gum.

Lin Da said, "Stay in the team, become one of my team members."

"Impossible." Lulu looked at him indifferently, "I won't join you in entering the World Tree. I joined the team to monitor you from leaking my secrets."

Lin Da pondered, "Forget about the Minor Secret Realm of the World Tree, the levels are too low, you wouldn't even be able to enter. But for the Great Mystery Continent, you must participate as a team member under my command."

In the World Tree Secret Realm, apart from every fifth level in the Public Grand Secret Realm, adventurers could only enter other Minor Secret Realms once. Unless one were like Lin Da, changing professions, starting from zero, to re-enter.

However, changing professions after level 10 carried great risks, and one careless move could lead to an inability to cultivate.

Lulu faced his demand with a stern face, "I won't take orders from anyone. Once my business is done, I will leave White Dove City!"

Lin Da sighed, "Fine, so you're an ungrateful Beastman."

Lulu glared at him furiously.

Beastmen, never ungrateful!

Lin Da changed his tone, noticing Lulu's still somewhat pale face, "The pollution inside you, it's getting worse, isn't it?"

"What are you trying to say?" Lulu clenched her fists.

Beastmen, don't respond to threats!

Lin Da raised his eyebrow, "With your current condition, you'll fall within a year."

This was a fact, and Lulu did not refute.

"But I can save you." Lin Da smiled, placing his right hand on the table, "This hand has the power to purify the pollution inside a witch. If the purification is thorough, killing the Fallen Insect within you and breaking the contract with the Demon King is also within reach."

This time, Lulu remained silent.

A pair of azure eyes sparkling with a troubled light.

No one wants to die young and turn into an ugly Fallen Beast.

She looked at Lin Da indecisively, her pink lips parted, hesitating to speak.

"What, don't you want to be saved?" Lin Da asked.

"...I do."

"Then show some humility."

Lin Da kept a straight face, determined to break down this cold Beastman girl,

Only by smoothing out her edges could he command smoothly in the Secret Realm.

"First, sit up straight and put away your claws."

This command, akin to taming a beast, made Lulu's nose wrinkle like a wolf, her eyes shining with icy light.

Lin Da ignored her 'bared teeth and grimace'.

Beastmen were really like wild beasts sometimes; once you show fear, they'll take advantage of you.

If you want to dominate a Beastman, you cannot back down at all.

"Being purified by me is a privilege for you," Lin Da sneered, "There are many witches stronger than you, queuing up for my purification! Yet, I kindly use this power on you."

"Just because you resemble a Beastman friend of mine, and out of compassion, I saved your life."

"And yet you suspect me of ulterior motives? What do you have that's worth my scheming?"

Lin Da stood up, looking down disdainfully at the pale-faced Beastman girl, "No looks, no figure, when I saved you before, my hand was almost bitten off. Is this how the Beastman race treats its lifesaver?"

His scathing words made Lulu bite her teeth in shame, her head drooping, and her tail limp.

When you think about it, it's really so.

With his ability, he should be on good terms with many witches.

Those witches, there were definitely some that were more formidable than her.

Could it really have been just a casual act to save her?

Lulu's head was in a whirl, a complete mess.

In the cave, while she was suffering from contamination and feeling weak, the other could have easily taken her life.

But he did not do so.

For a moment, confusion and shame surged in Lulu's heart.

"Thank you…"

Words slightly awkward, Lulu uttered.

She struggled for a long time, seemingly exerting a lot of effort just to say that sentence.

Lin Da nodded, accepting the thanks.

Lulu took the chewing gum out of her mouth, threw it into the trash can, and sat properly on the chair, taking on an earnest demeanour for the conversation.

"Will you really help me?"

She took a deep breath, trying to speak in a calm voice.

"It depends on how you behave," Lin Da replied, while looking down from above and stretching out his finger: "Hold this."

Lulu's face changed.

This gesture was so demeaning,

as if it was not a finger but something else!

He was completely looking down on her!

Gratitude was thrown to the back of her mind; a low growl rose from her throat, and her sharp canine teeth were bared, just like an enraged wild wolf!

But Lin Da's expression was blank, just calmly looking at her.

Just like an ordinary priest ready to treat the girls.

Did the patient feel ashamed, but as a 'priest,' Lin Da, who had already treated many witches, was no longer interested in the mouths of witches?

Lulu could not tell if this man was provoking her or simply treating her.

"Does it have to be the finger?"

Her breathing unsteady, she asked through clenched teeth.

"This is the most effective way," Lin Da said, his gaze clear, free of any distractions.

Hesitating for a moment, Lulu looked at Lin Da's stretched out index and middle finger and said softly, "It seems I misunderstood you."

If his actions harbored no intent to insult her, she was willing to apologize.

It may not look graceful during the process, but for treatment, it was a necessary measure.

Lulu pressed her lips together, trembling slightly as she reached out her hand, closed her eyes, her thick pale blue eyelashes trembled slightly, and she struggled to slightly part her lips to accept Lin Da's treatment.

Hiss.

Lin Da's eyes widened, and the sudden sense of comfort made him draw in a breath of cool air.

It reminded him of the feeling of a kitten licking his palm,

but ten times more pleasurable.

The girl, with her eyes closed, sat in the chair holding his right hand.

The remarkable sensation at his fingertips felt like several soft brushes massaging his heart.

In front of him, at the distance of an arm, the delightful scent of the girl just after a bath wafted towards him, light yet elegant, seemingly mixed with a whiff of arctic breeze.

What Lin Da's fingers felt, however, was warmth and slickness.

Looking down at Lulu holding his right hand, seeking treatment, a strange impulse surged in Lin Da's heart.

He couldn't help but place his other hand on Lulu's head!

The pale blue short hair was very smooth, and the fluffy ears were hidden underneath.

Extremely comfortable.

A strong sense of accomplishment filled Lin Da's chest, as if a hunter had conquered a wild and untamed arctic wolf.

If he could grab a pair of wolf ears and gallop across the tundra, how splendid that would be.

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