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Chapter 395: The Coins

Lan Jue was the estion, little Jun’er would not have conized a difference In the end the Jewelry Master had been right – locking a little one up is very bad for development The more she learned of the outside world, the better

There were drawbacks and dangers to using the psychic projection helmet He’d discussed these concerns with the Phar mother hadn’t already tried it She never even considered it an option before When Lan Jue first asked if he could buy her one, she’d been reticent However, Lan Jue explained that a child’s roas just as i

Until now, Jun’er had never experienced anything other than the inside of the Pharirl, to experience the whole world opening up to her The hel, so if they regulated its use there would be no problems It was an easy decision to make when you considered the benefits

When Jun’er first used the hel looks, and saw all the richness and color of the world – she’d crowd copious, happy tears She was alirl entirely For‘I can see… I can see’ before eventually falling asleep

Now she was full of light and excitement, a child with a new lease on life Her pale face was even turning a little ruddy as the sun kissed her cheeks All of this ht The Pharirl had been absolute, and her atrophied figure underlined that

The Pharet her child Instead she decided to remain behind, and sit in the seat provided for her a fes back Now she was beginning to understand that if she wanted Jun’er to grow in to a healthy adult she would need to experience everything the world had to offer

The Gourmet interrupted the unlikely friends “Jun’er, you’ve been wearing the helmet for quite a while Time to take it off noeetie”

“No! I want to see daddy fight,” she replied fiercely

The Terminator chuckled “Which one is your daddy? What does he look like?”

She shook her head emphatically “Daddy said that’s a secret only he and I know He said I can’t tell anybody else Only I knoho daddy is”

This caused the giant hter “Your daddy sounds like a veryindeed”

The first batch of the tournament’s initial round finished in short order, not even breaking thirty minutes With so many competitors and the random draws, there were many uneven match-ups A ninth level Adept didn’t need more than a few seconds to finish a sixth or seventh level Other than the Pharmacist, the Barber and the Sea ready to get on the field

Once the first round of festivities was cos away They took the injured for recovery while the victors found they oay back to the waiting rooht, indicative of their victory

After a ten hters fro the stream, they were subjected to a round of advertisements

They were just as quick as the first batch Lan Jue didn’t recognize anyone on the field with, and everything seeet an accurate lay of the land down here a to focus on, Lan Jue closed his eyes and siy around hied in a lot more recently after the first ti a peak-level Adept

Graht of his power, he in to commune with the powers around him’ Everyone had to find how they fit in the unfathomable patchwork of the universe, and discover the road to enlightenment This process would not be a quick one; it would co was sufficient

Every Adept had to break through their personal obstacles to achieve Paragon The first attehest rate of success Someone who failed would find their chances di without some epiphany

This hy Lan Jue did not let up, despite understanding the nature of protogenia He tried every day to commune with the universe like he was told, to find that underpinning truth

“Batch three competitors, take positions”

Lan Jue’s eyes popped open, and he ainst contestant nuot there his opponent was already waiting He was a man with a dark aura and half made of metal Even half of his head was man-made, and it made him look terribly ferocious His eye had been replaced with a blinking orange substitute