In truth, Davis thought of letting Vereina out in a month or so. After all, his disguise as Feng Chu was going to be known to all pretty much soon anyway. It was just... if he could prolong it, why not?
That was the sole reason he wanted to keep Vereina here.
As for whether Mo Tian or Dead End would be exposed if Vereina were to reveal the fact that he hadn't just ascended like yesterday, that really was complicated as Vereina was a Divergent herself. No one would take her word for it but try to kill her if she revealed herself outside.
But now, it could be said that he managed to make an acquaintance with a Divergent, and the other party truly was of the intent to forgive and forget from what he could tell. At least, on the surface, it moved in that direction with the other party trying to be sincere, so he rather hoped that it wouldn't turn hostile and, consequently, disappointing.
He really wasn't interested in making relationships to offend people like narcissists or villains.
Besides, there was also the fact that Fallen Heaven's fate-changing passive nature liked to pit Divergents against him as it did for Myria and him. He wanted to know whether it would be the same for her. If it was, then he would undoubtedly be the winner, so he couldn't help but doubt if this was fate trying to screw Vereina instead of him.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
"Alright, I'll recommend you to the Aurora Cloud Gate."
"...?"
Vereina frowned as though she heard something incomprehensible before her eyes widened in shock.
"What...? You can't be serious."
Vereina's shoulders drooped. Now she got the feeling that she was truly being played with, her mind becoming cloudy again as she didn't see a way out.
Was there no way to escape from this situation?
"Don't be so gloomy. It just so happens that I'm already satisfied with everything that I have nothing to gain from a person who has just ascended. If you want to thank me for not treating you badly, sure, you can give me something in the future. I won't expect it. However, I decided that it's better for us to maintain an allied relationship as fellow Divergents. What do you say?"
"..."
"No...!" Vereina's gaze became sharp, "I want to enter the Aurora Cloud Gate. I know you want me to understand the difference between us and maintain the upper hand, but I don't want anything other than to live peacefully and cultivate to defend myself. As long as you don't hurt me, I don't mind this show of force. I've seen plenty to differentiate what's hostility and what's not."
"Is that so?" Davis was slightly taken aback before he nodded, "Then I'll hope you'll be true to your words in every sense possible."
"It goes without saying."
Vereina answered seriously, causing Davis to nod again.
"Very well. I'll induct you soon enough. Until then, you can enjoy these resources as compensation for kidnapping you."
Davis waved his hand, and an abrupt surge of heaven and earth energy blew up into the air like a tornado. Vereina became stunned at the mountain of immortal crystals gathered before her. There were at least hundreds and thousands of immortal crystals from just a glance, but the next second, she saw it had reached a million immortal crystals!
"What... what are you trying to do now...?"
Vereina became suspicious of this compensation at this moment, looking at Davis with a perplexed gaze. Even if she didn't know the true value of immortal crystals, she could at least tell a million was an extremely high number!
"That's nothing."
Davis chuckled at her appearance, which reminded him of his poor self a month ago, "You'll be able to earn more than that in a single month if you become a true disciple of the Aurora Cloud Gate, perhaps even more. Even if you cannot, I'm sure you will at least be able to become a core disciple if you try hard and still manage to earn significant amounts by doing sect missions."
"..."
Vereina blinked three times before she took a deep breath, her fine, curvy bosoms heaving before she displayed a pleasing smile toward Davis.
"Since you are a Divergent, I don't need to avoid you as much as the others. In that case, Mister Divergent, can I take you as an adoptive father?"
"..."
Not only did Davis's expression freeze, but Evelynn, Isabella, Natalya, and Iesha's expressions darkened.
However, if Mingzhi was here, it was little doubt that minx would've burst into a fit of maniacal laughter.