Chapter 6: You Are About to Experience a Second Awakening

Xiang opened his mouth to object, uttering a hesitant "…No," when a noise came from the next room, followed by Lu Zhan’s urgent voice.

He immediately rose and hurried over.

“What’s going on?” Upon entering, he saw Nian Tu curled up on the bed with her eyes shut, while Lu Zhan was rummaging through the home medical equipment, carefully examining her.

“Nian Nian fell and said she suddenly felt dizzy,” Lu Zhan explained.

Xiang no longer had the mood to question how close Lu Zhan had become to the point of calling her “Nian Nian,” such an intimate nickname.

“Why the sudden dizziness again?”

Before Lu Zhan could answer, Fei Li’s voice suddenly echoed in the room: “Intermittent vertigo is a typical symptom before a female’s psychic awakening. Could she be going through a second awakening?”

Though such exceptions seldom occurred over centuries, there were indeed historical cases of females who failed their psychic awakening at eighteen but later succeeded on a second attempt.

Lu Zhan raised an eyebrow at Xiang.

Only then did Xiang realize he had forgotten to end the video call and hastily hung up without thinking.

Lu Zhan: “…”

“Has the Marshal upset you again?”

Having known Xiang for many years, he understood the complicated dynamic between the Marshal and Xiang — an uncle and nephew who were close yet frequently at odds.

Xiang replied coldly, “He wants to split me and Nian Tu apart.”

Lu Zhan nodded knowingly. “Nian Nian has no psychic power, and your control threshold is indeed too high, which is why you were reassigned away from the front lines. The Marshal has always been worried about you.”

When males harbor excessive negative emotions, their loss-of-control threshold rises dramatically. Soldiers, constantly tense and exposed to violence on the battlefield, are the most prone to losing control.

They truly are ill-suited to pair with females lacking psychic power.

Xiang remained silent.

Lu Zhan, not wishing to press Xiang’s sore spot, dropped the subject and focused on analyzing the various indicators from the medical instruments.

After Nian Tu fell asleep, the two men left her room. Lu Zhan told Xiang, “Marshal Fei Li was right. Nian Nian really might be undergoing a second awakening. She’s already showing some psychic fluctuations; the intermittent vertigo is related to this.”

By the time Nian Tu woke, it was already evening.

Facing two males standing guard outside her door, she felt a bit embarrassed. “Did I scare you? I have low blood sugar and often get dizzy. It’s nothing serious.”

Lu Zhan chuckled, “It’s not serious, and it’s not low blood sugar. You might be going through a second awakening.”

In truth, this should be considered a joyous event.

All females longed to possess psychic power; the higher their level, the better. It meant they gained higher status, more respect, could attract more powerful males as partners, and live a more luxurious life.

Both Lu Zhan and Xiang had planned how to celebrate with Nian Tu, only to find the young female strangely subdued rather than ecstatic.

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