Violetta was completely shocked right now, and she still couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

To think that a Foundation Establishment cultivator actually dared to kneel before her.

In this world, pride and status mattered more than anything else, especially among cultivators.

But now, her master, a respected Foundation Establishment cultivator, was genuinely kneeling down and sincerely apologizing before her, a mere broken mortal.

No matter how much Violetta thought about it, her current master’s actions didn’t seem like an act at all.

As a result, the cautiousness she had always felt around him slowly began to disappear, and her emotions truly started to change.

Violetta immediately wanted to make her master stand up, but the moment she tried to move, she suddenly fell forward.

Fortunately, Damian reacted quickly and caught her before she could completely hit the ground.

Violetta froze slightly after being caught by her master, and Damian suddenly frowned. "Violetta, be careful. Your body hasn’t recovered yet."

Meanwhile, after being scolded, Violetta didn’t frown. Instead, she felt warmth and gratitude, because no one had ever treated her like this before.

She just lowered her head slightly, smiling softly. "Thank you... and sorry about that, Master. Also, you really don’t need to apologize so much."

She shook her head lightly. "I never really hated you from the start. You’re the one who saved me from the streets."

She looked him directly in the eyes. "So not even once did I ever hate you. And now you even risked yourself for me, so how the hell could I hate you, Master?"

She slowly pulled herself out of Damian’s arms and bowed down to the floor. "So... I’m sorry for always being so cautious around you before."

Damian looked at her quietly for a moment before helping her back up. "Don’t worry about the past anymore. Let’s just forget all that and start a new life."

Violetta stared blankly at him for a moment before smiling and nodding. "Yes, Master."

Damian then picked up the Black Spirit Root and also took out the Bone Restoration Pills he had bought earlier.

"First, heal your body with these. After you recover completely, I’ll personally teach you as best as I can."

Violetta looked at the things he gave her and nodded. "Okay, Master. I’ll make sure to recover as soon as possible."

Then, after explaining several things about how to use them, Damian finally left the room.

Violetta, now alone in the room, looked at the pills and herb her master had given her and smiled softly.

For the first time in a long while, she finally began to feel that perhaps the world had never completely forgotten about her after all.

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Damian went back to his room, and right after he closed the door, he turned around and laughed hard.

"Haha, looks like my acting skills are really damn good. I even managed to fool her."

Earlier, his apology and kneeling had all been an act. As someone originally from Earth, he truly didn’t care about pride or shit like that.

Those things meant nothing compared to surviving and growing stronger in this world.

So as long as the results were worth it, Damian honestly wouldn’t mind acting like that again.

But of course, that didn’t mean everything he said and did for Violetta was fake.

He genuinely did want to help her, but at the same time, he also wasn’t stupid enough to ignore the massive benefits the system could give him.

So he exaggerated his apology even more for the sake of triggering a stronger emotional reaction that could definitely affect his reward.

Now, Damian excitedly rubbed his hands together. "Alright, let’s see what kind of reward I get this time."

Soon enough, the familiar screen appeared again.

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[Target: Violetta]

[Gift Given: Top-Rank Profound Grade Black Spirit Root]

[50× Extreme Multiplier Activated]

[Reward Obtained: Noble Grade Elemental Spiritual Root: Thunder Spiritual Root]

[Reward Obtained: Foundation Perfection: Qi Mutated to Thunder Qi]

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The moment Damian saw the rewards, he completely froze because they were just too insane.

To think that he had actually received a Noble Grade Spiritual Root, and not just any kind, but an elemental one specialized in one of the strongest elements.

His breathing instantly became heavier as he naturally understood just how important spiritual roots were in this cultivation world.

His disciple, Violetta, had ended up like this just because her spiritual root was broken.

As for his original spiritual root, it actually wasn’t terrible since it was still Profound Grade, but it was only an ordinary one.

That meant Foundation Establishment was basically his limit. He didn’t even dare dream about reaching the Golden Core Realm.

But now, he had actually obtained a Noble Grade Spiritual Root.

This meant he finally had the potential to cultivate all the way to the Golden Core Realm.

Just imagining the cultivation speed and destructive power he could probably achieve already made Damian feel excited as hell.

But that wasn’t even the craziest part.

The system had also directly perfected his foundation, causing his Qi to mutate according to his spiritual root.

It had to be known that besides having a spiritual root, reaching the Golden Core Realm also required a really good foundation when breaking through the Foundation Establishment Realm in the past.

But his previous self wasn’t talented enough, so he had broken through with a pretty mediocre foundation.

Now that his foundation had been perfected, his journey toward the Golden Core Realm should become much smoother.

Damian honestly felt his scalp going numb from excitement because of these absurd rewards. Now that he understood this, he decided on one thing.

"From now on, every gift needs way more thought put into it. It has to be something that makes her emotional."

But at the same time, he also realized something else. He had given her two items, yet the system only detected one.

It seemed that besides making the target emotional, the gift itself also needed to be the highest quality possible to reap even greater rewards from the system.

He looked back toward Violetta’s room and grinned. "You really are my greatest treasure chest."