Amare could sense the trouble Rui was having with his own path to candidacy. "You're only seventy-nine years old. So don't worry, you're still very much maintaining your absurd growth trajectory."
"…Maybe, but in truth it's already been twelve years since I broke through to the Sage Realm," Rui muttered. "In comparison, you've only been a Martial Sage for… less than one year."
She had woken up to the Sage Realm after the Unfolding.
Not even one year had passed since the Unfolding, even if it didn't feel that way.
When one put it that way, her rate of progress was unfathomable, even by the standards of Rui and Ieyasu; he had never seen anybody progress at such an absurd rate.
"So this is what others feel like when they think of my progress," Rui smiled wryly.
