Upon hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words again, Liu Ling was completely dumbfounded.
His face was filled with disbelief!
Just moments ago, he had been smug over his imminent breakthrough to the Dou Master realm.
He had thought himself an unparalleled genius.
Yet he had been slapped in the face so quickly.
At that moment, Liu Ling wished he could crawl into a hole in the ground.
But after the wave of shame passed, all that remained in Liu Ling's mind was shock.
Liu Ling remembered that when Xiao Yi Xian had first joined them, she had only been a one-star Dou Zhe.
How long had it even been?
Only a month, right?
And she had directly broken through from a one-star Dou Zhe to the Dou Master realm?
She had crossed an entire major realm!
Wasn't that far too absurd?
Liu Ling found it utterly incomprehensible.
Suddenly, Liu Ling thought of something and looked toward Gu He in the pavilion.
Could it be that his teacher had secretly given his junior sister special treatment and boosted her cultivation through Power Transmission?
At that thought, Liu Ling felt slightly bitter.
Teacher, you can't play favorites.
Sensing Liu Ling's resentful gaze, Gu He immediately understood what he was thinking.
"Don't tell me you think your junior sister was able to break through to the Dou Master realm entirely because of me?" Gu He asked sternly.
Meeting Gu He's somewhat harsh eyes, Liu Ling grew a little frightened and lowered his head without speaking.
That attitude undoubtedly revealed what he was thinking.
Seeing Liu Ling like this, Gu He said unhappily, "It seems you really do think so."
"Let me tell you now: since your junior sister came to the Misty Cloud Sect, she has never received Power Transmission."
"Every bit of strength