"Brother Xiao Heng, why exactly were you... injured so badly?" Xun Er asked curiously as she looked at Xiao Heng.
"It was nothing. I just killed a Half Saint energy entity." Xiao Heng smiled casually, as though he did not care about it in the slightest. In truth, he was somewhat proud of it, but after more than two months of recuperation, that pride had long since faded away.
If Xiao Yan had asked him, he certainly would have shown off a little. But with no one around to boast to, he had no such inclination.
"A Half Saint!" Xun Er stared at Xiao Heng in shock. Seeing how casual he was, she could hardly believe that he had actually slain a Half Saint—and that he truly seemed not to care much about it.
"It's only a Half Saint. You'll surpass Half Saints soon enough, so there's no need to be surprised," Xiao Heng said casually. Once one became stronger, one's perspective changed as well. Back when he could not defeat a Half Saint, such beings had seemed as lofty as the heavens. But now that he had personally killed one, the feeling was not nearly as intense as he had imagined.
"Mm!" For a moment, Xun Er did not know what to say. Her gaze was complicated.
She indeed had the confidence to surpass a Half Saint, but that was different from Xiao Heng killing one at his current stage. Even she herself could not be certain whether she could have killed a Half Saint at Xiao Heng's level. It was only natural that she would be shocked when someone else had accomplished what she was not confident she could do.
After chatting for a while, Xiao Heng did not rush outside. Instead, he sat down cross-legged again and