Looking at the few puppets beside her that had already turned faint gold, Li Xuan felt like crying without tears. She had worked so hard to reach the six-star Dou Zong level, yet after being struck by lightning once, these puppets had actually become stronger than her.
"If I'd known, I would've let that lightning strike me too. Maybe I could've broken through to Dou Zun directly."
Looking at the puppets, Li Xuan muttered to herself, her eyes somewhat lonely. She felt that she was not even as good as a puppet.
"Hehe!" Hearing this, Xiao Heng could not help but laugh. He walked over to Li Xuan, stuffed the jade bottle into her hand, and comforted her. "Don't be upset. Take this pill, and before long, you'll be stronger than these puppets. The materials used to forge them were too poor, and their limits are too low. They can't break through to Dou Zun, so don't worry."
Li Xuan looked up at Xiao Heng, her cheeks puffed out in anger. She said nothing, only glared at him.
Xiao Heng could not resist poking Li Xuan's cheek with his finger. Li Xuan immediately could not hold it in anymore and said, half amused and half annoyed, "I was going to thank you properly, but now, just get lost!"
"Thank me? How?" Xiao Heng immediately grew curious. His gaze fixed tightly on Li Xuan, carrying a hint of heat.
"You're asking to die!" Li Xuan held the jade bottle in one hand and smacked Xiao Heng with the other. Then she kissed the corner of his lips, leaned close to his ear with a faint blush on her face, and whispered, "I agreed."
Xiao Heng's eyes immediately lit up. All the effort he had spent over ten days felt worthwhile, and