"You're awake. How do you feel?"
Li Mo saw Huang Donglai sit bolt upright from the brink of death, but he did not lower his guard completely.
This wasn't a game, where leveling up restored you to full health. After all, he had eaten such a huge bowl.
"I... reached the Inner Scene?"
Huang Donglai briefly sensed his Inner World. There was not much joy at breaking through; instead, he felt more lingering fear at having survived a calamity.
If the atmosphere had not carried him along at the time, he might not have had the courage to do it again.
"What a pity, Young Hero Huang. You only ate one bowl, so you barely broke through to the first level of the Inner Scene. If you had eaten it all, you might have become like Young Hero Li."
Tian Xun wore a proud expression.
"..."
Huang Donglai thought that if he had finished that bowl, he would not have reached the Inner Scene at all. He would probably have ascended on the spot.
With that thought, he looked again at the pot of stew, intending to put it away. If he ever encountered someone utterly wicked whom he could not deal with, he could use this heaven-damning method against them.
Huh??
"Why is the pot empty?" Huang Donglai froze.
Tian Xun smiled. "Young Hero Li picked it up and drank it all. I never expected him to look so much like a proper gentleman, yet eat with such poor manners."
She thought it had to be because it was delicious and beneficial to cultivation. No wonder he had wolfed it down.
"Brother Li, you!" Huang Donglai's eyes went wide, as though struck by lightning.
Little Li stood with his hands behind his back. His calm smile carried a trace