Seeing how solemnly Ma Yuxuan swore to it, Xue Huan curled her lip. "Fine, I'll believe you for now."
"Then tell me, how long will it take you to surpass me in every respect?"
"I can do it right now!"
"Right now?"
"Yes!"
"You mean you only started cultivating origin qi last night, and you've already surpassed me?"
"Yes!"
Looking at Ma Yuxuan before her, Xue Huan was utterly speechless.
"Are you taking me for a fool?"
"I'm not lying to you. I'm telling the truth."
"Although I haven't been cultivating origin qi for long, I've gained plenty of insights between last night and now."
"I'm not too clear on the standards for origin qi cultivation, but I think I should already be far beyond you."
"If you don't believe me, tell me the standards. We'll know once we give it a try."
Looking at Ma Yuxuan's supremely confident face, Xue Huan suddenly felt the urge to beat him senseless.
"Fine, let's give it a try."
"I refuse to believe one night of cultivation can make you stronger than my twenty-plus years of practice."
"The first realm of origin qi cultivation is the dim embryo. You're already in the delusion-shaping realm, so many methods no longer apply."
"But there's still one very basic way to test whether your foundation in the dark embryo realm is solid."
"That method is to condense origin qi on the surface of your body. The more origin qi there is, the deeper your foundation."
As she spoke, a layer of black qi suddenly appeared around Xue Huan's body.
The black qi clung to Xue Huan's skin, eventually forming a layer of energy roughly two fingers thick.
Poking the black layer of energy, Ma Yuxuan asked curiously, "What standard does a display like this meet?"
"Above