Zi Yan Advances to the Sixth Rank, New Plans

"No, no, no!"

Zi Yan was so anxious she was nearly in tears. "I really did grow bigger just now! You saw it too, didn't you?!"

Lu Heng crouched down and held back Zi Yan, who was about to stamp her feet.

"I saw it. You really did grow bigger."

"Then why did I shrink back?!"

Lu Heng smiled. "That must be because you haven't reached maturity yet. Your cultivation isn't high enough, so your body can't maintain that form."

"But I clearly broke through already!" Zi Yan clenched her little fists tightly. "I can feel that I've become much stronger!"

"You have become stronger, but your race probably has special growth stages."

Lu Heng reached out and pinched her puffed-up cheek.

"Like a snake shedding its skin, it has to happen bit by bit. Your transformation this time was already remarkable. You just can't return to that form for now."

Zi Yan snorted and turned her face away.

"I'm not a snake!"

Lu Heng pinched her again. "All right, don't be angry. You're not a snake, then. Cultivate hard, and you'll grow bigger eventually."

"You said it."

"I said it."

Zi Yan fell silent for a while, then suddenly turned back. A hint of smugness appeared in her violet eyes.

"Then do you know how strong I am now?"

Lu Heng raised an eyebrow.

He could indeed sense that the aura within Zi Yan was more than a level stronger than before, but he had not yet examined it closely enough to determine exactly how strong she was.

"I'm at the initial Sixth Rank now."

Zi Yan patted her small chest.

"While I was inside the cocoon, I could feel that all the energy from those pills had been completely absorbed. I even digested the Magic Core energy I'd