No wonder He Song had been unable to produce any Spirit Stones back then.
So this was where the crux of the matter lay.
It was not that He Song had not wanted to pay, but that he had truly been poor at the time.
As this speculation flashed through her mind, Yue Lingzi immediately regarded He Song even more highly.
He Song had successfully refined a Nascent Soul Puppet without anyone else knowing.
Such methods, such restraint—she truly saw him in a new light.
Moreover, now that He Song possessed a Nascent Soul Puppet, his own strength had become far greater than before.
With this Nascent Soul Puppet, He Song could now even contend against a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator.
Though he would still be defeated if the battle dragged on.
The combined strength of two Nascent Soul combatants was enough to ensure that, when facing any Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, He Song would not be left as bedraggled as other Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators.
Under such circumstances.
Even though Yue Lingzi had successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
When facing the now-powerful He Song, she could only place him on equal footing with herself.
Otherwise, should the two come into conflict, even if she ultimately won, He Song's Nascent Soul Puppet would likely leave her overwhelmed and harried.
Furthermore, given such circumstances, it was absolutely impossible for her to do anything to He Song.
The gap between them was not truly that great.
With this thought passing through her mind, the way Yue Lingzi looked at He Song immediately became even more different.
This Cang Songzi truly deserved to be called, as Luo Jing had said, a man cautious to the extreme.
Without making a sound, he had raised his strength to