In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
On a patch of open ground at the bottom of Thousand Thunder Valley, beside the Thunder Sea.
Two figures, one tall and one small, faced off against each other.
"You big liar! You tricked me! You promised you'd give me more thunder qi if I found you good stones!"
"You little brat, haven't I given you plenty already? You're tiny, but you've got quite an appetite!"
"Don't call me little! I'm who knows how many years older than you! You're the little baby!"
Zi Yan gritted her teeth and clenched her little fists, her small face taking on an adorably fierce expression. "Besides, you've never given me extra! No matter how many stones I find, you only give me half your thunder qi!"
"Never mind whether it's half. Just tell me whether I've been giving you more thunder qi each time."
Zhou Changqing folded his arms and looked down sidelong at the little girl before him, ignoring her puffed-up cheeks.
"No, you haven't! It's half every time! How is that more?!" Refusing to back down, Zi Yan glared into Zhou Changqing's eyes, looking determined not to let the matter rest.
Zhou Changqing frowned and argued his case. "How is it not more? Am I the same now as I was a month ago?"
"Tell me, what realm was I in a month ago?"
"A month ago?" The question left Zi Yan a little bewildered. After thinking back, she answered uncertainly, "Nine-Star Dou Wang?"
"And now?"
As he spoke, Zhou Changqing released his aura, revealing his cultivation.
After sensing it, Zi Yan froze outright. "N-Nine-Star Dou Wang, at the peak?"
*How did this big liar cultivate so quickly? From nine stars to the peak of nine stars in a month? And