Inside the pavilion.
Hearing Feng Xishuang personally confirm that the Soul Devouring Restriction in her divine soul had been removed, Wei Yiling could not help looking delighted.
But before she could say anything more, Li Ping's voice reached her ears. "Fellow Daoist Wei, you'll have to work harder."
"Work harder..."
Hearing those words, Wei Yiling immediately thought of the promise she had made to Li Ping.
Now that he's cured Sister Xishuang, is he hinting that I should give him his reward? Wei Yiling wondered inwardly. Her lips unconsciously pressed together, and a faint blush spread over her ears and cheeks.
In truth, she was not averse to Li Ping.
But aren't you being a little too impatient? I'm not ready yet. A trace of bashfulness flickered across Wei Yiling's brow as Li Ping and Feng Xishuang's conversation reached her ears.
It was going to happen sooner or later anyway... She began talking herself into it.
While Wei Yiling's imagination ran wild, Li Ping had no idea that his casual words of encouragement had been mistaken for a demand for payment.
He was currently advising Feng Xishuang on her puppet craftsmanship.
Feng Xishuang possessed exceptional talent in the art of puppets. Not long after gaining access to the Heavenly Craft Sect's third-tier legacy, she had already been able to create highly refined first-tier upper-grade puppets.
Nearly ten more years had passed since then. She had completely mastered the creation of first-tier upper-grade puppets and begun researching how to make second-tier puppets.
But second-tier puppets possessed combat strength comparable to Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. Not only were the materials required more precious than those for first-tier puppets, the difficulty of crafting them was on an entirely different level.
Feng Xishuang could certainly be considered extraordinarily gifted, and her cultivation had reached