Lingyu looked both startled and delighted, but Li Xiaoya maintained a stern expression and refused to say another word. She watched him uneasily, looking as though she wanted to speak but could not bring herself to.
"My condition is this: if you can reach middle true cultivation within half a year, I'll take you as my disciple!" Only when Lingyu was about to ask in desperation did Li Xiaoya speak calmly.
"Ah! Only half a year?" Lingyu wilted like an eggplant struck by frost. "It took me two or three years to reach the second layer of true cultivation! Senior, asking me to reach the fourth layer in six months has to be a joke!" After a pause, she complained, "You're obviously just making excuses because you don't want me as your disciple!"
"Hmph! If you can't reach the fourth layer of true cultivation in six months while cultivating in a cave abode overflowing with spiritual qi, what would I want you as a disciple for?" Li Xiaoya snorted coldly.
"Uh! All right, then!" Lingyu could only agree. Then, suddenly remembering something, she asked, "What if I don't make it within half a year? Would I have to become your concubine?"
"Do I really have to spell it out? Of course I'd throw you out!" Li Xiaoya shot her a glare and answered coldly.
"Uh! Ah..." A succession of expressions crossed Lingyu's pretty face. Suddenly, she raised her little fist at Li Xiaoya. "All right, Senior! I'll definitely make it! Just you wait!" With that, she ran toward the cave abode to one side, calling, "I'm off to cultivate!"
"Wait!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly called her back.
"Huh?"
"What element are the spells you're cultivating? Would you like some pointers?" Li Xiaoya stood and looked at her as he asked calmly.