"You only failed a few days ago, and now you're trying to break through again. Can your body take that much rushing?" Huo Xiaochेन asked, smiling broadly.
His tone sounded concerned, but he was actually mocking Xu Yang.
"Did you go drink the Xiao Family's foot-washing water again and get more resources? A full-grown man living off a woman, and you still strut around showing off. Even I feel embarrassed for you," Xu Yang said with a smile.
The old Huo Xiaochेन had been proud and aloof, unwilling to trade barbs with him. The only explanation was that Xu Yang's recently revealed talent had rattled him, prompting him to keep provoking Xu Yang in hopes of disrupting his state of mind.
At those words, Huo Xiaochेन's face immediately turned livid.
He had indeed returned to the Spirit Tower for secluded cultivation thanks to a woman.
After he broke through to sixth heavenly origin, his wife, Xiao Hui, had sent him another batch of resources. Only then had he returned to the Spirit Tower.
"A sharp tongue is useless. For martial artists like us, strength is what ultimately matters," Xiao Qi sneered, stepping in to rescue Huo Xiaochेन.
Xu Yang sneered back. "Isn't it about who drinks more foot-washing water? If Huo Xiaochेन weren't so good at drinking it, could he have mastered the Azure Dragon Tyrant Body? Would he be qualified to compete with Lu Wei? Could he have broken through to sixth heavenly origin so quickly?
"Without that foot-washing water, could he act so arrogant in front of me? I would have slaughtered him during the Dragon Ascension Selection.
"Six Spirit Bone Prodigies and eight geniuses with perfect comprehension or bone roots-all of them have backbone and rely on themselves. Only he has pulled ahead of everyone by drinking