Over the next few days, Li Fei sparred wits with the little brat Dugu Yan every day. Although he emerged victorious each time and successfully taught her a lesson more than once, she always ran to complain to Dugu Bo afterward, earning Li Fei several kicks to the backside. This made him realize that Dugu Bo was utterly doting toward his granddaughter—whatever she said went.
Dugu Yan also seemed to enjoy causing Li Fei trouble. Whether she had something to do or not, she would come over to bother and provoke him, making his life miserable and leaving him desperate to give the girl a good pounding.
At last, Dugu Bo had finished refining the medicine, and Li Fei felt that he was finally about to be freed!
"Yan'er, come over and take this!"
Dugu Bo held a porcelain bottle in his hand. He poured out a pill as crimson and translucent as crystal, then handed it to Dugu Yan.
Dugu Yan nodded and swallowed it in one gulp. A blood-red radiance immediately began to emanate from her body, and her expression turned pained. However, the crimson glow soon faded away.
Over the following days, Dugu Yan swallowed one Blood Ginseng Pill every day. She took all seven pills Dugu Bo had refined from the roots over the course of seven days, reaching the limit of what her body could endure.
As they watched Dugu Yan shrouded in the white glow of the Awakening Stone, both Li Fei and Dugu Bo were somewhat nervous. It had been Li Fei's theory that Dugu Yan should take the Blood Ginseng Pills before awakening. When he learned that her martial soul had yet to awaken, he had told Dugu Bo about this method: absorb the power within the blood ginseng, then use the