Hehe, far more than that!" Xiao Hua looked at Xue Xue's astonishment and wild delight, feeling that every brush with life and death in Mo Ran Black Forest had been worth it. He slapped his forehead and laughed. "Take a look at your husband's cultivation!"
"Ah??? Husband... you... you're already at mid Foundation Establishment??" Xue Xue simply could not imagine it! When she had set out with Xiao Hua, they had both merely been at the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation. Yet just after arriving at Yanlin Mountain Marsh, Xiao Hua had unexpectedly entered early Foundation Establishment. He had then single-handedly broken the bloody seal laid down by the male Thunder Beast and rescued Xiangyang and Zhuo Qingyuan. After that, Xiao Hua had displayed his might atop Tianmen Mountain, saving Tianmen Mountain's lineage. Then he had devoted himself to formations, helping Tianmen Mountain set up its array. Xue Xue had seen clearly that Xiao Hua did not seem to have cultivated much at all. And since parting with her at Tianmen Mountain, it had not even been a year! Even counting the one year in Yanlin Mountain Marsh and the three years at Tianmen Mountain, it had been less than five years! In just five years, Xiao Hua had leaped directly from early Foundation Establishment to mid Foundation Establishment! Was this... was this still the Xiao Hua who had failed Foundation Establishment and then spent more than ten years unable to establish his foundation?
"What is it, my wife? Are you shocked?" Xiao Hua smiled smugly. "Your husband wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect this surprise to be a little too big!"
The delight in Xue Xue's eyes flashed, followed at once by a trace of shadow. Forcing a smile, she said, "Yes, this surprise truly