After an afternoon of emotional upheaval, Dual Qingqing had guessed that Li Yan's cultivation had only recently entered the Void Refinement Realm.
But the aura Dual Qingqing sensed now left her utterly shocked. It might only have differed from her estimate by a single minor realm, but the gap involved was simply far too enormous.
After reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, let alone advancing an entire major realm, even raising a single minor realm could leave one stuck for several thousand years—and that was perfectly normal.
"Are you really Li Yan? I'm starting to doubt it again!"
Several breaths later, Dual Qingqing's voice finally sounded faintly.
Her eyes stared straight at Li Yan, and there was even a trace of desolation in her voice.
Li Yan had no choice. He had already exposed a flaw when he transmitted his voice to her, and afterward felt there was no point in concealing that little bit. Besides, Dual Qingqing was someone worth befriending.
"Senior—"
After a brief hesitation, Li Yan was about to offer another explanation.
"You're really annoying. Just call me Fellow Daoist! Or cripple your cultivation right now and truly become a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator. Then I'll immediately feel balanced!"
Before Li Yan could finish, Dual Qingqing tapped the tabletop with a jade finger as white as a scallion stalk and spoke impatiently.
Li Yan could only swallow his words. The explanation he had intended to give probably would not have been believed anyway, and his reasons would surely have sounded dry and flimsy—some fortuitous encounter, some coincidence, and the like.
But before he could react, Dual Qingqing suddenly changed course and actually told him to cripple his cultivation.
Looking at the jade-like beauty blinking at him, Li Yan knew he had been toyed with again.
Dual Qingqing's personality