Published: March 8, 2025
The girl in white sighed, her heart aching as she wiped his face gently. "I won't stop you... Young Master, you are a man, and men have their own perseverance."
Li Xiong Tu replied with a heavy "Hmm," his breathing gradually calming. He looked at the girl in white, his gaze suddenly softening as he said, "Sister Huan Huan, I am grateful to you for taking care of me during this time."
The girl in white trembled slightly, lowering her head. "I am your servant; it is my duty. I cannot accept the title of 'Sister Huan Huan' from you."
Li Xiong Tu chuckled. "What is there not to accept? I, Li Xiong Tu, am merely a lost dog with a ruined family. To be treated so kindly by a beauty like Sister Huan Huan is already a tremendous blessing."
The girl in white's eyes glimmered, and biting her lip, she said, "In my eyes, you are not a lost dog! You are the only man in this world who can stand tall!"
Li Xiong Tu sighed and stood in a daze for a moment before suddenly saying, "Sister Huan Huan, once I defeat or kill Dong Wushang in the fair duel, I will inform my family and marry you! How about that?"
The girl in white, as if struck by lightning, raised her head in a daze, looking at Dong Wushang, her face pale for a moment and then flushed red, her delicate body trembling. "Young Master..."
"Just call me Little Tu Tu," Li Xiong Tu said with a gentle smile. "Since I was little, my parents called me that... When I was thirteen, I had already reached eight feet tall and weighed two hundred pounds; my mother still called me Little Tu Tu..."
The girl in white's face grew red, and she lowered her head.
Chu Yang, who was watching from the shadows, couldn't help but chuckle.
Little Tu Tu... that name was just too amusing.
However, Chu Yang did not laugh; instead, he felt a faint warmth and moved by the moment. Even though the person Li Xiong Tu had the greatest enmity with was Chu Yang's own brother, at this moment, he felt a sense of warmth for this scene.
For Li Xiong Tu's perseverance, for Li Xiong Tu's genuine feelings.
However, Chu Yang finally understood what Li Xiong Tu had been drinking. The faint fragrance wafting through the air told him: this is Aether Stone Milk!
This is a rare divine object that can only be condensed through serendipity over thousands of years in the mountains! Its effects can rival the Spring of Spirits that Chu Yang currently possesses. Moreover, in addition to nourishing the body, it has an added function: it increases cultivation level!
No wonder Li Xiong Tu could endure such high intensity and progress in his practice so rapidly.
Based on the current situation, Chu Yang could precisely calculate: Li Xiong Tu practices for one day, he consumes one cup of Aether Stone Milk!
The Li family has indeed invested heavily.
Chu Yang sighed inwardly: it seems the Li family fully believes in Li Xiong Tu being 'one of the nine calamities'! Otherwise, although Li Xiong Tu's innate talent certainly warrants such cultivation from the Li family, he is still an outsider.
Mo Tianji's strategy is being implemented exactly as anticipated within the Li family.
Although it is Mo Tianji's conspiracy, it is beneficial to Li Xiong Tu. Because without this, he would definitely not receive such treatment!
However... relying solely on Aether Stone Milk is not enough to allow Dong Wushang to rise from the third or fourth tier of the Imperial Throne to the saint level fifth rank in just one year! With the efficacy of Aether Stone Milk and the efforts of an ordinary person, one could only reach the lord-level third tier at most in such a time frame! That is already the limit.
The majority of the additional improvement comes from Li Xiong Tu's hard work!
Moreover, while Aether Stone Milk can superficially offset Li Xiong Tu's physical loss and enhance his cultivation level, in reality... it cannot fully compensate. This means that Li Xiong Tu is still overextending his vitality; however, this overextension is something no one would notice.
Once it erupts, there will be no cure.