This was Xiao Mei's first time clinging to Xiao Li so much.
It took three times before she finally collapsed from exhaustion.
But her efforts were not in vain; the effects of the Dragon Phoenix Art successfully allowed her to break through again, from Dou Qi Stage Nine to a Four-Star Fighting Practitioner!
The Dragon Phoenix Art was truly too beneficial for the weaker party.
Especially the greater the disparity, the more obvious the effect.
Xiao Mei hadn't expected to break through to a Four-Star Fighting Practitioner in one go.
This method was truly too incredible.
If she hadn't been utterly exhausted, she might have tried to improve even further.
"Mei'er, you were too impulsive today; this isn't good for your body," Xiao Li said, tenderly wiping the sweat from Xiao Mei's forehead.
"It's okay... Brother Li gave me such a huge surprise, so I was a little happy. I am now a Four-Star Fighting Practitioner," Xiao Mei's tired little face showed a joyful smile as she reached out her hands, draped them over Xiao Li's shoulders, and then fell asleep from exhaustion.
"Silly girl."
Xiao Li helped her clean her body, laid out clean bedding, and let her rest well.
[Ding! Xiao Mei has successfully conceived!]
[Reward obtained: "High-tier Earth-grade Body Cultivation Secret Art - Descent of the Thunder God"!]
[Reward obtained: "High-tier Earth-grade Movement Dou Skill - Divine Thunder Shattering Star Steps!"!]
[Reward obtained: "ninth-grade medicinal pill - bloodline pill"!]
[Note: If Xiao Mei successfully gives birth to offspring later, you can receive rewards again!]
...The system's notification made Xiao Li's eyes light up.
It seemed his hard work just now had paid off.
He finally got Xiao Mei pregnant too!
This time, besides the fixed bloodline pill, there were also two Earth-grade secret arts and Dou Skills.
[Descent of the Thunder God: Summon boundless lightning with one's body, greatly enhancing physical strength with the power of lightning!]
[Divine Thunder Shattering Star Steps: Move like surging thunder, swift as lightning!]
"A body cultivation secret art plus a movement Dou Skill, not bad."
Xiao Li was very satisfied.
Actually, the best reward among them was the bloodline pill.
Although the effect of the bloodline pill was already fixed.
Each bloodline pill could activate 5% of Xiao Li's Dou Di Bloodline.
Every increase in bloodline was a direct increase in cultivation.
He even felt that if the system didn't give him other rewards but just kept giving him bloodline pills, enough to collect twenty of them.
Then he could directly activate 100% of the Dou Di Bloodline and become a Dou Di on the spot, how wonderful would that be!
Of course, such things were only fantasies... Xiao Li returned to his room and took the two accumulated bloodline pills together.
[Consumed bloodline pill, Dou Di Bloodline activated 20%, cultivation increased to One-Star Dou Ling!]
"Phew, a One-Star Dou Ling now, not bad."
This strength was enough for him to go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range; even if he encountered danger, he wouldn't panic at all.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
A knock on the door sounded at the right time.
Xiao Li got up to open the door and saw a girl in a green dress standing before him. The bright sunlight shone, casting a faint golden hue over the girl, making her appear sacred and noble.
However, the girl's expression at this moment was not very good; her delicate and beautiful face had a slight pout.
Her pretty face clearly showed the words 'unhappy'!
"Xun'er, why are you here?"
Xiao Li was a little surprised.
Ever since the last time in the changing room of the clothing store, he had done some things to Xun'er.
Although Xun'er hadn't refused at the time, afterward, the pure Xun'er felt she had been bullied and was very angry, refusing to see Xiao Li for a while.
Xiao Li apologized several times, but it was no use.
He had thought Xun'er would truly ignore him forever.
"Brother Li, are you leaving the family?"
"What? Where did you hear that?" Xiao Li hadn't even told Xun'er yet, but she had come to find him herself.
Xun'er didn't speak, just looked at him.
Xiao Li then noticed that the girl's stubborn eyes were already red, and her eyes were filled with a misty haze.
"Xun'er, why... why are you crying? Who bullied you?!"
"It's you, you're the one who bullied me!" Xun'er's voice already carried a hint of a sob, but she forcibly held it back, very stubbornly.
"How did I bully you?"
"Brother Li, is it because I did those things to you that you're angry... and that's why you want to leave the family, leave Xun'er?" The mist in Xun'er's eyes grew thicker, and she bit her thin lip, trying to hold back.
Xiao Li paused, then without a word, he wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist, pulling her tightly into his embrace.
"Let me go..."
Xun'er struggled symbolically a few times, then gave up, sobbing softly in Xiao Li's arms.
"Xun'er, I'm not angry with you. I'm only leaving the family to gain experience; it has nothing to do with you," Xiao Li gently comforted her.
"I don't care, I won't let you leave Xun'er..."
The girl cried loudly in his arms, unable to hear anything.
Xiao Li let her tears soak his clothes, silently stroking her back.
After a while, Xun'er's emotions calmed down, gradually returning to peace.
"Brother Li... is it because I got angry with you and ignored you that you want to leave the family?" Xun'er lifted her swollen eyes, biting her thin lip lightly.
"The last time I refused Brother Li, it was because Brother Li bullied Xun'er too much... If Brother Li doesn't like Xun'er doing that, then... then Xun'er won't refuse anymore..."
She subconsciously said everything she could to make Xiao Li stay.
"Won't refuse? Does that mean I can do anything I want to Xun'er?" Xiao Li deliberately asked.
Xun'er's cheeks flushed. After a moment of thought, she whispered, "If Brother Li wants to touch... I, I just won't resist."
"But matters between men and women... no."
It wasn't that she didn't like Xiao Li.
But as a divine-grade bloodline of the Gu Clan, before the bloodline awakening, matters between men and women were absolutely forbidden.
Xun'er could give up the divine-grade bloodline, but if she truly did such a thing, the wrath of the Gu Clan was not something Xiao Li could bear.
She couldn't let anything happen to Xiao Li.
"If matters between men and women occur, once discovered by the family behind me, it will bring catastrophic disaster to Brother Li," Xun'er felt for the first time that her identity was such an obstacle.
If only she were an ordinary person, how wonderful would that be.
Xiao Li looked at her and said seriously, "That's why I want to go out and gain experience, to make myself strong enough, strong enough for the family behind you to acknowledge me. That way, I can rightfully make Xun'er my woman."
The Gu Clan behind Xun'er was indeed a concern.
This was also why Xiao Li hadn't made a move on Xun'er all this time.
If Gu Yuan knew that Xiao Li had done such a thing to his daughter, that towering rage was not something the current Xiao Li could withstand.
Listening to his words, Xun'er's heart was moved.
"So, in order for me to gain the acknowledgment of Xun'er's family as soon as possible, I must go out and gain experience to make myself strong enough."
Xun'er clutched Xiao Li's clothes, burying her small face in his chest, greedily inhaling the comforting scent.
"Brother Li, then promise Xun'er that you must become strong as quickly as possible. Xun'er will always wait for you... wait to become your woman."
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