Chen Xuan and Liu Mansha were equally shocked. Both had experienced cultivation breakthroughs over the past two years. Mansha, in particular, had finally gotten her wish after being trapped in the intermediate stage of the Golden core stage for so many years, pushing her cultivation even further. She never expected Xia Ruofei to reach her level at such a young age. Xuan, on the other hand, had worked incredibly hard to elevate his cultivation, thinking he would finally be on par with Ruofei's strength. To his dismay, the gap between them remained as vast as ever. This realization left the two of them stunned and inevitably a bit disheartened.
The actual truth was much crueler.
