Time passed swiftly. Though there was only one main hall, Xiao Heng later learned that there were quite a few rooms nearby. When Xiao Heng had asked about it, Xiao Xuan had looked at him teasingly and said:
"You never asked me!"
Xiao Heng was speechless. He secretly cursed Xiao Xuan for being an old scoundrel. At his age, he was still bullying children. Shameless.
Of course, he definitely did not dare say such words aloud. He immediately put on a smile, and his fawning expression refreshed Xun Er's impression of Xiao Heng once again.
Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, Xiao Heng split his focus in two, circulating his Dou Qi cultivation technique on one side and his soul cultivation technique on the other.
Xiao Heng had painstakingly figured this out himself. He could cultivate both his soul and Dou Qi at the same time, though the speed was about what one plus one equaled two. He could not use it while fully focused, either. All in all, it was better than nothing.
Xiao Heng exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed through them before vanishing. Having experienced the rapid growth of his Dou Qi, he was rather dissatisfied with the speed at which his soul was improving.
After some thought, Xiao Heng took out a jade box from his Storage Ring. He undid the seals on it, opened the box, and revealed a stone even more crystal-clear and flawless than jade.
"Soul Stone!"
Looking at the stone in the jade box, Xiao Heng was somewhat reluctant to part with it. But for now, he could only use it. As for later, he would worry about that later.
*What if I get lucky and find another treasure like this? Mm! It's