She had experienced something like this before. A few years ago, Xia Tianling had taught her a cultivation technique called the Azure Hill Sky Fox Art. Even her teacher, Bibi Dong, had greatly praised the technique as extraordinarily profound.
Somewhat worried, she checked the situation inside through the cultivation room's special observation mirror. Seeing that neither of them had encountered any trouble, she did not interfere further.
Who would have thought that this state continued into the second day, the third day, and the fourth day?
The morning of the sixth day.
By then, several people were already waiting outside the cultivation room. Aside from his few companions, everyone else possessed extremely high Soul Power cultivation.
The two Titled Douluo stationed at the academy had both arrived. Several Healing System Spirit Masters were also present, including even a Healing System Spirit Douluo.
This was the current Holy Son of Spirit Hall. No amount of caution was excessive.
Just as the two Titled Douluo were discussing whether to force the door open, fortunately, the inheritance finally came to an end.
After continuously releasing Spiritual Power for four days, Xia Tianling was already on the verge of exhaustion. The instant he sensed that the inheritance had ended, he could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.
His final thought was, Damn it, I really got myself screwed this time.
Having completed the inheritance, Zhu Zhuqing's aura surged explosively. Her entire body was like a sharp blade piercing the heavens, yet she also seemed somewhat ethereal and elusive.
"Tianling!"
"Your Highness!"
"Brother Ling!"
"Junior Brother!"
"Boss!"
The first cry came from Zhu Zhuqing.
The moment she opened her eyes, before she could even rejoice over breaking through to level thirty, she saw Xia Tianling collapse from exhaustion before her and hurriedly caught him.
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When the people outside saw that the two of them had awakened, they immediately broke down the door and flooded inside in a great swarm.
The Healing System Spirit Douluo hurriedly extended his Soul Power toward the limp Xia Tianling to assess his condition. At the same time, he summoned his Martial Soul and bombarded him with one healing soul skill after another.
"Don't, don't heal me, Teacher Wang. I'm fine." Xia Tianling lay weakly in Zhu Zhuqing's arms. "My Spiritual Power is just a little overdrawn. I'll be fine after some rest."
"Spiritual Power overdraft? That's easy to handle." A voice sounded. "Seven Treasures Manifesting Glazed Tile, sixth: Spirit."
A Spiritual Power enhancement buff settled directly onto him, slowly restoring his drained Spiritual Power.
The speaker was a Soul Emperor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
As one of the Upper Three Sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always maintained good relations with Spirit Hall. Moreover, Sword Douluo Seven Kill Sword Chen Xin and its sect master Ning Fengzhi were even honorary elders of Spirit Hall. Naturally, the two great powers had worked together extensively.
"Tianling, thank you."
Zhu Zhuqing held the pale-faced Xia Tianling, her eyes reddening slightly.
He had ended up like this entirely because of her.
Xia Tianling merely smiled indifferently. "Why thank me? This is what I should do. Didn't I say it before? You're my partner. If anything happens, I've got your back."
Xie Yue and Yan: ? Why had they never seen him take such good care of them? Was this discrimination?
"Stop talking and get some proper rest."
At this point, it was not only Zhu Zhuqing's eyes that had turned red. Her face had reddened as well.
Seeing that their Holy Son was fine—and even had the leisure to flirt with a beauty—a Titled Douluo immediately felt his irritation rise.
"Alright, disperse. Go cultivate on your own. Ning Tao, take His Highness back to his residence."
However, Xia Tianling knew nothing about what happened afterward.
His mental state was truly terrible. He had only forced himself to say a few words before closing his eyes and falling unconscious.
When he awoke, it was already the next morning.
"Ah, that sleep felt amazing." Xia Tianling sat up in his familiar bed and stretched hard. Ever since he had begun using cultivation in place of sleep, he had not relaxed like this in a long time.
Huh? His Soul Power had actually broken through to level forty?
Perfect. He could take Kitten with him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. He wondered how she was doing after accepting the inheritance.
That had really been dangerous. Things had gone so smoothly for so long that his vigilance had dropped. He had nearly capsized this time. In the future, if there was something uncertain, he should ask the system first.
"Tianling! You're awake!"
Just as Xia Tianling sat on the bed reviewing the gains and losses from this incident, Zhu Zhuqing pushed the door open and entered. Seeing his rosy complexion, she cried out in delight.
"Huh? Zhuqing, didn't you go cultivate?"
"Young man, you're quite fortunate." Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's cry, the Healing System Spirit Douluo from yesterday also walked in. He had stayed in the living room downstairs all night in case anything unexpected happened.
"After you fell unconscious yesterday, this little girl never left your side for even a moment. Ah, youth is wonderful." The old man sighed with a wistful expression. "Since everything's fine, this old man won't disturb you young people any longer."
Zhu Zhuqing's face reddened as though it could drip blood. Without saying a word, she lowered her head and crouched by the bedside.
She had not left all night? This little kitten really...
"Ahem, well, Zhuqing, how does your body feel after completing the inheritance?" Feeling a little awkward, Xia Tianling hurriedly changed the subject.
"I broke through to level thirty, and my body feels much lighter." Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment before answering seriously. "Also, I can reshape the dagger you gave me yesterday however I wish."
As she spoke, Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Assassin's Blade.
Perhaps it should be called the Assassin's Claws now.
A pair of pitch-black claws appeared over Zhu Zhuqing's hands, radiating an aura of sharpness.
The claws fit the structure of her hands perfectly. As her fingertips moved, they gave off faint, low friction sounds.
The sound was extremely soft. If one's senses were not exceptionally powerful, it would have been impossible to hear.
"Not bad."
Xia Tianling sprang from the bed and landed on the floor. "Let's go. We'll call Little Ao and Little Fatty, then head to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings."
"Shouldn't we call Senior Sister Hu Liena and the others? And why do you call Ma Hongjun Little Fatty? He doesn't look fat at all." Zhu Zhuqing put away her claws and asked curiously.
"This trip to the Star Dou Forest is partly to hunt Soul Rings and partly to train ourselves. Senior Sister and the other two have completed countless missions. Even I have to admit that I'm inferior to them in combat experience, so naturally, they don't need to come with us."
Although Xia Tianling had previously participated in several operations to encircle and suppress Evil Soul Masters, he had mostly gone to gain experience and polish his credentials. In truth, he had not participated in much actual combat.
"As for why I call Ma Hongjun Little Fatty, it's because he was a chubby little kid when he was young. I've called him that for so many years that it just stuck. It's basically a nickname."
The two chatted as they headed toward the teaching building.
Though it was mostly Xia Tianling chattering away while Zhu Zhuqing occasionally gave a soft "mm" or nodded in response.
They successfully found Oscar and Ma Hongjun training at the practice grounds. Upon hearing that Xia Tianling had turned misfortune into fortune and broken through to level forty, the two immediately offered their congratulations.
The four-person team was successfully assembled. After applying to the Titled Douluo overseeing the academy, a peak Spirit Douluo immediately led them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
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