The next day, Ao Qing and Medusa left the Snake-People Race and returned to Jia Nan Academy.
As for why they were in such a hurry, both Ao Qing and Medusa felt that there was nothing more to gain from staying. Besides, Zi Yan and Qing Lin were still waiting for them at Jia Nan Academy.
Before leaving, Medusa specifically summoned Yue Mei and gave her several items from the Snake-People Race's inheritance. She also gave Yue Mei some cultivation resources, hoping she would soon cross the threshold into the Dou Emperor realm.
Misty Cloud Sect.
During the three years since Zi Yan and the others had left, Nalan Yanran had never forgotten her original goal: to catch up to Qing Lin and the others through her own unrelenting efforts.
Thus, over the past three years, even without Yun Yun urging her to cultivate as she had before, Nalan Yanran had continued to push herself, increasing her daily cultivation regimen.
Holding to the belief that if talent was lacking, effort would make up for it, Nalan Yanran had broken through her limits again and again over the past three years, repeatedly setting new records for the Misty Cloud Sect.
And now, three years later, Nalan Yanran, who had once been a Six-Star Dou Zhe, possessed the strength of a Nine-Star Great Dou Shi!
She was only one step away from becoming a Dou Ling.
Of course, Nalan Yanran's progress was inseparable from the Misty Cloud Sect's support.
All manner of cultivation resources had been directed toward her. In Yun Shan's words, the Misty Cloud Sect was already a top-tier force on the Northwest Continent, but if they wanted to establish themselves in the Central Continent, Yun Shan alone, a Dou Zong, would not be enough.
Therefore, the Misty Cloud