"I never expected that the one traveling with me would be you, Junior Sister Shen. We haven't met for just a few years, yet your cultivation has already reached a level that leaves me choking on dust."
On the way to Lingyun Marketplace, Li Qing looked at the cool, slender figure traveling beside him with a face full of emotion.
From the aura Shen Ningbing gave off, he could clearly sense that she had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
They had entered the sect together and successfully established their foundations together. Yet after merely a few years apart, the gap in their cultivation had already widened considerably.
Sometimes, the gap between people was simply that vast!
Possessing an ice spiritual root and having a Core Formation True Person as her master, Shen Ningbing's cultivation could be said to advance by a thousand miles each day. She was far beyond comparison with those who had entered the sect alongside her.
"Brother Li, you praise me too highly. I merely received my master's help. This small achievement is nothing."
"I see that Brother Li's cultivation progress is not bad either. Your outward aura is now solid and condensed; I imagine your magic power must have deepened considerably as well."
Shen Ningbing's voice was as icy and crystalline as she herself was, like frost that emanated a chill.
If one heard such words in the blazing heat of summer, perhaps they would feel a refreshing coolness seep into their heart. But this place approached the snowfields, and the temperature was inexplicably frigid. Hearing her only made one feel as though several more layers of bone-piercing cold had been added.
"I traded all my sect contribution points for pills. Had I not made even this much progress, I might as well