It was only a slight tightening of his expression. Qin Fengming's face relaxed again.
He already had an answer for why Bing'er had advanced without tempering her body through the Heaven's Tribulation.
The body Bing'er was using now had not been refined by her own efforts. She had obtained it by occupying the body of a transforming spirit herb.
That transforming spirit herb had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. The meridians within its body were naturally far more robust than those of a Core Formation cultivator. The energy required for mere Core Formation circulating through its body would certainly cause no problems.
Having understood this, Qin Fengming smiled faintly and said, "Bing'er, I can explain what happened to you. Your true body is the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator. With such a tough body and broad, sturdy meridians, you naturally don't need to undergo the baptism of the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation. It's not difficult to understand why you could enter the Core Formation stage so easily."
"What? Master, are you saying that Miss Bing'er's body belongs to a Nascent Soul cultivator?"
Upon hearing Qin Fengming's explanation, realization dawned on Bing'er, and her eyes lit up. Rong Qing, however, could not help revealing an astonished expression.
Rong Qing naturally knew what a Nascent Soul cultivator's body meant. Such a body was far tougher than that of a Core Formation cultivator. Yet Bing'er had been able to control a Nascent Soul cultivator's body safely despite having only Foundation Establishment cultivation, which still left Rong Qing utterly shocked for a time.
But when he thought of Bing'er's former self, Rong Qing could not help sighing inwardly.
Although Rong Qing himself had become sentient after ten thousand years as a Corpse Fiend, he had no basis for comparison with Tai