Heavenly Crafts Division, a side hall.
"I never expected you to reach late Foundation Establishment so quickly. Congratulations!"
Seated at the head, Director Qin took a sip of Spirit Tea and congratulated Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling's cultivation progress had truly taken him by surprise.
He had even worried that Zhou Ling might have taken some shortcut for the sake of this competition.
If his foundation had become unstable because of it, the gains would not make up for the losses.
But when he sensed that Zhou Ling's aura was not the least bit disordered and had instead grown even more robust, he was finally reassured.
With talent like Zhou Ling's, as long as he advanced steadily and surely, his future accomplishments would certainly not be low.
There was no need to rush for quick success and take the sword-edge path.
"This time, I happened to obtain several fairly high-grade spirit medicines, which allowed me to break through by luck!"
Zhou Ling replied modestly.
Normally, even ten Black Flame Fruits could not possibly produce such rapid progress.
After all, Zhou Ling had also relied on the two talents, [Spirit Medicine Reaction] and [Stronger from Adversity].
Even with an ample supply of Black Flame Fruits, ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to achieve such results.
Director Qin nodded, marveling in amazement. Zhou Ling's potential was even more formidable than he had anticipated.
Lu Yunxi, standing nearby, was likewise deeply shocked.
Back when she had gone to Lingxia Immortal City, Zhou Ling had only been at the fifth level of Qi Refinement.
Yet in just a few short years, he had already reached late Foundation Establishment.
And she herself had only just entered late Foundation Establishment.
Such talent was truly astonishing.
Her future prospects in the Heavenly Crafts Division would really have to