The time Jin Shanshan spent absorbing the Original Body Qi was much longer than Bi Fan and the others had expected. A full two hours passed before the dazzling golden light around him gradually faded.
When he slowly opened his eyes, Bi Fan smiled and asked, "How did it go?"
Jin Shanshan froze for a moment, then hurriedly felt the changes in his body. His brows furrowed in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Seeing his expression, Feng Xuanzhi asked curiously, "Is there a problem?"
Jin Shanshan shook his head, his face full of disbelief. "I feel like my cultivation has broken through..."
Bi Fan paused, closed his eyes, and sensed him with his Soul Power. Then he opened his eyes and nodded with a smile. "You did break through. You're at the early stage of the Spirit Soul Realm. Looks like the Original Body Qi has benefited you quite a bit too."
Jin Shanshan sprang up from the ground, delighted. "It was that easy? Does this mean I'm about to catch up with Big Brother?"
Feng Xuanzhi looked at him with a smile. "You broke through, but Brother Bi Fan didn't stand still either."
"Big Brother's cultivation advanced too?" Jin Shanshan looked thrilled, seemingly even happier about Bi Fan's breakthrough than his own. In his heart, he needed a goal ahead of him to keep moving forward with determination.
Now that his goal was still out in front, he naturally had no reason to slack off or let up.
Bi Fan smiled and nodded. "I've only just reached the intermediate level. I'm still a long way behind Brother Xuanzhi and the others."
Feng Xuanzhi sighed, then gave a helpless smile and shook his head. "At your current level, you can already deal with Nangong Hongye. If you were standing on the same