"Fellow Daoist Ning, how... how on earth did you do it? It's only been a little over a year! No matter how extraordinary someone is, they couldn't possibly break through two cultivation realms in such a short time!"
Unable to contain himself, Xiao Yichen asked in disbelief.
Ning Wangshu smiled and said, "Actually, A Li and I spent this past year or so in a mysterious place. Conditions there are rather unusual."
"My breakthroughs through two cultivation realms in such a short time were entirely thanks to that place's unique properties."
After a pause, Ning Wangshu added, "And it wasn't just me. A Li's cultivation improved considerably too!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yichen and the others froze. Only then did they realize that Yaoli had already reached the mid-stage Mysterious Immortal realm and was not far from breaking through to the late-stage Mysterious Immortal realm.
This left Xiao Yichen and the others dumbfounded once again!
After all, when Yaoli had left with Ning Wangshu, she had only been an early-stage Heavenly Immortal!
How little time had passed? Yet she was already on the verge of breaking through to the late-stage Mysterious Immortal realm!
For an ordinary immortal, advancing from an early-stage Heavenly Immortal to Yaoli's current realm would probably take tens of thousands of years at the very least!
Seeing Xiao Yichen and the others gasping in astonishment, Yaoli smiled faintly and said, "That mysterious place truly is extraordinary. My cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds there!"
After a pause, Yaoli continued, "I came back with Master Ning mainly to see how you were doing, Master, and whether the Cloud Hidden Sacred Sect had taken its anger out on you."
"Once Master Ning has dealt with the Cloud Hidden Sacred Sect, I'll go back to that mysterious place with him to