Another full ten days passed before Lvliu's Soul Pouch recovered and she regained consciousness.
Then she sought out Chen Lin again.
"You want to take another one?"
Chen Lin could not help feeling surprised at her request.
She had nearly died last time, yet she still wanted to try. This little maid evidently had a strong will.
Lvliu's gaze was resolute. "The Commandery Princess has already given me to you, young master, and you aren't from the Soul Country. You might leave any day. When that happens, an ordinary person like me won't be able to cross the national territory barrier. But I heard the Commandery Princess say that once a soul undergoes a qualitative transformation, its owner can cross the national territory barrier just like an ability user. Then I'll be able to leave with you!"
Her words stirred a sigh of emotion in Chen Lin.
No matter the race, survival was far too difficult for an ordinary person.
Although this place had neither war nor an apocalyptic crisis, nor demons and ghosts running rampant, staying alive was still no easy task.
"All right, let's try again."
Since she had asked, Chen Lin obliged her.
He also wanted to continue his observations.
This time, however, he was much more cautious. He infused only a tiny wisp of mana, spending a full four hours refining the pill before it was absorbed.
The results were good, and her soul suffered no further injury.
They repeated this once every three days.
It took nearly a month to use up one bottle of Soul Refining Pills.
To Chen Lin's delight, when he examined the soul inside Lvliu's Soul Pouch, he actually found a silver light particle!
Although there was only one, and it was very faint, this was a qualitative transformation!
It proved