After Dugu Bo left, life in the small courtyard returned to normal.
Shui Ningbing still noticed the abnormality in Shui Bing'er's Martial Soul. The reason was that during a practical combat class, the moment Shui Bing'er summoned her Martial Soul, Shui Ningbing—whose Soul Power had already reached level eighty-six—actually felt considerable suppression from it. Only later did she gradually learn the full story from Shui Bing'er and Shen Hanyu, encountering the precise concept of Extreme Ice for the first time.
Shui Ningbing's Martial Soul was the Condensing Water Flying Phoenix, a lower-tier Martial Soul beneath the Ice Phoenix. It carried Phoenix bloodline within it and could barely enter the ranks of top-tier Beast Martial Souls. Even on the present-day continent, it stood just below the very peak of the pyramid.
It had to be mentioned that Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu's cultivation speeds were quite remarkable.
Soul Masters with extreme attributes cultivated especially slowly between levels thirty and seventy. This was one of the few drawbacks of extreme Martial Souls. The compensation for that slow cultivation was that Extreme Soul Masters were generally far stronger in battle than ordinary same-level Soul Masters with regular attributes.
For example, based on Shui Bing'er's original talent, at the Soul Elder level, she could have advanced at least three or four levels in a year. But at her current pace, without any other external factors, three levels a year would already be the limit.
Soul Master cultivation only became harder the further one progressed. If this pace continued, Shen Hanyu might feel that Shui Bing'er would be better off without this so-called Extreme Ice.
Shen Liuyu, on the other hand, was doing fine. Her Martial Soul was a top-tier dual-attribute Beast Martial Soul of water and earth, first-rate both in potential and strength. Moreover,