Meeting the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch's shocked, bewildered gazes, Meng Yiran smiled and answered calmly, without any hurry:
"Because I ate an immortal grade herb. Oh, Big Brother Qifeng gave it to me."
The Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch exchanged glances.
"What exactly is this immortal grade herb?"
Meng Yiran immediately explained the concept of immortal grade herbs, the purple ganoderma snow dragon chant she had consumed, and the two spirit rings she had absorbed in detail.
After hearing Meng Yiran's explanation, the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch finally understood. The Dragon Duke asked:
"So, Yiran, your soul power soared to rank forty-two, and you absorbed two spirit rings beyond the Spirit Master Theoretical Limit, all thanks to the immortal grade herb that lad Ye Qifeng gave you?"
"That's right."
Meng Yiran nodded firmly, then asked with a smile:
"Grandfather, Grandmother, aside from my soul power and spirit rings, haven't you noticed anything else different about me?"
The Snake Matriarch's eyes shifted. Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed that the Serpent Cane martial soul in Meng Yiran's right palm seemed different from before, and let out a soft exclamation:
"Oh? Yiran, your martial soul..."
Shrek's campsite.
Sensing a fierce, overbearing surge of soul power erupt behind her, Zhu Zhuqing immediately realized that Dai Mubai was about to attack her.
Her reaction was extraordinarily swift. Almost the instant Dai Mubai unleashed his soul power, she activated her evolved Nether Civet martial soul and completed its possession, ten spike-like cat claws springing from her fingertips.
She immediately spun around and stabbed behind her.
Clang-
As soul power flared, the spike-like cat claws collided violently with the Long Blade Tiger Claw, sending out a crisp metallic ring.
Zhu Zhuqing flipped gracefully backward, kicking Dai Mubai in the