Within her Dantian and Qi Sea.
The stem and leaves unfurled, greedily devouring the essence pouring in.
As the last wisp of essence was plundered away,
the True Essence, which had originally been no more than a shallow pool, now surged at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At the tip of the lotus stem, the tightly closed bud slowly began to loosen.
The first petal trembled as it unfurled.
Lush and verdant, the Dao's resonance flowed through it.
Then,
with a soft
crack,
came another faint sound.
The second petal followed close behind, blossoming out to either side.
Two petals in bloom!
For an ordinary martial artist, cultivating even a single petal in the Lotus-Planting Realm often took years, if not decades.
But now,
devouring just two Demon Kings had let her cross two minor stages at once.
"Sure enough... nothing beats hard work and sweat..."
Jiang Yuechu remarked calmly.
With a slight movement of her mind, she checked her condition again.
A little regretfully,
she hadn't triggered the extremely rare plundering effect this time.
Still, Jiang Yuechu wasn't disappointed.
After all, the plundering odds of the Ten Thousand Demon Heaven-Swallowing Technique were pitiful to begin with.
A person shouldn't be too greedy.
Just as she was about to get up and clean up the mess strewn across the ground,
the clatter of hooves sounded in the distance.
Jiang Yuechu
slowly straightened and looked toward the sound.
On the horizon in the direction of Liangzhou, a black line spread rapidly.
Dust billowed, blotting out the sky and sun.
Thousands of fast horses were galloping at full speed.
At the very front of the formation,
a familiar figure leaned over his horse's back, his expression grave.
It was Wei He.
Behind him,
the entire Four Battalions of the Liangzhou