Ascended, and Still Mining?

Time slowly passed.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

The ascenders in the pool began to leave one after another.

During the first hour, seven or eight people reached their limits, rose to their feet, and left the Ascension Pool.

During the second hour, another dozen or so departed.

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By the third hour, even more people stood up.

Li Qingshan secretly observed them and found that most of the ascenders wore looks of regret when they left.

Clearly, not being able to absorb more origin left them unwilling to accept it.

Yet a few wore delighted expressions, evidently having gained quite a lot.

Li Qingshan, meanwhile, continued absorbing origin.

The fourth hour, the fifth hour, the sixth hour...

Fewer and fewer ascenders remained in the pool.

When the seventh hour had passed, only three people remained in the vast Ascension Pool.

Li Qingshan.

One was a burly man, his entire body packed with knotted muscles and his skin bronze-colored. One glance was enough to tell that he was a body-refinement expert.

His aura was clearly much stronger than it had been at the start, faintly showing signs of breaking through to the middle stage of True Immortal.

The other was a beautiful woman in a pale green long dress. Her temperament was cool and aloof, like a lotus rising from the water.

A faint immortal radiance swirled around her, showing that she too had gained considerably.

Li Qingshan gave the two of them an extra look, committing their appearances to memory.

The three each occupied one side, sitting with their eyes closed as they cultivated, absorbing the origin in the pool with all their strength.

Yet Li Qingshan could sense that the auras of those two had begun