Just as Shui Bing'er had expected, Shui Yue'er's soul power surged by a full ten levels.
Originally, among the seven girls, Shui Yue'er had possessed the lowest Soul Power Level.
Now, with her soul power soaring, she had broken through the fortieth-level bottleneck and could proceed to obtain her fourth soul ring.
With a fourth soul ring, she would become the team's second four-ring Soul Ancestor after Shui Bing'er.
Though the girls envied Shui Yue'er, they were all sincerely happy for her.
They knew that Shui Yue'er had consumed immortal herbs, and that the herbs had brought her such an enormous improvement.
Every immortal herb was a rare, once-in-a-lifetime treasure. They did not dare hope for one themselves.
They were already more than satisfied to share the hundred-thousand-year Whale Brain and the cordyceps containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from Shui Bing'er.
Leng Jun, Shui Yuanqiao, and Leng Qinghuan were also happy about Shui Yue'er's improvement, though they had long expected this outcome.
Shui Bing'er's group had hunted three Coldlight Saber-Toothed Fish in this lake, disturbing the soul beasts within and sending them all diving to the lakebed.
Therefore, they needed to find another place to search for a suitable soul beast for Shui Yue'er.
Under normal circumstances, Shui Yue'er's fourth ring could come from a soul beast with around five thousand years of cultivation.
However, her body had been transformed by Whale Rubber, Whale Brain, and immortal herbs, allowing her to withstand a soul ring of a higher age.
Shui Bing'er planned to find her a soul beast with around six thousand years of cultivation for her fourth soul ring.
The group followed the winding stream toward the deeper regions.
As the group ventured farther in, the surrounding trees became increasingly tall and thick.
Their canopies blotted