This was a Summoning God Talisman, and it had already reached the second realm! Yet just as Lu Yu finished sketching the talisman's head, everything suddenly stopped, interrupted by some invisible force.
Even so, Lu Yu's heart was filled with delight.
For the past three years, he had been studying the Summoning God Talisman relentlessly, yet he had never managed to grasp its mysteries.
However, ever since coming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he had inadvertently comprehended the first realm. And now, he had touched upon the threshold of the second realm.
This sudden progress left him both astonished and excited.
"Could it be because I've been balancing work and rest better in my studies and daily life lately?"
Lu Yu pondered silently. "Or does this academy's environment benefit my cultivation? Or perhaps..."
He tilted his head slightly, his gaze falling upon the girl beside him, who was quietly watching the lake.
From beginning to end, this girl exuded an indescribable sense of strangeness, making Lu Yu unable to help suspecting that his progress might be connected to her.
Thinking back to his first moment of enlightenment, this girl had been lurking in the shadows like a ghost, silently watching him.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yu could not help asking, "What's your name?"
The girl did not answer immediately. She maintained the same posture, her eyes fixed motionlessly on the lake.
Only after a long while did she reply in a cold, clear voice, "Ye Lingling."
Hearing that name, Lu Yu's heart jolted violently.
Ye Lingling? Wasn't she the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master? How could it be her? In his memories, Ye Lingling should have only been a three-ring Soul Master, with an introverted personality and few words.
Yet now, this mysterious and powerful-looking girl was actually