Ye Qiong took out another snow-white pill and turned to Keleradra.
Keleradra stood ramrod straight, her gaze fixed on the pill. Her expression remained unchanged.
Ye Qiong walked up to her and held out the pill.
"It was refined from Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. It strengthens your foundation, replenishes your energy, and purges impurities. Your Soul Power foundation is already solid, Your Highness, so this should help refine it even further."
Keleradra reached out and took the pill. She glanced at it, asked no questions, and swallowed it at once.
Ye Qiong turned and walked over to Wang Sheng, taking a crimson pill from his bag.
"I refined this from Infernal Delicate Apricot. Your War Tiger Martial Soul's foundation isn't sturdy enough. This will bring out the ferocity in your tiger spirit. Once your Martial Soul evolves, you won't have an ordinary War Tiger anymore."
Wang Sheng accepted it with both hands, tears of excitement streaming down his face.
"I knew you treated me the best, Teacher!"
He swallowed it whole. Before he could even savor the taste, a wave of heat surged up from his stomach, leaving him baring his teeth in pain.
Ye Qiong patted him on the shoulder, then walked over to Jiang Zhu.
He took out a purple pill and handed it to her.
"Refined from Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, it strengthens your foundation, replenishes your energy, and boosts your power. Your support-type Martial Soul has a solid foundation now, so this should raise the ceiling on your healing abilities."
Jiang Zhu took the pill and nodded solemnly before swallowing it.
Ye Qiong took out two more pills and handed them to Jing Ling and Huang Yuan.
"Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. Your Skeleton Martial Soul can evolve toward a mental-type agility path. Being able to see more clearly will do you no harm, given how fast you are."
"Dragon Ganoderma Leaf. Your Lone Wolf Martial Soul has an advantage in prolonged battles. This will improve your recovery and Soul Power reserves. Its evolution path is Berserk Wolf."
At last, Ye Qiong walked over to Bai Chenxiang.
Bai Chenxiang had already stood up, her eyes shining as she looked at him.
Ye Qiong felt around the bottom of his bag and brought out the last pill.
"I refined this from Aromatic Silk Beauty. It won't directly make you faster, but after you take it, your Martial Soul will mutate. You'll be able to fly in all kinds of environments, including poisonous mists and fog. It's like gaining poison immunity, which will give you much more freedom in actual combat."
Bai Chenxiang took the pill and swallowed it with a smile.
Once all seven had taken their pills, Ye Qiong stepped back a couple of paces.
"Sit down and circulate the medicinal power. Teacher Tribbie and I will keep watch over you."
The seven said nothing. They sat down where they were and closed their eyes to meditate.
The plaza fell silent.
Tribbie stood beside Ye Qiong. He stood with his hands behind his back, quietly watching them.
Half an hour later,
Ye Qiong looked at the group still seated on the ground, absorbing the pills, and opened the system panel again.
A string of information appeared:
[Name: Wang Sheng. Martial Soul: Fire-Pattern War Tiger. Power Attack System. Level: 30.]
[Name: Jiang Zhu. Martial Soul: Healing Scepter (Enhanced). Support System. Level: 30.]
[Name: Jing Ling. Martial Soul: Skeleton (Mutation · White Bone Spirit Pupil). Agility Attack System. Level: 30.]
[Name: Huang Yuan. Martial Soul: Berserk Wolf. Power Attack System. Level: 30.]
[Name: Bai Chenxiang. Martial Soul: Sharp-Tailed Swift (Mutation). Agility Attack System. Level: 30 (residual medicinal power not fully absorbed).]
[Name: Phainon. Martial Soul: Khaslana. Power Attack System. Level: 33 (physical strength increased).]
[Name: Keleradra (Caesar). Martial Soul: Scales of Justice. Support System. Level: 34 (Soul Power refinement complete).]
After reading the information, Ye Qiong drew his gaze back with satisfaction.
Wang Sheng and the others had all broken through to level thirty. Bai Chenxiang still had some medicinal power left to absorb, so she could rise another level when she absorbed a Soul Ring later.
Keleradra had gained a level. It wasn't much, but the quality of her Soul Power was undeniably more refined than before.
Phainon had also gained a level, and his physical strength had improved as well.
Just then, the system's notification rang in his mind.
[Enhance disciples' aptitude mission complete. Reward: 10,000 Star Jade (base) + 1,000 (city-level aptitude bonus). One special card has been sent to your inventory.]
[Current Star Jade balance: 12,000.]
Ye Qiong's heart leapt with joy.
He'd had a thousand Star Jade left, and with the eleven thousand from this reward, he now had twelve thousand in total.
He suppressed the curve of his lips and was about to open his inventory when the system displayed two more messages.
[Long-term missions available.]
[Mission 1: Training Check-In (deadline: before the Soul Master Tournament). Each student who successfully checks in for their daily training earns 10 Star Jade. Rewards can stack.]
[Mission 2: Soul Fighting Rank Promotion (deadline: before the Soul Master Tournament). Each student earns the corresponding reward upon reaching each rank: Bronze—1,000 Star Jade. Silver—5,000 Star Jade. Gold—10,000 Star Jade. Purple Gold...]
[Special note: Long-term missions do not prevent the host from accepting other missions.]
Ye Qiong's eyes lit up.
With seven students, their daily check-ins would earn seventy Star Jade altogether. That came to 2,100 a month!
The rewards for Soul Fighting ranks were even crazier. One student reaching Gold rank would earn him 10,000 Star Jade.
And that wasn't all. Once he pulled a few more Chrysos Heirs from the warp, the rewards would be even more ridiculous.
The system had just handed him a production line that would churn out Star Jade without end!
Suppressing his excitement, Ye Qiong took a deep breath and turned to Tribbie.
"I have some important matters to attend to. Keep an eye on them here. Once they've completely absorbed the medicinal power, tell them I have a new training plan to assign this afternoon."
Tribbie nodded.
"Okay."
As soon as he returned to his office, Ye Qiong locked the door.
Then he washed his hands, fished three sticks of incense out of his drawer, and bowed three times to the Statue of Fuli Lian hanging on the wall.
"Cyrene, bless me. Cyrene, bless me..."
Once the ritual was over, he sat back down and opened the warp screen.
His heart raced, his hands trembled.
He paused for a second above the "Warp x10" button, then slammed it.
The train entered the screen, Pom-Pom appeared, and the doors opened.
Purple light.
Skip.
Again!
After that, he rapidly tapped warp, skip, warp, skip.
Once he'd spent all twelve thousand Star Jade in one go,
he finally leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.
"Refreshing!"
He closed the warp screen,
then opened his warp history.
And froze.
After a long silence, he let out a piercing shriek.
"Ah! WCNB!"
He'd actually pulled three Chrysos Heirs!
Suotuo City, inside a craftsman's workshop.
A green-haired boy of twelve sat on a wooden stool by the doorway,
a small carving knife in his hand as he carefully worked on a piece of wood.
A black eyepatch covered his left eye.
Across the street, two middle-aged men sat at a tea stall,
drinking tea and chatting.
"Hey, have you heard? A new academy just opened in Suotuo City. It's called Amphoreus."
"Really? Is this academy even more famous than Shrek?"
"Who'd go to that dump? People can't even afford the registration fee!"
At those words, the carving knife in the green-haired boy's hand suddenly stopped.
Amphoreus...
The name made something in his heart tremble, like a string gently plucked.
He put the carving knife back in the toolbox, stood up, and walked into the workshop.
At the same time, in Haagen-Dazs City and Sylvis City of the Heaven Dou Empire,
two figures raised their heads at the same moment, their gazes shooting toward distant Suotuo City.
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