Within Dragon Valley, the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor was still cultivating. The moment he sensed Ye Jingcheng approaching, he rose and hurried to the valley entrance to welcome him.
Since Ye Jingcheng had not deliberately slowed his steps, he could only rush to the entrance even faster.
He seemed somewhat hurried.
"Master." Ye Jingcheng had told the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor many times that addressing him by name would suffice.
But the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor knew that the human race's polite courtesies were famously insincere.
He therefore deliberately called him Master every time, only changing his address when Ye Jingcheng actively corrected him.
Yet the next time, he would still call him Master.
Of course, he also accepted this master wholeheartedly.
"How is your cultivation progressing?" This time, Ye Jingcheng did not correct his form of address, and his expression was slightly solemn.
"My breakthroughs have been much faster than before, all thanks to your spirit pills, Master." Even the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor himself did not know when he had abandoned his pride and pretensions before this cultivator.
Flattery now felt entirely natural to him.
Of course, his words were not false. Before receiving the Advancement Pill, even though he had broken through to become a demon emperor, he had still been a golden lizard, and his cultivation speed had been outrageously slow. Without the Advancement Pill, his cultivation might have topped out at the early fifth stage.
And without the soul infusion, he might have remained at the peak of the fourth stage, just like the Three-Eyed Demon Roc.
"The spirit pill the lineage promised you has been refined." Ye Jingcheng took out a jade box and held it in his palm.
Inside the jade box lay a dazzling golden spirit pill, with a faint layer of