After several months, when Jiang Lan stepped into this long-absent city once more, a long-lost sense of peace rose within him.
It felt like a wanderer who had drifted abroad for years finally returning to his hometown.
"Phew~ We're finally back. It's obviously only been a few months, but it feels like it's been so long," Jiang Lan said with emotion.
"Still, we gained a lot on this trip." Shui Bing'er looked at Jiang Lan beside her, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she smiled sweetly.
In just a few short months, her Soul Power Level had risen from level twenty all the way to level twenty-eight, saving her nearly two years of arduous cultivation.
Shui Yue'er had gained even more, rising directly from level sixteen to level twenty-six and saving at least three years of arduous cultivation.
"What a shame. If only we could have stayed for a few more months..." Xue Wu said wistfully.
After experiencing such rapid progress, she could no longer be satisfied with her current snail-paced cultivation speed.
In barely over a month, her Soul Power had risen three levels in a row, taking her straight from the peak of level twenty-five to level twenty-eight and saving her a year of arduous cultivation.
Without the help of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave, it would take her at least half a year to cultivate to level thirty.
That was assuming she did not encounter a bottleneck and still had Jiang Lan's cultivation speed boost.
If she ran into another bottleneck, it would take her nearly a year at minimum to reach level thirty.
"Lan'er, you four go back and rest first. Your teacher still has some matters to handle." Shui Qinghan dropped the four of them at the gates of Skywater Academy, then hurried toward the Academic