The next day at noon, the sunlight was dazzling, warm as it shone upon them.
After toiling hard all night, Master Shi got up and began cultivating.
There was roughly one year left until the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament began.
In that year, he could fully raise his Soul Power rank to Soul Emperor.
Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan might also be able to enter the Soul King stage.
As time slowly passed, the members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team successively broke through to Soul Ancestor.
Without Qin Ming's training method of running while carrying stones, they had plenty of time for cultivation. Moreover, when fighting Soul Masters a full major rank above them, the pressure made their Soul Power more likely to break through.
The only one still falling a little short was Ye Lingling.
After all, she was a support-type Soul Master. Her cultivation speed had always been somewhat slow, and since she had never participated in spirit battles, she had no way to temper her Soul Power. Naturally, her advancement was slower.
That night.
It was Dugu Yan's turn to pay her marital dues. The two were entwined, deeply intimate.
Just as they were getting into it, Dugu Yan suddenly spoke.
"Shi An."
"Mm?" Shi An made a questioning sound.
"Do you... do you know the uses of all those immortal herbs?"
"I know most of them." Shi An replied, "Why ask?"
"Then... could you pick an immortal herb for Lingling too?" Dugu Yan asked in broken, breathless fragments.
"Lingling..." Shi An thought of that cool, silver-haired figure. "Ye Lingling?"
"Yes. In our team, she's the only one who... who hasn't broken through to Soul Ancestor yet.
I can tell that although she acts like she doesn't care, she's been cultivating hard all