Coming Out of Seclusion and Making Arrangements!

When Li Long entered the Papal Palace study, Qian Shengyuan was examining a map spread across a long table.

Hearing the door open, he raised his head, his gaze resting on Li Long for two breaths.

Two years had left obvious marks on Li Long. He stood more than half a head taller than before entering seclusion, his shoulders and back broader and steadier, while his facial features had begun transitioning from those of a boy into those of a young man.

Only after sizing him up from head to toe did Qian Shengyuan set down the dossier in his hand, satisfaction coloring his voice after confirming it. "Level fifty?"

"Level fifty." Li Long stopped before the long table. "The Indestructible Vajra Body has reached minor mastery, my eye technique has reached minor mastery, and my Soul Power has reached the threshold of the fifth ring."

Qian Shengyuan leaned back in his chair and gestured for him to sit in the chair beside him. "Your gains over the past two years are more solid than expected. Have you completely digested the effects of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?"

"It has already fused into my body." Li Long sat down and spread his right palm before him. As he circulated his Soul Power, a faint layer of golden radiance appeared over the skin of his palm and the back of his hand before vanishing again. "Ordinary attacks will have difficulty breaking through this defense. When Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power is used together with the Indestructible Vajra Body, my defense can rise another level."

Qian Shengyuan nodded and pushed the map across the long table toward Li Long.

Several regions inhabited by high-level soul beasts were marked on the map. Markers in varying shades covered parts of the Star Dou Great Forest