When Bo Saixi returned to the Sea God Hall, she saw Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong lying sprawled without a shred of dignity before its gates.
Bo Saixi's expression nearly cracked again.
"You actually reached the summit?"
"Huff... huff... We're exhausted, but we finally completed the task."
"Wasn't your examination only to climb to the 108th level?"
"Yes, the Sea God Examination was completed long ago, and we received our rewards too. But Lord Sage required us to reach the summit, so we had no choice."
Bo Saixi's mouth twitched again.
"His standards for you are certainly high. Since you have passed the first stage of the examination, rest for a while, then prepare for the second stage."
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing both shook their heads.
"We want to cultivate here until we reach level seventy before taking on the second stage."
"Was that also his requirement?"
"Yes."
"Fine, but the examination time is limited. You had better keep that in mind."
"Thank you for the reminder, High Priestess!"
Over the following period, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing cultivated beneath the Sea God's Light, while Lan Yu had already spread the Mycelium Network across the entirety of Sea God Island, and it continued expanding outward.
A layer of invisible mycelium covered every coral reef on the seafloor surrounding Sea God Island.
After some time, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level seventy one after the other.
Bo Saixi had originally intended to give each of them a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, a reward granted to all examinees who broke through during the Sea God Examination.
However, what astonished Bo Saixi even more was that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing did not need to hunt Spirit Beasts, nor did they use the God-Bestowed Soul Rings. They simply condensed their