By the large boulder beside them, Ning Rongrong also stopped circulating her soul power, and the light of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda slowly faded away.
In these nine months, she had been driven by Gu Feng's relentless training momentum and dared not slacken in the slightest, steadily advancing her soul power to Level 45 as well.
"Brother Feng!"
Ning Rongrong jumped down from the rock, walked quickly over to Gu Feng, and reached out to pinch his arm.
"That commotion you just made, was that Level 50?"
Gu Feng stood up from the stone platform.
"I've broken through, right at Level 50."
Ning Rongrong's little mouth formed an O-shape, and her entire body pressed into his embrace. She raised a hand to stroke his chin, clicking her tongue in endless wonder.
"A Level 50 Soul King at fourteen. Brother Feng, are you even human? If word of this gets back to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng and the others probably won't be able to sleep."
Gu Feng let her blindly grope his face, smiling as he swatted away her mischievous fingers.
"Alright, stop messing around. Since I've reached Level 50, the most pressing matter is to secure my fifth soul ring."
Ning Rongrong blinked her large eyes and looked up at him.
"Then shall we go look in the Sunset Forest now? With your strength, plus my amplification, hunting a ten-thousand-year soul beast shouldn't be difficult."
"The soul beasts in the Sunset Forest are of mediocre quality, and I don't plan to just find any ten-thousand-year soul beast to make do."
Gu Feng spoke calmly.
Ning Rongrong tilted her head and asked curiously, "Then how many years do you want? Twenty thousand? Like your fourth ring?"
Gu Feng's gaze was steady. "My fourth soul ring was