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This wait lasted nearly the time it took an incense stick to burn.

By then, Wu Shan had already furrowed his brow.

"Why was it taking so long? With Junior Brother's talent, he should have awakened long ago..."

Wu Shan frowned, wanting to say a few words in Jiang Xuan's defense, but before he could finish, Yan Shouzhuo waved a hand. "Enough. Stop making excuses for Jiang Xuan. He truly has been asleep longer than the others."

Yet Yan Shouzhuo showed not the slightest disappointment. Instead, his expression held a trace of something strange. "However, it is not because Jiang Xuan lacks strength of will. His digestion is simply astonishing. He has refined all the medicinal effects of the Four Miseries Nether-Soul Soup. These four bowls have done for him what seven bowls would do for others."

At this point, he shook his head with a laugh. "When this little fellow wakes up, he is in for quite a bit of suffering."

"Uh..." Learning that Jiang Xuan's heart and soul were not weak, but that his digestion was exceptional, Wu Shan was rendered speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Meanwhile, Yan Shouzhuo had risen and begun clearing the table.

This pot of medicinal soup was far from cheap. The Spirit Materials alone had cost over three thousand Spirit Stones. Adding in his effort, Spell Power, and the consumption of Purple-Soul Azure Flame, this pot of Four Miseries Nether-Soul Soup was worth around nine thousand Spirit Stones—almost ten thousand.

Of course, though Yan Shouzhuo thought highly of Jiang Xuan, he was not so generous as to use such precious resources entirely on one person.

This soup did not work on Jiang Xuan alone. Within the Divine Firmament Sect, there was more than one Dao Branch related to cold