As Lu Xuan checked on Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan's training, he suddenly noticed that the Nine Heart Begonia's age had leaped by another fifty years!
"That makes no scientific sense! It doesn't even make Douluo sense!"
Lu Xuan studied the begonia closely and muttered, "One year here gives it fifty years of growth outside. That was already a welcome surprise. Without any extra Heavenly Treasures to nourish it, how did it gain another fifty years out of nowhere?"
For a five-thousand-year-old plant Soul Beast, fifty years was not an astonishing increase on its own.
But the sudden surge in its growth rate was far from normal.
"Lingling." Lu Xuan turned to Ye Lingling and asked curiously, "Did you do anything to it? It seems to be growing unusually fast."
"Brother Lu Xuan, all I do is sit beside it and train every day." Ye Lingling blinked her clear eyes. "Apart from releasing my Martial Soul and using it to practice my Soul Skills, I haven't done anything else."
Lu Xuan asked, "Have you noticed any changes in yourself?"
"No." Ye Lingling shook her head. "If anything had changed, I'd definitely tell you, Brother Lu Xuan."
Lu Xuan took Ye Lingling's wrist and sent a trace of Soul Power into her body to examine her.
He sensed nothing wrong with her. Quite the opposite—Ye Lingling was in excellent condition.
Almost too excellent!
Ye Lingling was training thirty percent faster than he had expected!
Could it be because of the Nine Heart Begonia?
"Lingling," Lu Xuan said, "release your Martial Soul!"
"Okay." Without hesitation, Ye Lingling summoned her regressed Seven-Heart Begonia.
Lu Xuan examined it for a long while, searching for differences until he finally spotted a few clues.
It seemed likely that the Nine Heart Begonia had subtly repaired Ye