Torch Dragon Residence.
The school.
Yalita and Yaseline lay on the broad communal bed in the Women's Dormitory, looking at each other with happy faces.
They were supposed to leave school after graduation and could no longer stay in the dormitory.
But Yaseline had bribed a teacher.
Just twenty Merit.
The teacher had relented, signed a slip, and allowed them to stay in the dormitory for another month!
Renting a place outside would have cost at least several hundred Merit!
They had saved a great deal!
Yalita had been running around all day and was genuinely tired. Before long, she fell asleep.
The night grew late.
The younger girls gradually fell into deep sleep too.
But Yaseline sat up on the broad bed, crossed her legs, and quietly began cultivating.
It had started a short while ago.
Every so often, she had to withstand another surge from her main body.
Knowledge, experience, techniques—
Even immense increases in power.
Come to think of it, it was rather incredible.
White Jade Capital was like a ravenous behemoth, devouring every monster and Ruin that came its way.
It kept growing.
And Ming He's enthusiasm for work was outrageous.
She completed tasks with astonishing efficiency. She was the best partner White Jade Capital could have had as it grew!
With the two working together—
Xu Yuan's power, too, was like a runaway horse dragging him along, galloping ever onward.
Other people feared their cultivation would stagnate.
Xu Yuan feared his would rise too fast.
He had to quiet his mind and devote himself to absorbing all that knowledge and bringing his power under control, lest he be unable to wield its vast strength. At one point,
Ming He killed another monster, and Xu Yuan collected the spoils, raising White Jade Capital's power once more.