Su Mei knew Ye Qingcheng had already entered the martial master realm, so this came as no surprise.
But the very next moment, she suddenly realized something seemed wrong.
An Innate Martial Master?!
For a moment, Su Mei wondered whether she had misheard.
After all, she had last heard of Ye Qingcheng's breakthrough into the martial master realm only a few short months ago.
Advancing one or two minor stages in those months would already have placed her among the ranks of geniuses.
Yet she had broken through an entire major realm and become an Innate Martial Master?
Was this some kind of joke?
As far as Su Mei knew, that was utterly impossible.
She considered her own talent scarcely inferior to Ye Qingcheng's.
The two had even fought at the Martial Arts Tournament, evenly matched, with their bout ultimately ending in a draw.
Yet Su Mei was still only at the second heaven of the martial master realm.
Wait!
Such potent, pure spiritual energy!
It was coming from...
Her gaze followed it, finally settling on the Spatial Teleportation Gate that was closing.
Could it be...
Her eyes returned to Ye Qingcheng.
Su Mei could not help wondering whether Ye Qingcheng's cultivation had risen so rapidly because she had been cultivating all this time in that Pocket World, where the spiritual energy was pure to the utmost.
Even without thinking, she knew this Pocket World had to be connected to Chen Mu.
Su Mei had to admit that reality had slapped her in the face.
A discarded pawn? A hostage?
This was clearly an opportunity on par with a grand blessing of heaven and earth!
How long had Ye Qingcheng been in the Tianyuan Holy Land? Her cultivation had originally been equal to Su Mei's, but now she surpassed her