"Time to stretch."
Ji Zhixing stood up and loosened his stiff body. After a moment's thought, he put on the Fallen-Feather Moon-Treading Boots he had refined earlier, lifted the tent flap, and stepped outside.
The night breeze brushed his face, cool and refreshing, bringing him fully alert.
With a sweep of his gaze, he spotted a figure sitting on a rock nearby.
Xiao Mingyue had not gone to sleep. She sat there, gazing up at the blood-red night sky.
"Still awake?"
Ji Zhixing walked over and sat down beside her.
"I broke through to the second order yesterday. I'm happy." Xiao Mingyue turned to glance at him, a smile on her lips. "Besides, I just drank another Mental Power Recovery Potion, so I can't sleep."
"You really broke through yesterday?" Ji Zhixing gave her a surprised look.
He had always assumed that Xiao Mingyue might have reached the second order long ago and had only revealed it yesterday.
"It really was yesterday." Xiao Mingyue nodded.
She had worried that her moment of impulsiveness might leave her waiting another month or two before she could break through. Yet, to her surprise, yesterday
she had broken through.
"How's your cultivation going?" Having said that, she looked at Ji Zhixing.
"Pretty well," Ji Zhixing said. "Ms. Yang gave me fifty Five-Element Gene Development Potions. I feel that once I refine all of them, even if I can't develop the five-colored spirit radiance ability, I won't be far off."
"What about your staff technique?" Xiao Mingyue asked. "How does it feel now that you've refined the Ninefold Tidal Staff?"
"I haven't tried it yet, so I'm still not sure how difficult a five-star staff technique is." Ji Zhixing shook his head. "But I should be able to manage."
"That's a five-star staff technique. Are