Shen Fei watched for a long while. He did not even know what he was looking at; he simply felt that sitting there watching her cultivate was more comfortable than meditating with his eyes closed.
He did not even deliberately direct his gaze. He simply stared at her, watching the halo around her as her Spiritual Power circulated, the node of Spiritual Power between her brows pulsing faintly, and the phantom of the Wind-Thunder Sky Sparrow behind her growing increasingly solid amid the lightning.
Time passed little by little.
The fluctuations of Spiritual Power around Xiao Ning'er grew stronger and stronger. The Wind-Thunder Sky Sparrow's phantom had gone from its initial translucent state to something almost tangible, while the scattered crackles of lightning across its wings became dense bands of white light that nearly joined into a single sheet.
The density of Spiritual Power in her meridians was already approaching the barrier between gold rank 4-star and gold five-star rank. It circulated almost twice as fast as before, and with every completed cycle, the reserves of Spiritual Power in her dantian grew deeper and more substantial.
Then Shen Fei felt her aura surge abruptly.
At that instant, the Wind-Thunder Sky Sparrow's phantom spread to its fullest extent, its wings nearly filling the space behind her. Lightning burst from its wings without making a sound. Its radiance merely flared for an instant before swiftly drawing inward, gathering back inside the phantom.
In that surge and contraction, her Spiritual Power crossed the threshold. The density of power in her meridians abruptly broke through a critical point, and the reserves in her dantian leaped far beyond their previous level.
After drawing inward, the Wind-Thunder Sky Sparrow's phantom was more solid than before. The tiny sparks along the edges of its wings had become