Inside the cave, Xiao Yan was still cultivating. Even Yao Lao, watching from the side, could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
The ambient energy of heaven and earth within the cave seemed to have received some supreme decree. It transformed into streams of white energy visible to the naked eye and surged madly into Xiao Yan's body!
If his cultivation before had been a trickling stream, now it was a hundred rivers pouring into the sea! That Body Tempering pill had not merely purged the "impurities" from his body. It had transformed him into a supreme piece of uncut jade fit for cultivation. His meridians were more than ten times tougher and wider than before!
Time flew as Xiao Yan cultivated, forgetting food and sleep. In the end, even his miraculous cultivation speed could not overcome the merciless passage of time. When the first ray of morning sunlight slipped through the gaps in the vines at the cave entrance and fell across his slightly gaunt yet exceptionally resolute face, he slowly opened his eyes. The Xiao Clan's annual assessment was today.
He stood up and felt the dou qi within him, now firmly stabilized at the third stage, his gaze complicated. Three-stage dou qi... With this result, I'd probably still be nothing more than mediocre at this year's clan assessment. Perhaps even... a laughingstock.
Before leaving the cave, Xiao Yan paused. He looked up at Yao Lao's spectral figure hovering in midair. Alongside his resolve to face the coming challenge, his eyes held a lingering awe and curiosity about the miracle that day. Finally, he could no longer hold back and asked.
"Teacher... just how strong is that... that old immortal? How does he compare to you?"
At the question, a bitter smile filled with conflicting emotions appeared