Dugu Yan froze for a moment before she finally sensed the change in her martial soul.
Soon, a strange expression came over her face, mingling delight with disbelief as her smile gradually widened.
"My Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul actually evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor! Grandpa's martial soul only evolved after his soul power reached the Titled Douluo rank."
"Heavens, Grandpa will be over the moon if he finds out!" Dugu Yan exclaimed in ecstasy, excitement blazing like flames in her eyes.
After that brief burst of excitement, Dugu Yan gradually calmed down. She stood and threw herself at Xiao Yan, giving him a warm embrace. "Xiao Yan, thank you."
Watching this scene, Ye Lingling's expression beneath her veil suddenly grew somewhat strange. Dugu Yan's gesture also made Xiao Yan's body stiffen slightly.
"You deserved it. There's no need to thank me. Without the medicinal herbs in your grandfather's Medicine Garden, I couldn't have refined these pills either," Xiao Yan said with a smile.
"By the way, aside from your martial souls evolving, your and Lingling's soul power levels should have risen quite a bit too, right?" Xiao Yan's gaze swept over Dugu Yan. After looking her over, he found a place to sit and asked casually.
At his words, Dugu Yan hesitated, then used her spiritual power to probe the soul power flowing within her. A moment later, everything before her felt rather unreal. Only after a long pause did she say, "It seems... it went up eight levels."
"My soul power actually reached level forty-eight! How... how is that possible?" Dugu Yan cried out. A rush of hot blood surged through her heart, and even her voice trembled.
In the original story, Zhu Zhuqing's soul power level had risen by seven levels after she ate the