Western Ox-He Continent.
Chen Baiqing sat with her eyes tightly shut, surrounded by a spiritual formation constructed from Spirit Stones that Yuyang Daozi had arranged to help her break through on Western Ox-He Continent.
Now, Chen Baiqing had also climbed to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Her advancement had gone fairly smoothly. Though she had chased speed a little, Chen Baiqing was at least reasonably satisfied.
Only... she felt none of the joy of breaking through.
She had not even stepped out of the room, instead waiting quietly for someone to push that door open.
For her master's questioning in person... or his helpless, sorrowful expression.
Chen Baiqing was also trying to compose herself, but however she tried, she still felt nervous and sad.
Countless thoughts swirled through her mind without pause.
She even felt that having time freeze like this might not be so bad.
Chen Baiqing did not know how much time had passed. It only felt terribly long-so long that she thought her master no longer intended to keep her and was going to abandon her here.
Without a sound, without a care.
That was the most fatal thing of all.
Yet she could only stay here and reassure herself-her master would not do that.
Bang-
A muted knock interrupted Chen Baiqing's tangled thoughts.
Chen Baiqing quickly opened her eyes and looked toward the door, slowly speaking:
"Come in..."
Only after speaking did Chen Baiqing realize that her voice seemed a little hoarse.
The door slowly opened, letting in the sunlight outside.
Yuyang Daozi stood in the doorway, looking at Chen Baiqing seated within the formation. Watching the emotion in her eyes shift from nervousness to disappointment, he spoke calmly:
"Did your breakthrough go smoothly?"
"Thanks to your care, Martial Uncle, everything went smoothly."
"Good, then. I hadn't