"What is it?"
The Elder Princess noticed Tang Ningshuang's expression and looked startled. "His rank... did it really go up?!"
As she spoke, the Elder Princess stepped forward and placed a hand on Jiang Xiaobai's shoulder.
She slowly sent her internal energy into his body to probe it.
Soon, the Elder Princess blurted out, "Huh? Peak sixth rank?"
"What, sixth rank?"
Yet Jiang Xiaobai looked a little disappointed at that. "Only sixth rank?!"
"..."
Tang Ningshuang stood beside him, staring at him in disbelief.
Listen to him! Was that something a human being would say?!
What did he mean, only sixth rank?
She had practiced martial arts since childhood, rising early every day to train with her sword. Even in the bitter cold, she had never slacked off.
After all those years of painstaking cultivation, she had only barely reached fourth rank!
And Jiang Xiaobai?
This fellow... had only been first rank before!!
He had disappeared for two days, then returned at sixth rank!!!
Not only had he leaped five ranks, but he actually looked dissatisfied?
Who could she even turn to for justice?!
For a moment, Tang Ningshuang hugged her sword, her chest rising and falling slightly. In the end, she simply turned her head and looked away.
There was no comparing them!
The more she compared, the more unfair it felt!!
The Elder Princess was also staring at Jiang Xiaobai in shock. "So the Withered Bone Elder... transferred his power to you?"
"Yes!"
Jiang Xiaobai nodded. "He gave me eighty percent of his power, but from what he said, I only absorbed sixty percent!"
"What? He really transferred his power to you?!"
The Elder Princess's eyes widened slightly.
The Withered Bone Elder had an eccentric temperament. He had lived in the Hidden Edge Sect for years, yet barely