The howling snow and bitter wind had blown through an entire night and day.
By dusk the following day, they still showed no sign of stopping.
Su Ping crouched beside a heated brick bed connected to a large stove. Its orange flames gave off warmth on this winter day.
Beside him, Qianyi, Yaya, Xiao Qing, and Old Sha sat around the stove, seemingly warming themselves along with him.
Meanwhile, several iron chopsticks lay before him, each skewering a sweet potato roasting over the stove.
They gave off a simple yet enticing warmth and aroma.
Outside this room, the Beast Tamers of the Heavenly Tomb Legion were still training.
They were making their final preparations to enter tomorrow.
"Are they done?"
Su Ping asked impatiently.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
Little Flame, who was helping out inside the stove and controlling the temperature, gave a series of indignant hisses, seemingly complaining about why everyone else got to wait for food while he did the roasting.
Still, Little Flame worked without complaint.
After all, even as the Flame Venerable's Clone, the little fellow currently had the lowest rank of all the little ones present, and the same went for his combat strength.
Qianyi remained as before. Having reached his species' ceiling, he could only improve further after evolving, leaving him at just Monarch Tier Five.
As for Little Crow Yaya, his previous evolution could be said to have raised the overall ceiling of the Heart of Myriad Spirits. Now he had reached tier ten of Peak Monarch Rank, making him the highest-ranked one present. Although he was not Su Ping's own pet beast, there was practically little difference.
Xiao Qing's rank continued to match his master Su Ping's exactly: Monarch Tier Eight.
Old Sha had likewise made a small breakthrough a while ago and