Lü Qingyi explained.
"At first, I just thought these fish had pretty colors. Since I had nothing to do anyway, I kept them for fun. But the concentration of spiritual energy here was far too high. I was afraid these fellows wouldn't last long, so I adjusted the intensity of my spiritual power. But right then, I suddenly discovered a problem."
With that, she looked at Ying Huaixu.
Ying Huaixu: "???"
Lü Qingyi continued explaining.
"I actually underestimated how fragile these little fish were. Even after I lowered the intensity of my spiritual power to one ten-thousandth, they still went belly-up. I thought they were dead, but in the end, they came back to life."
Ying Huaixu was a little surprised. "So these fish can be used as pill-refining ingredients?"
Lü Qingyi couldn't help raising her little fist.
Ying Huaixu hurriedly said, "Go on. I'll listen first."
Lü Qingyi nodded.
"These little fish actually started adapting to their environment rapidly, then began devouring spiritual energy. Within just a few days, they grew that big. And I've been gradually reducing how much I weaken my spiritual power, but they always manage to adapt."
"This is a lot like the Illusory Dream Trial you created. Although our sect's disciples are still worlds apart from you in strength, ever since the Illusory Dream Trial, I've noticed that their improvement has already surpassed their supposed aptitude limits. That forces me to consider a question."
Ying Huaixu also fell silent for a long time. He seemed to understand what Lü Qingyi meant.
In other words, the NPCs of this world were far more complicated than he had imagined.
But they seemed to have been deceived by certain things into believing that their current level was all they could achieve.
In reality, if pushed a little