Inside Linghua Hall.
The group sat on either side, while Zhao Yi sat upright at the head. Looking around, he felt a wealth of emotion. Ten years-he had finally returned.
Beside him, Zheng Tong finished brewing tea and brought it over.
Zhao Yi lifted his cup and took a small sip. His eyes lit up despite himself, and he looked at Liu Yu. "You succeeded?"
Liu Yu nodded with a smile. "Jade Green Radiance now sells for ten spirit stones a tael at the market!"
"Good! Master's regret back then was that he never managed to cultivate this tea into a spiritual tea. Now our generation has finally done it!"
Zhao Yi spoke with feeling.
"Linghua Island has depended entirely on you all these years. Thank you for your hard work!"
He looked at Wang Qing and Li Hai as well and smiled. "You two have been advancing quite quickly, especially you, Li Hai. I'd say you've opened at least a hundred and twenty Apertures! I'll give you an account of my breakthrough later. Study it carefully!"
"Thank you, eldest senior brother!"
Zhao Yi waved a hand. Beside him, Wang Qing continued, "Second senior brother has said so many times that once you emerged from seclusion, we would put everything into helping Li Hai form his Dao Foundation. Then Linghua Island would have two Dao Foundation cultivators. Let's see who could stand in our way!"
"You're not far off yourself. You've already reached the Perfection of Spirit Drawing. What about Guiwu? Has he reached perfection too? I think you chose the right path in beast taming. I imagine you and Li Hai won't form your Dao Foundations very far apart!"
Wang Qing smiled without speaking.
Zhao Yi glanced at the others. They had all reached the Spirit Attraction Stage. "Oh?