Little Jin scanned with his spiritual sense and nodded. "Master has indeed leveled up. She's now at the ninth stage of the Soul Master."
"She's advancing so fast," Little Shadow exclaimed. "It's only been such a short time, and she's already broken through to the next level."
"Our master is definitely extraordinary," Little Jin said proudly.
An hour later, another ripple came from the space.
This time, Little Shadow and Little Jin just exchanged glances without saying a word because they sensed that their master was leveling up again.
In the next two hours, Little Jin and Little Shadow were left dumbfounded.
Their master, who had previously taken an hour to level up, managed to level up several times in just two hours.
Before her secluded cultivation, their master was at the eighth stage of the Soul Master. Now she was already at the fifth stage of the Soul Sect, even more powerful than Feng Yao, who was hailed as a young genius.
"Our master is just too terrifying," Little Jin said in a stunned tone.
Little Shadow nodded. "It is a bit scary. Do you think master will continue to level up?"
Little Jin took a look at Feng Yuqin in the space and noticed that there was still a fair amount of unconsumed soul power around her. He found his voice and slowly said, "It seems she can level up one more time."
Little Shadow also thought it was possible for their master to level up again.
Another day passed, but Feng Yuqin didn't level up again. Little Shadow asked, "Why has master been so quiet?"
Little Jin looked at him helplessly. "You can't think it's abnormal just because master didn't level up today after leveling up continuously before. Have you ever seen anyone level up several stages in a single day?"
Little Shadow thought it made sense. "But the competition will start in two days. Do you think master will miss it because of her secluded cultivation? If she does, should we forcefully tell her?"
"Master has a good sense of time. Don't worry," Little Jin said with blind confidence in his master.
Half an hour later, Little Shadow and Little Jin sensed that Feng Yuqin was about to level up again.
This time, she leveled up several stages in a row and reached the peak of the ninth stage of the Soul Sect, just one step away from becoming a Soul Saint.
After leveling up this time, Feng Yuqin opened her eyes directly.
Seeing this, Little Shadow and Little Jin immediately entered the space. "Master, you're just too scary. Who levels up like you, advancing more than one stage in a day?"
"It's just a stroke of luck," Feng Yuqin said. She was well aware that it was due to the battle this time.
Moreover, she had also accumulated a great deal of soul power and insights during her previous alchemy sessions.
So all these accumulations led to her rapid leveling up in these few days.
"Will master start alchemy now?" Little Shadow asked.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "The Dark Night Pavilion must have almost run out of pills these days. I gave them enough pills for five days before, and today is the sixth day. I assume some of the pills in there were refined by my second cousin. So at the latest, they'll come to me for pills tonight."
"Doesn't that mean master will be a laborer again?" Little Shadow said speechlessly.
"It should be much better than before," Feng Yuqin said. "After this level - up, I clearly feel that my alchemy speed will be significantly reduced, and the success rate of pill refinement will increase."
"Really?" Little Jin asked excitedly.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "As for how much it will increase, we'll only know after I start refining."
Next, when Feng Yuqin started refining pills, Little Shadow and Little Jin were stunned again.
She could only refine ten pills in one batch before, but this time it directly increased to twenty.
The success rate was just too scary.
Most importantly, the time was also shortened.
When Feng Yuqin was refining her third batch of pills, she asked Little Jin to take out another alchemy furnace.
"Master, what are you going to do?" Little Jin took out the alchemy furnace and placed it in the room. He looked at Feng Yuqin in confusion.
"Alchemy," Feng Yuqin replied succinctly, and then started operating two alchemy furnaces with both hands.
Little Jin: "..."
Little Shadow: "..."
What shocked them even more was that she could refine two batches of pills simultaneously without any decrease in the success rate or quality. Each batch had thirty pills, so she could refine sixty pills at once.
She was a monster.
Their master was truly a monster.
Her spiritual power was just too powerful.
Who else could do such a thing?
There was probably only one person in the world like her.
For two whole days and nights, except for the first day when Lin Xuan came and took away enough pills for two days, Feng Yuqin had been refining pills non - stop.
She was like an emotionless machine, constantly refining pills.
In just two days, her alchemist level broke through from the fourth level to the fifth level.
During the last half - night, she refined a large number of fifth - level pills.
She also refined different types.
There were Coagulation Pills, Soul - Reviving Pills, Lesser Restoration Pills, Greater Restoration Pills, Heavenly Yuan Pills, Breakthrough Pills, and a series of other pills.
Most importantly, she even refined Marrow - Cleansing Pills.
This kind of pill was almost non - existent in the Western Song Kingdom.
One would only appear once every few years, and it would be from an auction house.
Generally, it would be bought by the royal family or large forces.
But she had refined a large number of Marrow - Cleansing Pills.
"Master, you're going to make a fortune this time," Little Jin's true nature as a money - hungry beast resurfaced.
Just imagining such a scene made him extremely excited.
Feng Yuqin was also very happy because she found that her grandparents could also use these Marrow - Cleansing Pills.
So she couldn't wait to see the effects.
...
The next day.
Just as dawn was breaking, Feng Yuqin stepped out of her courtyard.
On her way from the courtyard to the outside of the mansion, those who saw her in the Prime Minister's Mansion scurried away as if they had seen a plague god.
Feng Yuqin didn't need to guess to know what was going on.
After all, what happened that night was so sensational. As servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they couldn't have been unaware.
She quite liked this effect. It would be best if these people would stay away from her.
Feng Yuqin went to the Yan family in a good mood.
Since it was the day of the competition, Yan Xiao and Yan Geng didn't go to the Dark Night Pavilion. Instead, they were at the Yan family, planning to leave for the competition venue after dawn.
They had originally planned to pick up Feng Yuqin from the Prime Minister's Mansion. But two days ago, when Lin Xuan went to pick up the pills, she passed on a message for them to go directly to the competition venue.
So they thought they would definitely meet at the competition venue. But they didn't expect that Feng Yuqin would appear at the Yan family before it was fully light.
"Cousin, why are you here?" Yan Xiao and his brother were in the main hall, so they were the first to see her.
"You've become even more beautiful," Yan Geng said in surprise.
Yan Xiao also noticed that her appearance was much more delicate than a few days ago, and a hint of shock flashed in his eyes.
"I've brought some good things," Feng Yuqin said with a smile. "Let's go find grandpa and the others. You can send someone to call uncle and the others."
Hearing this, Yan Xiao immediately sent someone to call the others, and they followed Feng Yuqin to the old master's courtyard.
The two elders got up quite early. So when they heard that Feng Yuqin had come, they were very excited. And when they saw how beautiful she had become, they were even more excited.
The old lady Yan held Feng Yuqin's hand and kept muttering, "Our Aqin is growing more and more like a fairy."
Feng Yuqin took out all the pills she had refined and gave them to them. "These are the fifth - level Marrow - Cleansing Pills I just refined. You can use them once first. I'll give you better ones after I level up."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned and asked in unison, "You've reached the fifth level as an alchemist?"
The last time they saw her, she was only at the third level, right?
It took others decades to level up, but for her, it was as easy as drinking water.