"Yes, I just leveled up the other day," Feng Yuqin said. "My Marrow-Cleansing Pills won't cause as much pain."
"What?" Yan Geng looked shocked. Then, with a long face, he said, "If I'd known you'd level up so soon, I would have waited until after your upgrade to take your Marrow-Cleansing Pills."
The Marrow-Cleansing Pills they took last time had made them suffer terribly.
Feng Yuqin shrugged. "I didn't know I'd level up so soon. Besides, the contest is today. Even if you hadn't taken the pills before, if I gave them to you today, you wouldn't have had time to use them."
Yan Geng thought it was indeed the case.
Moreover, although the previous Marrow-Cleansing Pills had been painful, they had indeed helped him level up.
The Trial Ground was so dangerous. Gaining one more level was a form of protection.
After Feng Yuqin gave a good amount of pills to the Yan family, she arranged for Lv'e to send pills to the Dark Night Pavilion.
Fortunately, she had refined a large quantity of pills this time. There would be no problem for the Dark Night Pavilion to last until her return.
Moreover, after refining the pills today, she had discovered a problem. She could use her spiritual sense to enter the space and refine pills.
Although she couldn't refine two batches of pills simultaneously, since her spiritual power was strong, there was no problem at all in splitting a wisp of her spiritual sense to control the fire for pill - refining.
Plus, there were Xiaojin and Xiaoying in the space to help.
Unless she needed to concentrate on one thing, she could always split her spiritual sense to refine pills in the space.
For example, now, since she wasn't using her soul power or spiritual power, she could talk to them while refining pills.
If others knew about this, they would think she was not human at all. She was clearly a monster!
...
In the central square of the imperial city.
This was the venue specially prepared for the contest.
The age limit was between ten and thirty years old. Those who exceeded the age limit couldn't participate.
The number of successful candidates in the contest was ten. The two spots reserved for the royal family were fixed, and the others had to compete for these ten spots through the contest.
Everyone was eager to enter the Bottomless Abyss.
Because if they were lucky enough to encounter an opportunity, it would be equivalent to five to ten years of their own cultivation.
Besides the Western Song State, which was organizing the contest, other countries were also doing so.
For example, the Eastern Yuan State and the Southern Chu State.
As for the Northern Border State, they preferred to act alone, so they wouldn't participate.
In total, with two fixed spots for each royal family and thirty spots from the contest, there would be thirty - six people entering the Bottomless Abyss in the end.
When Feng Yuqin arrived, the central square was already crowded with people.
When the crowd saw Feng Yuqin appear, some who had seen her before started to whisper.
"Am I seeing things? Isn't that Feng Yuqin, the eldest young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"I don't think so. I've seen Feng Yuqin before. She wasn't this beautiful."
"It's really Feng Yuqin. I saw her at the inn half a month ago when the Prime Minister's Mansion went to pick her up. Although I'm also puzzled why she suddenly became so beautiful, it must be her."
"Don't you see the Yan brothers, Yan Xiao and Yan Geng, following behind her?"
"It really is her. She's so beautiful. She's so different from the ugly girl she used to be."
Some people, seeing the two Yan brothers behind, said in disbelief.
"And when she walks over in that white dress, I feel like I'm seeing a fairy."
"No, it's not an illusion. I feel the same way."
"I also think she's so beautiful. She's like a celestial maiden descending to the mortal world. Why didn't I notice she could be this beautiful before?"
Actually, Feng Yuqin wasn't really ugly before.
At least her facial features were quite good.
Sometimes, a person's temperament could also add points.
Due to her recent continuous leveling - up, Feng Yuqin's temperament exuded an aura that couldn't be ignored.
Feng Yao and Feng Chi didn't look happy when they heard these people praising Feng Yuqin.
Especially when they thought of what had happened the other night, they both hated and feared Feng Yuqin.
"Third Sister, have you noticed that something's wrong with her?" Feng Chi whispered to Feng Yao beside him.
Feng Yao said coldly, "When has she ever been normal? Have you forgotten what happened the other night?"
Feng Chi frowned and pondered for a moment. "Third Sister, have you noticed that Feng Yuqin's appearance is changing visibly and becoming more and more beautiful?"
How could Feng Yao not have noticed?
She just didn't want to admit it in her heart.
Now that Feng Chi had said it so straightforwardly, it was hard for her to ignore it.
"She wasn't this beautiful a few days ago. How come her appearance has improved several levels in just a few days? Could it be that she took some pills?" Feng Yao was a woman and loved beauty, so she had inquired about pills of this kind before.
"Could it be that the people from the Dark Night Pavilion gave them to her?" Feng Chi could only think of this possibility.
"It's probably impossible. Maybe there are other reasons," Feng Yao thought that even the people from the Dark Night Pavilion didn't have such a change as Feng Yuqin.
Especially a girl named Su Bing inside. Her facial scar was so ugly.
If there really were such pills, why wouldn't Su Bing use them?
If Feng Yao knew that Su Bing didn't want to use them because she thought the scar was a form of safety, what would her attitude be?
"There's another possibility," Feng Chi said. "Do you remember what Master used to say? If a person's spiritual power reaches a very high level, then every time she levels up in cultivation, whether it's cultivating soul power, refining pills, or learning formations, her appearance will become more delicate."
"You mean Feng Yuqin's spiritual power is very powerful? That she can change her appearance while cultivating?" Feng Yao sneered. "You think too highly of her. Does she have such abilities?"
Feng Chi frowned and looked in the direction where Feng Yuqin was.
He thought that this was the only reason he could think of for now.
But since his third sister didn't believe it, there was nothing he could do.
Although her strength today was one level higher than a few days ago, at the third level of the Soul Warrior, he knew that Feng Yuqin must have some treasure that concealed her real strength.
Neither the Prime Minister's Mansion nor the Yan Mansion had such a treasure. The only possibility he could think of was that it was given to her by Mo Xuanye.
How could a person who wasn't even a Soul Patriarch have such a powerful explosive force?
After Feng Yuqin and the others went forward to register, they chose a less - crowded place and waited quietly for the contest to start.
"Cousin, has your strength increased again?" Yan Geng asked curiously.
"Yes," Feng Yuqin nodded. "Didn't I go into seclusion for a few days? So I've increased my strength a bit."
"To be honest, what level have you reached?" Yan Geng always felt that there was a dangerous aura around his cousin today that even made him feel uneasy.
Feng Yuqin looked at him calmly and asked, "Cousin, are you sure you want to know how strong I am?"
"What do you mean?" Yan Geng asked, a bit confused.
"Cousin means that if you know her current strength, you might be shocked," Yan Xiao explained beside them.
"What?" Yan Geng didn't believe it. "Brother, cousin was at the eighth level of the Soul Warrior before. Even if she's leveled up, let's say she's at the first level of the Soul Patriarch, just entering a higher realm. It shouldn't shock me, right?"
Feng Yuqin just smiled but didn't say a word. Seeing her expression, Yan Xiao pondered for a moment and asked, "Cousin, how many levels have you advanced during this seclusion?"