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"Finally..."

When that feeling of exhilaration came, Song Qingshan genuinely felt like crying. He knew he had finally crossed that daunting threshold he had almost lost hope of overcoming.

Song Qingshan quickly calmed himself and began to adjust his breathing, fully vibrating the True Qi within his body, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him, and refining those Golden Dragon Saliva spiritual medicines to stabilize his newly achieved breakthrough...

Compared to Ji Xiang and Monk Wukong's swift breakthroughs, Song Qingshan took slightly longer; after all, his foundation was a bit weak, and he needed to proceed steadily and surely.

Especially since, during his breakthrough, he relied on the external True Qi of Qin Fang and the others. Now that he had succeeded in breaking through, the first matter at hand was not expressing gratitude but refining all the True Qi that surged into his body.

That's how martial artists are. External True Qi might be used temporarily, but it should not remain inside for long; otherwise, it brings endless harm instead of benefits.

Only when all these exotic True Qi are refined into one's own True Qi can it be safe and sound...

Before Song Qingshan's breakthrough, he would have found it difficult to refine all three forms of external True Qi at once; even if he managed, it would require considerable time.

But now it was different—having stepped into the Grandmaster Level, his strength had qualitatively leapfrogged. Although Ji Xiang and Monk Wukong were also Grandmaster-level experts, Song Qingshan had the advantage of fighting on home ground and could naturally refine it all, albeit with a little effort.

This is why Song Qingshan needs a bit more time to stabilize his cultivation.

"Alright, mission accomplished..."

Qin Fang and the others felt the vibrating aura on Song Qingshan and knew their efforts had paid off as Song Qingshan had successfully broken through.

Ji Xiang and Monk Wukong couldn't help but have smiles on their faces; after all, the four of them were a team, and seeing Song Qingshan also break through was naturally very pleasing.

"Right, why haven't you made a breakthrough?"

However, turning back, Monk Wukong was somewhat puzzled.

By rights, Qin Fang's strength should have been similar to his, perhaps even stronger, but now even Song Qingshan had made a breakthrough, while Qin Fang remained at the Master Level, which was indeed unusual.

Especially considering they all clearly knew that Qin Fang possessed Cultivating Yuan Pills and even quite a lot of Golden Dragon Saliva, superb spiritual medicine, which should have facilitated a breakthrough.

"Ah, don't mention it..."

Qin Fang shook his head with a bitter smile.

His situation was different from the others; not breaking through was expected, but truly breaking through would be the real miracle.

"Could it be..."

Although Qin Fang did not disclose the real reason, it didn't stop the others from imagining things. Monk Wukong and Ji Xiang exchanged glances, surprise flashing in their eyes, catching on to something faint.

Especially Monk Wukong, whose eyes glinted with profound surprise and peculiarity mixed with considerable envy...

Indeed, envy!

Because Monk Wukong had suddenly recalled a legendary exception within the martial world!

Qin Fang's current situation seemed to fit perfectly!

Seeing their expressions, acting as though they had unraveled the truth, Qin Fang could only helplessly smile, shaking his head without further explanation.

Saying more now wouldn't help; it would only make them think he was trying to obscure the situation... making it harder to explain.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp~~"

At this moment, a small creature's sound suddenly piped up by Qin Fang's ear. The little Snow Fox Ferret had somehow managed to sneak onto Lake Heart Island.

This very moment, the pitiful-looking Snow Fox Ferret was eyeing him while rubbing its little belly...

"Hungry?"

Qin Fang just then recalled how they all returned to the lake shore last night, but the Snow Fox Ferret immediately disappeared, only showing up now, leaving him wondering where it had gone throughout the night.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp~~"

Upon Qin Fang's inquiry, the Snow Fox Ferret eagerly nodded, pairing it with quite exaggerated gestures, leaving Qin Fang clear on its meaning—it was saying it's nearly starving.

"Eat up..."

With a gentle flick of Qin Fang's wrist, some steaming hot meat baozi appeared, beckoning toward the Snow Fox Ferret.

Despite using Blood Replenishing Pills to heal during fights now, he still carried quite a few baozi as backup, which could serve as food as well.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp~~~"

The Snow Fox Ferret didn't hold back, quickly charging to Qin Fang's side, grabbing a meat baozi, and squatting down to munch.

Whether it was starving, or the baozi suited its taste, it devoured a baozi in a few rapid bites.

Moments later, after a blink, all baozi Qin Fang provided were gone, leaving the little creature patting its rounded belly and letting out a satiated burp!

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp~~~"

But post-baozi, it didn't just scamper off; it bounced onto Qin Fang's shoulder, its adorable little tongue licking Qin Fang's cheek—it looked incredibly cute, even playing coy... leaving Qin Fang utterly speechless.