70: I have a friend…

"Cultivate well. Once you reach level forty, teacher will give you..."

As Su Wen was preparing to meditate and Cultivate, Bibi Dong suddenly walked over and sat down beside him.

The neckline of her purple nightgown slipped slightly, offering a faint glimpse of her snowy-white, jade-like cleavage.

With a smile on her lips and a hint of mystery in her voice, she said, "Teacher will give you a reward."

"Teacher, what reward?"

Su Wen asked curiously, catching a whiff of her faint fragrance.

"You'll know when you reach level forty!"

Bibi Dong placed her delicate hand by her ruby lips and yawned, then pulled over the quilt to cover her graceful body.

As she closed her eyes, she didn't forget to remind him: "Cultivate!"

Su Wen was speechless, watching her fall asleep so peacefully.

He let out a sigh.

He then entered a long state of meditative Cultivation, occasionally startled awake by Bibi Dong turning over.

Seeing her casually kick away the quilt, he would reach out to cover her back up... As the morning sun rose outside, Su Wen also concluded his night of Cultivation.

He looked at the still-sleeping Bibi Dong; her messy hair was scattered casually, half-covering her exquisite face. Without a word, he quietly left the room.

The moment he left, Bibi Dong opened her beautiful eyes.

The corners of her mouth curled into a satisfied arc... "Senior Brother, where did you go so early?"

Just as Su Wen returned to his courtyard, Hu Liena and Dugu Yan were already there waiting.

Hu Liena approached and immediately caught a special scent on her Senior Brother's body.

Her heart tightened and her expression changed slightly, but she felt relieved upon hearing his words.

"I was Cultivating at teacher's place. Didn't you two go to the Spirit Master Academy?"

"Nana is just about to go. Does Senior Brother want to come?"

Hu Liena knew Su Wen was already level thirty and, according to the rules, didn't need to attend lectures.

Su Wen shook his head, and Hu Liena's ears drooped slightly.

"Senior Brother, then Nana will go first..."

"You had a Breakthrough? You're level thirty-four?"

After Hu Liena left, Su Wen turned his gaze toward Dugu Yan.

Sensing that her Soul Power was stronger than yesterday, he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

"Mhm. I was already at a Bottleneck, so after Cultivating for a bit, I reached level thirty-four."

Dugu Yan was in a great mood. She pursed her lips and then suddenly looked at him cautiously. "Su Wen, do you have a deep understanding of Spirits? Your spirit ring configuration is yellow, purple, black, and you can even let us absorb rings beyond their age limits. You must have conducted detailed research; otherwise, you couldn't be so knowledgeable or even let us try so boldly..."

"Hmm?" Su Wen looked puzzled.

Dugu Yan's face turned slightly red as she stammered an explanation, "I have a friend..."

Su Wen was taken aback. Why did those words sound so familiar?

"We met at a Junior Spirit Master Academy. Her Family's Spirit is cursed; there can only be two Spirits in every generation. For a third to undergo Awakening, the first must die."

"Although I've come to Spirit City, I often exchange letters with her. I know all about her situation, and she knows about mine, though I haven't mentioned the Immortal Plants or the over-limit spirit ring absorption."

"I... I just wanted to ask you, is there any hope of fixing this kind of Spirit defect?"

Dugu Yan gripped the corner of her clothes, her head slightly lowered.

She was clearly a bit nervous.

She had also wanted to mention the Immortal Plant, but she felt she didn't have the right to ask for it.

"That friend of yours wouldn't happen to have the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, would she?"

"Someone from the Undying Sect!"

Su Wen said.

Dugu Yan nodded gently. "Yes!"

Su Wen also had a certain understanding of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

It belonged to an ultimate life-type Spirit.

No matter what new spirit rings were added, it only possessed a single healing ability.

That healing ability was exceptionally powerful; as long as a person had a single breath left, they could be saved.

Furthermore, it was an area-of-effect heal.

Su Wen suddenly wanted to take a trip to Heaven Dou City, the region where all kinds of Genius Spirit Masters would gather in a few years... A few days later, in the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Su Wen told Bibi Dong about his idea.

"Subdue the Undying Sect? Are you sure?"

Bibi Dong sat on the Supreme Pontiff's throne, her right leg crossed over her left.

She lightly swung her long leg.

She looked at her disciple with a look of surprise.

She never expected him to want to go to the Ye Family.

She also knew about the Undying Sect.

Spirit Hall had tried to recruit them before, but it had always ended in failure.

The Undying Sect wasn't like other Sects that could be forced to submit through martial might.

With the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul they possessed, the number of Spirit Masters they had treated over their lifetimes was uncountable; too many Spirit Masters owed them favors.

If Spirit Hall truly used force against them, putting success aside, their reputation would certainly be ruined.

"Teacher, Spirit Hall didn't succeed with Dugu Bo either, yet wasn't he handled by me? Of course, I can't say for certain, I can only say I'll give it a try!"

Su Wen wasn't sure if the Nine Heart Begonia's issue was a defect or a curse.

A defect could be solved by an Immortal Plant, but a curse was not necessarily so.

Bibi Dong was somewhat hesitant.

That woman was in Heaven Dou City.

She wondered if Xiao Wen would run into her.

"Alright, but you must go and return quickly."

"If you really succeed, teacher will grant you a great merit!"

"Your position as the Saint will be secure!"

Bibi Dong relented.

As long as she sent people to watch him in secret, even if that woman did meet Xiao Wen, it would be impossible for Xiao Wen to be persuaded by her to turn against his own teacher.

After Su Wen left, Bibi Dong spoke to the empty room, "Gui Mei, follow them and protect them in secret. Every single thing Xiao Wen does and every person he meets after leaving Spirit City must be reported to me in detail!"

"Yes, Your Holiness!"

...An hour later, Su Wen's carriage slowly left Spirit City. Since Hu Liena was about to break through level thirty and Tian Yue had to undergo physical training to prepare for the Ten Thousand Year Plan.

Only Dugu Yan and Su Wen were in the carriage.

Driving the carriage was a personal maid sent by Bibi Dong.

Bai Yinger.

With the Bai Yinger Spirit, she was a level sixty-eight Battle Soul Master.

Su Wen knew that there were definitely others following them in secret.

The carriage swayed along.

After half a month, they arrived at Heaven Dou City.

"Su Wen, do you think Grandpa will be startled when he sees my condition later?"

Before they had even reached the Dugu residence, Dugu Yan's face was already flushed with excitement.

She suddenly had a feeling of returning home in glory.

She couldn't wait to see Dugu Bo's surprised expression.

"Probably!"

Su Wen found her appearance quite amusing.

But he understood.

Dugu Yan hadn't mentioned the matter of the thousand year second ring.

Dugu Bo only knew that Su Wen had one, but he didn't know his granddaughter had one too.

"Grandpa!"

The moment Dugu Yan stepped into the Dugu Family home, she immediately called out to her surroundings.

"Young Miss, you're back!"

At that moment, an old man walked over slowly, his eyes smiling as he looked at Dugu Yan.

"Young Miss, the Master is not in; he has gone out for some business."

Hearing this, Dugu Yan didn't seem surprised. Dugu Bo was often away from home, heading to the Sunset Forest to Cultivate.