Along the way, Jian Xin took a brief rest—not to sleep, but to take out all her remaining ring stones to recover her spiritual power. What remained was entirely her own stash, specifically the ones Shi Wei had given her when they first met. There weren't many, about thirty mid-grade ring stones and a handful of low-grade ones. Because the quantity was small, Jian Xin absorbed them very quickly, recovering about half of her strength. Moreover, whether it was her imagination or not, she felt these ring stones were somehow better than those from the three ancestors...
"Should I ask Shi Wei next time?" Jian Xin thought to herself. After all, these ring stones were a gift from him. Speaking of Shi Wei, she wondered how Xiaoyu was doing. Come to think of it, that old man had been invited by Shi Wei, so presumably he wouldn't harm Xiaoyu.
Lost in these rambling thoughts, dawn broke. Jian Xin stood up, took the Little Beast with her, and set off toward Yuan Cheng. She calculated the days in her head: there was still a little over a month left. Should she hurry there directly using the Sky-Gliding Step, or travel at a normal pace? Either way, she would arrive much earlier than the start of the trial. Why not arrive early? That way, she could go look for Qiu Ji and the others! Having settled on her plan, Jian Xin followed the path she had already traveled twice out of the forest, passed through the market, and just as she was about to enter the city, a crowd of figures blocked her wa…
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