"A 90% genetic compatibility... Brother-in-law, why didn’t you say so sooner?"

"With such a high compatibility, if we’d helped her raise her Level earlier, we might have had a chance now!" Zhu Hongxing said with regret.

"Her current Spiritual Power Value is 999. She’s about to break through to B-level!" Lin Mo interjected.

"Impossible! She only just awakened less than half a year ago!" Yun Tianye immediately retorted.

"I already have a Contract with her. I have her Spiritual Power Value right here. If you don’t believe me, look!" Lin Mo opened his Light Computer and pulled up Ning Xuan’s profile page. Zhu Hongying immediately leaned in for a closer look.

"It really is 999. But... why hasn’t her Companion Spirit awakened? Normally, a Companion Spirit awakens within a year of one’s spiritual power. She... she only awakened a short while ago, so it makes sense that it hasn’t shown up yet. But her spiritual power is growing too fast! The Companion Spirit has no time to develop!" Generally, the earlier a Companion Spirit awakens, the more time it has to gather strength, and the smoother its materialization will be later on. On the other hand, if a Companion Spirit awakens when one’s Spiritual Power Level is already high, it’s necessary to suppress the rate of spiritual power growth to allow the Companion Spirit time to mature.

Zhu Hongying saw the problem at a glance. Hearing his sister’s words, Zhu Hongxing, who was standing to the side, said, "That’s a solvable problem. The Alchemy Association has Spiritual Medicine that can induce a Companion Spirit to awaken quickly. After her Companion Spirit awakens, we’ll get her some Body Tempering Potions and Spiritual Enhancement Potions. With her current value, reaching A-level in a short time shouldn’t be an issue. Add in the high genetic compatibility, and this might actually work!"

"What are you waiting for? Go find her! I’ll head to the Alchemy Association now and get the medicine ready!" Zhu Hongxing was very close to his sister, Zhu Hongying, and naturally cared deeply for her son.

Zhu Hongying couldn’t help but look at Lin Mo, who in turn looked at Yun Tianye. Yun Tianye looked flustered. "What are you looking at me for? Th-that assassin failed his mission, didn’t he? I haven’t done anything since then."

Lin Mo sighed. "It’s because you sent an assassin to kill Ning Xuan that she got scared and went into hiding. Now she refuses to come out!"

"What? Sent an assassin to kill her? Who? Brother-in-law, was it you?" Zhu Hongxing asked in shock.

"I... I wasn’t thinking straight back then. It was an impulse!" Yun Tianye said awkwardly. "As long as she can save Yun Han, I’m willing to apologize to her and offer sincere compensation!"

’Yun Tianye recalled his mindset at the time. He had taken his anger out on Ning Xuan purely because his son’s condition was so bad. He’d felt that for someone with such high compatibility, Ning Xuan’s own stats were just too pathetic. His extreme disappointment was what bred his malicious intent.’

"Little Mo, you know where she’s hiding, don’t you? You tracked the assassin all the way to me, so you must know where she is now! Tell me, and I’ll go get her!" Having just heard about Ning Xuan’s potential, a glimmer of hope had ignited in Yun Tianye’s heart.

"She’s in Extreme Cold City. Only those at S-Class or a lower Level can enter. Third Uncle, you definitely can’t get in! Besides, if she finds out you’re the one who sent the Slaughter Pavilion assassin, she’ll be even less likely to come out and help!" Lin Mo didn’t hide anything. He didn’t want to just watch Yun Han die, either.

’But Extreme Cold City is a special place,’ he thought. ’If Ning Xuan doesn’t want to come out, it won’t matter who goes to get her!’

"You’re the one who found the clues. If you don’t tell her, how would she know?" It wasn’t that Yun Tianye was afraid to admit what he’d done; he just didn’t want it to affect Yun Han.

’As long as he could save Yun Han, he was willing to atone in any way.’

"She doesn’t have any leads, but right now she suspects every Contractor who hides their information. Ugh, anyway, getting her to come will probably be very difficult! And my cousin’s condition can’t wait much longer!" Lin Mo sighed.

While the Yun Family pinned their hopes on Ning Xuan, over at the Huajia estate, Hua Guguang was lolling against a muscular Contractor, unleashing a torrent of abuse at Yun Zhen and Yun Ji. "So what if I used the God-breaking Needle? You have the gall to come here and cause trouble? You were the ones who begged me to go in the first place! Just look at the state he’s in! You still think you can save him? Stop daydreaming! His Spiritual Sea is a wasteland, filled with raging, chaotic spiritual power that attacks on sight like a rabid dog. My Spiritual Power Threads were obliterated the second they entered, and my head still hurts from it! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! His brain is complete mush. You should just start preparing his coffin!"

’Hua Guguang had long heard that Yun Mo had sealed his Spiritual Sea to lock the rampaging spiritual power inside. She had assumed that after all this time, the raging spiritual power within his Spiritual Sea would have mostly dissipated. Her plan was to break open his Spiritual Sea, slip inside, and use the opportunity to establish a spiritual connection with him, thereby bringing Yun Mo under her control!’

’As for the effects of a damaged Spiritual Sea on Yun Mo, it would be nothing more than turning him into an idiot or the direct death of his spirit body. He was going to die sooner or later anyway, so such an outcome would be a relief for the Yun Family!’

"You shameless scoundrel! We only asked you to try. If you couldn’t do it, you should have just said so, instead of resorting to such a malicious act! You’re really..." Yun Zhen was so angry he wanted to strike her.

"Try? He sealed his Spiritual Sea because his spiritual power had already collapsed! A spiritual power collapse is irreversible. What is there to try? If you don’t believe me, just wait and see. I’d love to see who could possibly save him now." Now that she was back on her own turf, Hua Guguang was outrageously arrogant.

No matter how furious Yun Zhen and Yun Ji were, there was nothing they could do to her. Besides, they knew Yun Mo’s condition was extremely dangerous, and with heavy hearts, they stopped engaging with Hua Guguang and quickly left. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

「Extreme Cold City, Black Water Ice Prison」

Just as before, Ning Xuan led the mercenaries to lure and kill an Ice Python. They were now dismantling and butchering it by the shore of the Ice Lake. This time, the hunt still involved seven S-Class Spirit Controllers, but now a dozen or so A-level Spirit Controllers were standing guard on the perimeter. This was because, not far off, more than a dozen people were staring covetously in their direction. If it weren’t for the A-level experts holding them back, that group might have shamelessly rushed forward to try and steal the kill.

Ning Xuan glanced at the group in the distance, who were watching with envious eyes. They had been secretly tailing her team ever since they left the safe zone. Since they hadn’t caused any trouble, there wasn’t much Ning Xuan could do.

’That group must be the people Mo Sen mentioned last time,’ she thought. ’They saw Mo Sen and his team hunt an Ice Python and assumed the Black Water Ice Prison wasn’t that dangerous, so they sent their own people in. The result was that none of them ever came back.’

"Miss Ning! We mean no harm! We just want to discuss a deal with you, and we promise it’ll be worth your while! Let us come over and talk!" The leader of the trackers, seeing they couldn’t get closer, couldn’t help but shout at the top of his lungs.