Chapter 1081 — Wei Zhao's Coldness

And now, what Qiu Lingshan cared about most was Wei Zhao! She turned her head and looked at him, gratitude and tenderness in her beautiful eyes. If it came to the Qiu Lingshan of before, her feelings for Wei Zhao had leaned more toward the resignation of one who had given up hope, but now, Qiu Lingshan felt that she truly had developed a fondness for Wei Zhao!

Anyone would be moved to tears of gratitude by what Wei Zhao had done!

"Thank you, Wei Zhao! How are you feeling now?" Qiu Lingshan asked, looking at him with concern. "You passed all your true qi to me — then you..."

"I'm fine, I'm very well." Wei Zhao spoke faintly. In truth, Wei Zhao was truly fine in every way! This time, Wei Zhao had merely gone into the jade pendant to sleep soundly; at most he had wasted half a day of cultivation without any progress, but his own strength had not diminished by even a hair!

All the energy transmitted to Qiu Lingshan came from the space within the jade pendant; Wei Zhao's body was merely a medium, a vessel.

Wei Zhao might say so, but naturally Qiu Lingshan did not believe it! Having lost so much true qi, how could he possibly be fine? Grandmother had transmitted only a little true qi to Grandfather, and even he had to go into seclusion for a long time to recover — how much more so when Wei Zhao had sent her so much true qi?

"Wei Zhao, thank you. I know you must be suffering terribly right now!" Qiu Lingshan said, moved. "I never thought you would treat me so well, giving me so much true qi and raising my strength so much all at once. I truly don't know what to say!"

In Qiu Lingshan's original plan, today was only to flirt with Wei Zhao and then, along the way, engage in dual cultivation; being able to raise her cultivation a little would already have been quite good for Qiu Lingshan. But what she had never expected was that Wei Zhao did not dual-cultivate with her at all. Instead, by another method, he transmitted true qi directly into her, forcibly lifting her cultivation up!

This left Qiu Lingshan moved, and secretly relieved as well. Though Qiu Lingshan had harbored a certain resignation toward Wei Zhao, this was, after all, her first time — how could she not care about it?

Even if the purpose was dual cultivation, Qiu Lingshan still felt it ought to be a little more romantic; ideally, her first time would not be done for the sake of dual cultivation, but for love.

Now she had successfully preserved her first time — yet in her heart, there was a touch of disappointment.

She found she no longer quite understood Wei Zhao's heart. Did Wei Zhao have feelings for her or not? If he did, then in the situation before, he could simply have gone along with it and taken her — but Wei Zhao had not done so!

But if Wei Zhao had no such feelings for her, then why expend so much true qi to raise the strength of someone he did not like? True qi did not come blowing in on the wind; it was so precious — would he casually use it on a stranger?

Looking at the utterly overcome Qiu Lingshan, Wei Zhao said very calmly, "It's nothing. My family's dog is also at the peak of the late Yellow Stage."

"Ah?" Qiu Lingshan was slightly stunned, and then, in the next moment, she flushed red with anger at his words! Was Wei Zhao saying this to put her on the same level as a dog? That is, Wei Zhao raising her strength was like raising a dog's strength?

"All right, it's getting late. I should go." Wei Zhao rose directly to his feet, said nothing more, and walked toward the door!

Wei Zhao's behavior was far beyond Qiu Lingshan's expectations! His coldness also left Qiu Lingshan somewhat at a loss!

Qiu Lingshan did not quite understand: Wei Zhao had gone to such great lengths, raised her strength, and in the end sought no credit — what did that mean? Of course, Qiu Lingshan did not believe what Wei Zhao had said earlier! His words had only made Qiu Lingshan briefly angry, after which she regained her composure!

Wei Zhao might call her a brain-dead girl and a little silly girl, but in truth Qiu Lingshan was not the least bit silly or brain-dead — otherwise she could never have sat in the position she held today!

Qiu Lingshan felt that Wei Zhao had deliberately said such things and acted so coldly. Earlier, in the hospital, when Wei Zhao healed Liu Bojia, he had been so exhausted that his head was drenched in sweat and he was worn out; yet today, having expended even more true qi, how could he possibly be perfectly fine?

True, as Wei Zhao said, perhaps General Weiwu had also become an expert at the peak of the late Yellow Stage, but there must be a reason for that. Even if Wei Zhao had nothing better to do with his time, he would not raise a dog's strength for no reason!

"Wait..." Having worked all this out, Qiu Lingshan hastily called out to stop Wei Zhao!

Hearing her words, Wei Zhao could not help but frown inwardly! The reason he had acted so coldly was precisely because he feared that Qiu Lingshan, overcome with gratitude, might do something like offering herself to him! The relationship and atmosphere between them had already been rather ambiguous before; now that Qiu Lingshan had broken through, it was quite likely she might do something impulsive!

Wei Zhao's willpower might be firmer than most, but with beauty before him, if there were extreme enticement and temptation, he might well give in! Of course, that was not what Wei Zhao wanted to see!

At present, Wei Zhao defined Qiu Lingshan only as a friend on good terms — at most, a somewhat ambiguous confidante! There was still a certain distance between her and a lover!

Although Wei Zhao thought Song Xiaoniur was quite nice—good looks, good figure—he feared that if he really got involved with her, she would only grow more brazen and demand he help her with this and that. Wei Zhao simply did not have that much time to deal with her!

Besides, in Wei Zhao's view, taking a lover really was no big deal; as long as Tang Zhi did not object, it was nothing worth fussing over.

But right now Wei Zhao truly did not have time to spare for helping Qiu Lingshan solve her case—there were still so many of Feng Xiaoxiao's wishes left unfulfilled. Wei Zhao could not afford to let himself be distracted by other matters!

So, in summary, Wei Zhao decided it was better to be a little colder toward Qiu Lingshan and keep their relationship from advancing by leaps and bounds.

And as Wei Zhao rose to leave, he was rather displeased at heart as well, thinking: if only Song Xiaoniur did not come with so much trouble, how wonderful that would be.

"Is there anything else?" Wei Zhao asked mildly.

"You must be tired? Why not rest a while before you go? Shall I cook you something?" Qiu Lingshan asked softly, showing not the slightest change in her manner because of Wei Zhao's words.

"Heh..." Wei Zhao could not help but smile bitterly, then frowned: "You brain-dead girl, are you coming on to me the whole time because you want me to push you down?"