Chapter 3546 — I Have a Five-Element Constitution Too

"Hm... you mean Tianchan? Tianchan is a woman and cannot use the Linked-Heart Lock Formation. How can you guarantee that the inheritors will do their utmost to protect Tianchan?" Since they could not do anything about Wei Zhao, these people, with Zhong Yongliang at their head, had risen in inexplicable rebellion; he could only take a step back and discuss matters calmly with Wei Zhao. Otherwise, when the time came, none of them would be able to get onto Cloud Terrace Island.

It was only that Ancestor Xuanchen clearly had a better option, so why use an inferior one? Earlier, Tagan Long had been crippled, and he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing—but what about now? Tagan Long was perfectly fine, yet Wei Zhao had beaten him to death!

"Tianchan is not the only cultivator with the five attributes... As it happens, I am one too," Wei Zhao said lightly, circulating the mnemonic of his cultivation method and compressing a ball of true qi in his hand—not releasing it, but shifting it among the seven attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, mist, and ice!

"What?!" Ancestor Xuanchen could not help but stare wide-eyed. He had never imagined that Wei Zhao was also a five-element cultivator—and not merely five elements, but five elements and seven attributes! Even more formidable than Tagan Long's five elements and five attributes.

As for the other inheritors present, seeing that Wei Zhao was in fact also a five-element cultivator, they now beat the drums of retreat and dared not oppose him further. In any case, Wei Zhao could also serve as the opener to unlock Cloud Terrace Island—so who cared whether Tagan Long lived or died!

To them it was all the same; so long as the result was that they could ascend Cloud Terrace Island, that was enough.

"Good!" Ancestor Xuanchen was somewhat helpless. Though he did not wish to let the matter drop just like that, on reflection, Tagan Long's role had been nothing more than this one function—and Wei Zhao, as the opener, had all those inheritors as his girlfriends; would they not protect him with all their hearts? That being so, the odds of Cloud Terrace Island opening successfully were even greater—almost a hundred percent!

For if the inheritors gave their all and were willing to sacrifice themselves for others, there was no possibility that the opening of Cloud Terrace Island could fail.

The failures had all come from inheritors not giving their utmost.

"No wonder you're so arrogant—turns out you do have some capital after all." Libationer Nantian glanced at Wei Zhao and mocked him lightly. "But once you're on Cloud Terrace Island, five-element attributes will be of no use! For now, you can only be counted as laying foundations in the qi-refining stage; the real main event is foundation building! Only those who successfully build their foundation can be called true experts on the heavenly path and set foot upon the road of cultivation. As for you now—though you are cultivators, at bottom you are still mortals."

Wei Zhao smiled and said nothing. Foundation building, was it...

"Wei Zhao, are you willing to serve as the opener?" Ancestor Xuanchen asked.

"I can." Wei Zhao nodded.

"Good. Then it is settled. Libationer Nantian, please continue with the topic of the meeting just now!" Ancestor Xuanchen said.

"Very well! When Cloud Terrace Island is opened, I will personally guide you. When I say charge, everyone must rush madly into the entrance. If anyone is too slow to get through, don't blame me!" Libationer Nantian paused there, then said, "There is one last matter of great importance. When you go to Cloud Terrace Island, it would be best to have your relatives and friends see you off. Once you're on Cloud Terrace Island, if you want to come back—heh heh..."

"Could it be that once we go, we can never return to the secular world?" Wei Zhao asked, slightly alarmed.

"Of course you can come back—how could you not? Only an idiot wandering cultivator like you would ask such an idiotic question!" Libationer Nantian sneered, then said, "However, with my strength, I can only send my primordial-spirit incarnation back, under the power of secret arts. For my true body to return, my strength is insufficient."

The crowd understood: it was not that one could not return, but that none but great cultivators could return! And those great cultivators capable of returning had, one supposed, long since left behind no relatives or friends in the secular world—so there was no point in returning either!

"Then... Grandmaster Zhang Lifeng... can he return?" Wei Zhao asked after a moment's thought.

"Obviously! Senior Zhang Lifeng—what divine powers are his? Of course he can return! Ignorant fool!" Libationer Nantian snorted.

Wei Zhao nodded, secretly relieved! The medicinal cauldron in the ancient tomb—nine chances out of ten Zhang Lifeng had thought of it and come back to take it away.

"All right, I've said what needed saying. Everyone make your preparations and have all your relatives and friends come to see you off. Tomorrow at the third quarter past the hour of zi, Cloud Terrace Island will formally open!

"Yes..." Though everyone trembled and fell silent after hearing this, they were also filled with excitement! After all, the road of the heavenly path was already right before their eyes!

The crowd dispersed. Wei Zhao returned to his room together with Han Jingyi and Wang Xinyan, while Libationer Nantian went off to continue lecturing the inheritors.

Wei Zhao pondered for a moment, then decided to have Qiu Lingshan, Sun Jingyan, Xu Shilan, Cheng Yiyi, Ying Ziyu, and Tianxi come to see them all off, while Wu Chengtian, Pi Zhifeng, Pi Zhitao, and the other underlings would also come to bid Wei Zhao farewell.

The inheritors returned one after another as well, all gathering in Wei Zhao's room!

Gu Mengyao called Gu Pengzhan and Ye Rou'er to tell them she would be leaving tomorrow, but that with Wei Zhao as her close bodyguard she should be fine.

Shen Yushu called Chen Yuxuan—as for the hidden Yu family, she automatically left them out.

Tang Zhi called her parents, and Feng Xiaoxiao called hers as well. Her mother Xiao Chuchu had already woken up; the cold poison in her body had been absorbed and neutralized by Feng Xiaoxiao, so Feng Xiaoxiao had no more worries.

Yu Ning called Yu Bing and the Yu family, and mentioned Xiao Shu's matter in passing.

Guan Xin called Guan Xuewen and Bai Lingtou.

Xiao Jiu called Yang Qiqi as well.

Everything was arranged properly, and everyone went to rest early. Tomorrow would be an important day...

That night, however, Wei Zhao could not fall asleep for a long time. Wang Xinyan and Han Jingyi lay beside him. Tonight Wei Zhao wanted to test out that heavenly-path foundation-building cultivation method called the "Creation Battle Art"!

To be sure, Libationer Nantian had said earlier that on Cloud Terrace Island there was a deputy island master named Di Xingdao who, having cultivated the "Creation Battle Art," had later suffered qi deviation because the mnemonic of the cultivation method was incomplete!

But the mere fact that he had become deputy island master of Cloud Terrace Island after cultivating the Creation Battle Art showed his strength plainly; the power of this Creation Battle Art must be formidable indeed!

It was only that it probably lacked staying power—at higher realms the flaws would only grow greater, and Di Xingdao had unfortunately suffered qi deviation!

Of course, it seemed not just anyone could cultivate this mnemonic. Otherwise everyone could cultivate only half of it and, even without continuing later, become a formidable expert! RS