Chapter 516 — A Blessing in Disguise
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"Here is the situation in your body: you have lost your energy, but your level still exists!" Jiao Yazi explained. "It is exactly like an online game. Your level is there, but your experience points are gone. Now tell me — is it faster for a level-thirty character to carry a level-one character through leveling, or for a level-one character to grind his own way up to level thirty?"
"Oh!" Wei Zhao grasped Jiao Yazi's meaning at once. The analogy was homely, but perfectly apt! He was already at the power level of the Second Stage of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art — his current rate of cultivation should be many times faster than back when he had not even reached the First Stage. And when he further considered that he could still train within the jade pendant's domain, the difference in speed was simply on another level altogether!
"Understood?" Jiao Yazi looked at Wei Zhao, half amused. "It was never a big deal, yet you made such a fuss over it."
"Heh heh... I just didn't know, that's all." Wei Zhao felt a bit sheepish. He had indeed been too flustered with worry to think clearly. Now, on closer reflection, the logic was plain enough.
Wei Zhao activated the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art once more, and energy within the domain began to stir and flow. He took its measure — the speed was more than ten times what it had been during his original cultivation, and the purity of the energy was incomparably higher.
A measure of relief settled over his heart. His own problem resolved, Wei Zhao suddenly remembered that he still did not know how Feng Xiaoxiao was faring. He wanted to return to the real world to check on her, only to discover that this time, he could not go back.
In ordinary times, Wei Zhao could control in the jade pendant's space when he would wake, and he could also sense the state of his body in the outside world. Previously Wei Zhao had cared only about his own strength and had ignored what was happening outside; now, however, he discovered that he and his body out there seemed to have lost the connection they once had!
"Elder Jiao, can I not go back?" Though Wei Zhao felt some worry, the thought of Jiao Yazi's calm expression reassured him — if something had truly gone wrong with him, the old man would not be wearing that face! Having already been through the experience of recovering his strength before, Wei Zhao was not so frightened this time.
"Your strength is exhausted and you fell unconscious — naturally that is not the same as simply falling asleep." Jiao Yazi spoke blandly. "Recover some energy in the space, and you will be able to return of your own accord."
So that was it! Wei Zhao nodded to himself. It seemed no great problem after all. Since Jiao Yazi had confirmed it, Wei Zhao set his mind at ease and began to cultivate...
Time passed, second by second, and gradually Wei Zhao regained his connection with his body in the outside world... He sensed that Feng Xiaoxiao's breathing had grown smooth and even, and that her body no longer lacked all vitality as before but now carried faint ripples of energy. Wei Zhao let out a breath of relief. It seemed Feng Xiaoxiao should be all right now.
That also let him cultivate quietly in the jade pendant's space with peace of mind; otherwise, with his thoughts forever fretting over Feng Xiaoxiao's condition, Wei Zhao could never have settled down...
The energy within the jade pendant's space surged swiftly into Wei Zhao's body, and his strength grew at an inconceivable rate! This set Wei Zhao's heart completely at ease — at the present speed, it would not take long at all to recover his former strength!
It seemed Jiao Yazi had not deceived him. So long as the level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art had not dropped, then even if all the energy in his body were utterly exhausted, it was no great problem.