Chapter 651 — Can That Really Be a Breakthrough?
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"Liu Wangli? This is Qiu Lingshan. I order you to bring your men at once and surround the factory building at No. 1, Taixing South Road, Annex B!" Qiu Lingshan had memorized the address on her way here; it was only after entering that she had fainted. In that moment Qiu Lingshan reverted instantly to her usual brisk competence, which rather surprised Wei Zhao.
Qiu Lingshan hung up and looked at Wei Zhao. "You still aren't planning to show yourself?"
"You know the answer, so why ask? Are you brainless?" Wei Zhao shot back.
"Yes, I'm the brainless girl. So what?" Qiu Lingshan looked at Wei Zhao pitifully. "Give me your outer garment, would you? I can't be seen like this. You don't want other people looking at your things either, do you?"
Wei Zhao was at a loss for words. Since when had they become his things? Still, he took off An Liwen's outer garment and gave it to Qiu Lingshan, then said, "I'm off... Oh, by the way, when you have some free time, you might buy some of this aphrodisiac and take it home to try."
Qiu Lingshan was instantly dumbstruck. She stared at Wei Zhao with a peculiar expression. "Try what? Do you really want to watch me perform for you?"
"Try whether you can break through again." Wei Zhao spoke flatly. "Breaking through from the middle stage of the Yellow Rank to the late stage like this—the internal art you cultivate really is a bit odd..."
Had she misunderstood Wei Zhao? Qiu Lingshan's face grew hot. Even if she had decided to throw caution to the wind, she still knew shame. The reason she had not fallen out with Wei Zhao was simply that she truly had no other choice! She needed his help, and he had already seen her anyway—what would falling out accomplish? Better to wring some advantage out of it as before! Besides, she had no boyfriend, so there was no great psychological burden.
But Wei Zhao's next words made Qiu Lingshan forget her shame entirely. Her eyes went wide and dull with shock! She had broken through? From the peak of the Yellow Rank's middle stage to the late stage? Was that real? How could Wei Zhao tell? Qiu Lingshan instinctively circulated her family's internal art, and was astonished to find that she was indeed at the late stage of the Yellow Rank now. Though it was only the very beginning of the late stage, it was still not to be mentioned in the same breath as her former peak middle stage!
Qiu Lingshan had never imagined she could break through like this. It was far too dramatic! If she told anyone, they probably wouldn't believe it. No wonder Wei Zhao's expression had been so strange, and no wonder he had told her to buy more of the aphrodisiac to try... But how did Wei Zhao know her strength? Even she had not noticed the change in her own strength—how had Wei Zhao spotted it?
Could it be that Wei Zhao's strength was even higher than hers was now, that he had already reached the peak of the Yellow Rank's late stage... or even... Qiu Lingshan did not dare think further. She could hardly believe her own eyes. Wei Zhao should only be ten years old, shouldn't he? At that age, to have the strength of the Yellow Rank's late-stage peak, or even the Mystic Rank—was that possible?
Qiu Lingshan suddenly felt as though she had latched onto a wealthy patron. Had she really struck treasure?