Chapter 1178 — Don't Want to Go Along
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"Can't upgrade you for now. Wait until I reach Earth Rank, then I'll do it." Wei Zhao hastily cut Qiu Lingshan off and said it straight out.
"Huh?" Qiu Lingshan was stunned. She had assumed that this upgrade from Wei Zhao was the limit, that he would never help her advance again — after all, most methods of boosting strength by external force came with restrictions. Another person's true qi was not the same as what one cultivated oneself; a small amount was fine, but too much would cause problems.
Of course, how could Qiu Lingshan know that Wei Zhao's true qi was an all-purpose true qi — once it entered her body, it transformed into true qi identical to her own. That was one of Wei Zhao's top-tier golden fingers. How could an ordinary person compare with a protagonist wearing a halo?
"It can still go up?" Qiu Lingshan asked, rather astonished. She was already doing well enough with late-stage Yellow Rank peak strength — if Wei Zhao upgraded her again, what level could she reach? Could she rise another whole rank and become a Profound Rank expert?
"It can. But you likely won't break through to Earth Rank — most likely you'll end up around late-stage Profound Rank peak. I haven't worked out the general rule yet, but you should always stay a bit below my level." Wei Zhao said, "Of course, don't go telling anyone about this. I would rather not have people lining up at my home asking me to boost their strength."
"I'm not stupid, of course I won't say anything!" Qiu Lingshan thought. How could I possibly let anyone else know about this? But then she asked, "Can I really reach late-stage Profound Rank peak?"
Qiu Lingshan could hardly imagine it. Late-stage Profound Rank peak — among the great families of the mundane world, that was the very pinnacle of existence. Could she really possess such strength? And Wei Zhao said she would break through to Earth Rank? Qiu Lingshan was truly dumbfounded. She naturally knew Wei Zhao was very strong, but she had never known he was this strong!
Other people's goals advanced half a tier at a time; Wei Zhao went straight to Earth Rank. Could Wei Zhao already be an expert of late-stage Profound Rank peak? At that thought, excitement surged in Qiu Lingshan's heart — the man she had set her sights on really was no mistake!
"We'll talk after I break through to Earth Rank. I don't even know when that will be." Wei Zhao thought. I'm not even at late-stage Profound Rank peak yet, and you're already dreaming? You're far too greedy. I grind away leveling up with such hardship and only barely manage to rise; then when the time comes I'll casually give you a hand and you'll be upgraded — it really isn't fair!
But in truth, if anyone heard Wei Zhao's thoughts, they would probably spit blood in fury! You have a cultivation space, you have a golden finger, you can mass-produce experts — that practically makes you a top-tier, invincible existence, and you still think it's hard?
"Mm-hm!" Qiu Lingshan said hurriedly. "Then this little silly girl will wait for you to break through, and then get all clean and fresh, ready at any time for you to upgrade me!"
"...You called just to talk about this?" Wei Zhao was speechless again.
"No, actually there's one more thing. You already know all about Liu Bojia's business, right? Chen Yuxuan came to me and asked me to pose with him as a husband-and-wife pair of thieves on a tomb mission. I wanted to invite you along. With your skill, you could lower the danger of this operation..." Qiu Lingshan got to the real matter.
"Go tomb robbing with you?" Wei Zhao asked, taken aback.
"Not robbing tombs with us — catching tomb robbers, and incidentally recording how the tomb's mechanisms are opened, to help our archaeological work," Qiu Lingshan explained.