Chapter 1301 — A Covert Investigation
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"That is true... but the cultivation method our Sun family practices is far too difficult. Each level can heal and assist only one single person. We, the juniors of the Sun family, will likely manage only one level in our entire lives, and breaking through is harder still!" Sun Yikai said. "In that way, the usefulness of the Sun family is greatly diminished. Being unable to heal everyone leaves us feeling a bit like chicken ribs—of little value, yet hard to cast aside. Otherwise, given the nature of the Sun family, joining the ranks of the hidden aristocratic families would be no difficult matter at all!"
Sun Yikai saw the matter through to its depths. Only after hearing this did Wei Zhao remember the peculiar feature of the Sun family's art—its limitation. In that way, the Sun family's growth was constrained, and only through marriage alliances could they gain strength and maximize their interests!
Otherwise, once a member of the Sun family had healed someone, for the rest of his life he could heal and assist in cultivation for that one person alone. In that case, unless that person joined another family, his staying with the Sun family would serve no purpose whatsoever! Marriage alliance was the only road left.
"What level have you cultivated to now? Have you ever healed anyone?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Me? I haven't even reached the first level..." Sun Yikai gave a bitter smile. "How could it possibly be so easy to cultivate? With my sister's astonishing talent, she has only perfected the first level, and breaking through is harder still!"
"Actually, I feel you might try cultivating an offensive internal art," Wei Zhao suggested. "Sometimes making a change is not necessarily a bad thing!"
"I've thought of it myself, but every family guards its art in strict secrecy. How could they let an outsider like me cultivate it?" Sun Yikai smiled ruefully. "Besides, the Sun family's cultivation method is very peculiar: once you have cultivated it, all the true qi drawn into your body is automatically transformed by the method. Cultivating some other art, I'm afraid, is rather unrealistic."
"I was only saying it in passing—in the end it still depends on you!" Wei Zhao patted Sun Yikai on the shoulder. "Alright, I won't take up any more of your time. Wu Chengtian has been glancing over this way many times; don't let me bring trouble down on your Sun family. That man Wu Chengtian has no brains—just humor him appropriately."
"Very well, thank you for the warning." Sun Yikai rose to his feet and walked over toward Wu Chengtian.
On Xu Shilan's side, her chat with Feng Xiaoxiao had also drawn to a close. After all, this was her celebration banquet; however unwilling she might be, she still had to go and play her part—she could hardly sit there talking with Feng Xiaoxiao and no one else.
Throughout this time, Feng Sanmang had been watching the proceedings in the hall with cold eyes. When Zhao Qibing had come earlier to make trouble for Xu Shilan, he had not lifted a finger either. In his view, so long as matters did not exceed a certain limit, he would not lightly raise a hand in front of such a crowd.
Of course, with Wei Zhao stepping in to defuse the situation, there was all the less need for Feng Sanmang to act.
Still, Feng Sanmang took the man Wei Zhao very seriously, and he decided to report everything concerning Wei Zhao to his master at the first opportunity.
Zhao Qibing's face was dark with gloom. He had never expected Xu Shilan and Wei Zhao to have hooked up. Watching Xu Shilan whisper away so intimately with Feng Xiaoxiao, Zhao Qibing knew that he was thoroughly out of the running.
When it came to medical skill, Wei Zhao was no inferior to the Medicine King—perhaps even more formidable! Though Zhao Qibing did not want to admit it, he had no choice but to admit it! With Wei Zhao intervening in this affair, he no longer had the slightest chance of claiming her favor.