Chapter 1357 — Seen Through
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The energy had already been passed on; from here it was up to Qiu Lingshan herself. While Wei Zhao entered the jade pendant space to cultivate, he was in effect standing guard over her, keeping watch on her condition, half afraid she might not hold on and something go wrong.
Fortunately Qiu Lingshan was strong enough, holding on through gritted teeth the whole while; and likewise the heaven-and-earth spiritual qi around her grew ever more abundant. Wei Zhao knew this was the prelude to a breakthrough.
"Hoo -" Qiu Lingshan at last let out a long breath and sprang up from the ground! She had broken through too! She had reached the peak of the late Yellow Rank earlier than Chen Yuxuan, so her yearning to break through into the Mystic Rank was that much the stronger; now that she had done it, how could she not be overjoyed?
Qiu Lingshan bounded up, flung herself at Wei Zhao, threw her arms around him, and planted a smack on his cheek. "Wei Zhao, I adore you - I broke through!"
Qiu Lingshan left Wei Zhao at something of a loss. He wanted to push her away, yet some part of him rather enjoyed it, and his impression of the Song girl improved by the day. Wei Zhao was only human: with enough contact the old revulsion and aversion simply fell away, and Qiu Lingshan was, besides, very beautiful - so the pressure on him was considerable.
In fact, had Wei Zhao wanted to keep his guard against Qiu Lingshan, he could have slipped free without any trouble. But he had never set his guard against her at all; caught in her embrace, he meant to push her away and yet hesitated, and that was how the present situation had come about.
"All right, put your clothes on quickly - Old Hei and the others will be back before long," Wei Zhao said lightly, his face betraying nothing.
"Oh..." Seeing that Wei Zhao seemed to feel nothing whatsoever toward her, Qiu Lingshan was struck with sudden disappointment. She let go of him and dressed with haste, for she too feared Old Hei might return without warning.
Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, no closer to understanding how the Song girl had come to fancy him. Could she be a masochist? He berated her from morning to night, and she seemed not to take it the least bit to heart.
Once Qiu Lingshan was dressed again, Wei Zhao switched on his flashlight. Only now did Chen Yuxuan, who had been waiting to one side, come over; catching sight of Qiu Lingshan, he nodded to her and smiled. "Congratulations - you broke through successfully too."
"Same to you!" Before Chen Yuxuan, Qiu Lingshan had recovered her usual poised and gracious manner. "It seems the Chen family will be cutting quite a figure at the Clan Assembly this time."
Chen Yuxuan smiled knowingly.
"Rest a while, both of you. I am going to study Mighty General," Wei Zhao told Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan.
Since Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan could level up, then Mighty General ought to be able to level up as well. If it could be made into an advanced Mystic Rank dog, that would be a fine thing indeed - and from then on, the safety of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu would be assured as well.
"Very well, go ahead and study. We will hold the mouth of the passage for you; the moment Old Hei returns, I will let you know at once," Qiu Lingshan said with a nod.
Wei Zhao cast a glance at Mighty General and said, "Mighty General, would you like to level up? Just like them?"
With that, Wei Zhao pointed toward Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan.