Chapter 1539 — Persuasion, Part Two
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"Then what of the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit?" Wei Zhao asked.
"That too is only temporary!" Xiao Qing said, "If the yin-cold qi in her body were not so great, taking the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit could suppress it for decades, but the yin-cold qi within her is truly too much, almost equal to the amount of true qi inside a Heaven-tier expert. Even if she takes the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, within a year at most she will fall unconscious again!"
"Ah!" Wei Zhao widened his eyes, his heart suddenly flooded with regret and self-reproach! The yin-cold qi in Feng Xiaoxiao's body had indeed not been so great, but later, when he had several times channeled true qi into her, the true qi she absorbed was devoured by the yin-cold qi within her, and so the yin-cold qi in her grew ever stronger.
Had it not been for Wei Zhao's true qi, perhaps the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit could have suppressed the yin-cold qi in Feng Xiaoxiao for many years, but now...
"Then... if she does not accept the inheritance and only cultivates in the Ice Palace, would that do?" Wei Zhao always felt there was a hint of conspiracy about this inheritance, which left him uneasy at heart.
"The speed of cultivation will never match that of the inheritance! Moreover, what our Ice Palace needs is a successor!" Xiao Qing said.
Xiao Qing's words made Wei Zhao's heart tighten at once. It seemed this matter of the successor truly held a problem! Otherwise, if the Ice Palace truly valued Feng Xiaoxiao's peerless constitution, then however Feng Xiaoxiao cultivated should be acceptable. Why insist that she become the successor?
By instinct, Wei Zhao believed Xiao Qing was surely hiding something else from him! Yet clearly Xiao Qing did not wish to speak of it, but was evading the topic, which left Wei Zhao with no way to question her directly!
After all, from beginning to end Xiao Qing had been helping him in secret, and for this Wei Zhao was deeply grateful, so he was unwilling to spoil this bond. He knew that what she could tell, Xiao Qing would surely tell him, but some things she perhaps could not tell and had no way to speak of honestly, so there was no need for Wei Zhao to force her to explain!
In that case, Wei Zhao would simply ask the Ice Palace Master directly, and if she could not give him a satisfactory answer, then Wei Zhao would certainly not lightly allow Feng Xiaoxiao to accept the inheritance.
"I understand. Let me see Xiaoxiao first." Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"That is only natural." As she spoke, Xiao Qing led Wei Zhao into the courtyard of a guest room, then said to him, "She is inside. The Ice Palace Master is there as well."
Wei Zhao followed behind Xiao Qing into the guest room, and indeed saw Feng Xiaoxiao now speaking to the Ice Palace Master with radiant spirits and dancing brows, while the Ice Palace Master sat beside Feng Xiaoxiao with a helpless look, nodding in agreement from time to time.