Chapter 1598 — Going to Watch the Show
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"Uh... actually, I wanted to let everyone see what a banana-leaf fan looks like! This banana-leaf fan is a specialty of this resort!" Gao Xiaofu said. "I just wanted to show you how it's used... Back in the day, it was one of these that extinguished the Flaming Mountains..."
"Boring..."
"Lame..."
The classmates, mindful that Zhong Yongliang had financed the outing, didn't say much, but they turned and walked away with obvious disinterest.
"What's wrong with you two? Arrow Bro is asleep — he's resting. What are you all making such a racket for? Looking at a banana-leaf fan? Is your mother the Iron Fan Princess?" Shen Yushu took one look at Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu bursting in and knew exactly what was going on!
The two of them had slipped the aphrodisiac into Wei Zhao's drink, so they were here now hoping to catch him in the act! Fortunately, Wei Zhao was powerful enough to neutralize the drug on his own — otherwise, these people really would have seen everything!
"Uh... I see. Sorry to bother you then... We'll be going... My apologies, we were just hoping to see a banana-leaf fan..." Gao Xiaofu knew Shen Yushu was not someone to mess with, and besides, nothing had happened to Wei Zhao. If Wei Zhao flew into a rage, both he and Zhong Yongliang would be done for!
After all, Wei Zhao had dared to punch Zhang Naipao! The two of them had no choice but to slink away with their tails between their legs!
Wei Zhao kept his eyes closed and said nothing throughout. Everyone assumed he had fallen asleep, but in truth, he was fighting a battle against the drug's effects! Though he heard Zhong Yongliang and Zhang Naipao's voices, he paid them no mind!
The drug's potency in his body was steadily fading, which came as a genuine relief to Wei Zhao! It seemed his efforts hadn't been in vain — he was making real progress!
Finally, as time slipped by, the drug's effects grew weaker and weaker in Wei Zhao's body. Even without using his true qi to refine it, he could have resisted it by now — but Wei Zhao decided to refine every last trace away. After all, this particular aphrodisiac was different from the normal kind; who knew whether it might have side effects?
So Wei Zhao continued channeling energy to refine the drug within his body, until at last — the drug had been refined away completely!
"Phew..." Just as Wei Zhao let out a breath of relief, an incredible development occurred at the very next moment! The drug had been refined, but the energy doing the refining was the energy of the jade pendant's pocket dimension — and once refined, the drug had transformed into true qi within Wei Zhao's body! Earlier, with the drug still present, Wei Zhao hadn't noticed; but now that the drug was gone, the surplus of true qi was unmistakably obvious!
Moreover, the true qi produced by refining the drug was not a small amount! Wei Zhao felt as though his meridians were about to explode! Earlier, he'd been entirely focused on refining the drug and hadn't noticed — but by the time he realized, it was already too late!