護花近衛 - 第1599章 突破！玄后巔峰！ - 翰墨軒

"Precisely!" Jiao Yazi nodded. "Look at the hidden sects and clans — there are plenty of fighters at the peak of the Late Profound Stage, but very few Earth Stage experts! Some people have been stuck at that level for years. If an ordinary method could get them past it, do you think they'd still be stuck there?"

"Uh... isn't it breaking through from the Earth Stage to the Heaven Stage that's supposed to be difficult? How come going from the Profound Stage to the Earth Stage is so hard too?" Wei Zhao said with a bitter laugh.

"Even harder!" Jiao Yazi countered. "Going from the Earth Stage to the Heaven Stage — from ancient times to the present, very few have ever managed it!"

"The Heaven Stage is still far, far off. But how to reach the Earth Stage right now?" Wei Zhao forced a bitter smile. It looked like this method of his — eating drugs and refining them — wasn't going to work.

"How would I know?" Jiao Yazi rolled his eyes. "Not a single one of your breakthrough methods is something I can understand. Go innovate on your own!"

Wei Zhao had no choice but to return from the jade pendant's space to the real world! Though he couldn't find a way to break through to the Earth Stage just yet, he was already quite satisfied with his current progress. If he pushed a little harder, breaking through to the Earth Stage before the Clan Assembly should still be within reach.

"Big Brother Arrow, are you alright?" Seeing Wei Zhao open his eyes with his complexion already back to normal, Shen Yushu was both startled and overjoyed.

"I'm fine, thanks to both of you." Wei Zhao said, getting up with a smile.

"It was nothing, it's the least we could do! You've protected us for so long, it's about time we did something for you!" Shen Yushu said. "I'd even offer myself to you — no problem at all!"

"Shushu!" Gu Mengyao snapped when she heard Shen Yushu start spouting nonsense again.

"Heh..." Wei Zhao laughed. "Come on — didn't Zhong Yongliang say we're gathering at nine? Let's go see what kind of fun activities they've got planned!"

"Are you going to teach them a lesson, Big Brother Arrow?" Shen Yushu felt indignant on Wei Zhao's behalf, since he'd been drugged.

"Teach them a lesson? What for?" Wei Zhao grinned. "I should be thanking them, if anything!"

"Thanking them?" Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao both froze in bewilderment.

"If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have broken through at all! I'm at the peak of the Late Profound Stage now!" Wei Zhao said with a smile. "So why would I need to teach them a lesson?"

"Whoa — no way! Big Brother Arrow, you're incredible!" Shen Yushu's eyes went wide with shock. "You can break through from that? Then if we took aphrodisiacs every day, wouldn't we all be Heaven Stage fighters in no time?"

Wei Zhao's vision went dark and he nearly stumbled, forcing a bitter laugh. "That was a fluke. If I took any more... who knows what could go wrong!"

"Exactly, Shushu — stop coming up with wild ideas!" Gu Mengyao thought it was impossible too. If you could really break through just by taking drugs, wouldn't experts be everywhere?

The three of them chatted as they made their way toward the resort's lobby. By now, Zhong Yongliang, Gao Xiaofu, and the rest of the classmates had already returned to the lobby and were talking among themselves.

The moment Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu saw Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu approaching, a flicker of fear crossed their eyes! If Wei Zhao actually knew they were behind this, would he come after them?

"Well, if it isn't Wei Zhao! We were just waiting for you!" Zhong Yongliang hesitated for a moment, then put on a smile and walked over. "We all arrived just now — everyone was here except you three. I was just about to go looking for you, but it turns out you were still asleep!"

Zhong Yongliang fabricated an excuse — that there was a group activity planned for the evening and Wei Zhao had missed it, which was why they'd gone looking for him.

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