Chapter 1645 — A Loss of Face
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"Hmph, hmph..." Hearing his words, Bingtang gave two cold laughs: "Deliberately revealing peak late-stage Yellow rank strength—for me to see?"
"Uh..." Wei Zhao had not expected his scheme to be seen through by Bingtang, and was suddenly a little embarrassed: "Uh, I was poisoned recently, so my strength has declined somewhat..."
"Poisoned?" Feng Xiaoxiao was startled: "Wei Zhao hubby, what poison did you take? Is it serious?"
"Five-Step Qi-Dispersing Powder..." Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile: "For now my strength can only be raised to peak late-stage Yellow rank; the moment I raise it to Profound rank, my strength drains away in an instant and I become an ordinary person..."
"Ah! So overbearing?" Feng Xiaoxiao was startled, and quickly turned to Bingtang: "Sister Bingtang, is there a way to cure the poison? Please help Wei Zhao hubby..."
Wei Zhao was secretly pleased; Feng Xiaoxiao had indeed brought it up on her own—so he would not lose face in front of this Heaven-rank girl.
If Bingtang had been an elder, Wei Zhao would naturally have humbly asked for advice, but the crux of the matter was that Bingtang was just a young girl about his own age; for him to brazenly ask her this and that did make Wei Zhao feel rather awkward!
"Five-Step Qi-Dispersing Powder? You can't even cure such a simple poison, and you still want to be an alchemist?" Bingtang looked at Wei Zhao mockingly.
"It can be cured, but there's one ingredient, spring-coming grass, that I don't have right now," Wei Zhao said, unwilling to show weakness.
Bingtang nodded. It seemed Wei Zhao was not entirely ignorant after all; since he knew about the spring-coming grass, he must know how to cure the poison.
"Sister Bingtang, do we have spring-coming grass in the Ice Palace?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked quickly.
"..." Bingtang patted her smooth forehead, feeling a little faint: "Xiaoxiao, spring-coming grass doesn't grow over in our Ice Palace... Besides, spring-coming grass only exists in spring; only the fresh ones are effective, and the ones now have already withered."
"So that's how it is!" By now Feng Xiaoxiao understood—no wonder Wei Zhao had not yet cured the poison; he lacked the ingredients to make the antidote! But she was not discouraged, and pressed on: "Sister Bingtang, then what should we do now?"
"Nothing to do but wait until next spring to cure it—or perhaps your Wei Zhao hubby has some even more miraculous solution!" Bingtang said blandly: "He's very miraculous, after all—even I, a Heaven-rank girl, am no match."
"There really is no other way. As soon as I break through to Earth rank in one bound, the poison will dissolve of itself. But breaking through from peak late-stage Yellow rank straight to Earth rank is rather difficult," Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile: "I've been trying all along, but without result."
Wei Zhao's words rather surprised Bingtang: to go from peak late-stage Yellow rank straight to Earth rank in one leap? Only an Inheritor could do that, no? By any other means, how could one break through so many levels at once?