Chapter 1686 — The Drawback
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After taking Qi Gathering Pills himself, Wei Zhao had found that they did not affect his absorption of the energy in the jade pendant's space in the slightest. That proved the energy in the jade pendant's space was the purest of all—even Qi Gathering Pills could not compare. So the situation Uncle Qing described could now be explained...
Suddenly, Wei Zhao recalled something Qiu Lingshan had once said. It seemed Qiu Lingshan had experienced a similar situation: after Wei Zhao forcibly raised her strength, her own cultivation produced no further effect!
At that thought, Wei Zhao could not help but smile bitterly. So energy that was too pure was a drawback as well. These people had received his favor, but at the same time it had created a tremendous drawback for them: when upgrading, they had to rely on Wei Zhao to break through for them. Otherwise, their own cultivation would make no progress at all!
Still, he himself had absorbed the pure energy from the jade pendant's space, and the less pure energy in Qi Gathering Pills did not hinder his use of them either. From this he could judge that so long as the difference in purity was not especially large, there was no problem. It was only when the difference was especially large that problems would arise!
In ancient times the spiritual qi of heaven and earth was abundant, so the drawback of Qi Gathering Pills did not exist. Now that the spiritual qi of heaven and earth was growing ever thinner, the drawback was growing ever more obvious.
"The true qi you channeled into me..." Uncle Qing seemed to have thought of this too. Wei Zhao had said earlier that after taking Qi Gathering Pills, he suffered no such drawback. That meant the true qi Wei Zhao obtained must be even purer than the true qi in Qi Gathering Pills. So after Wei Zhao's true qi was channeled into Uncle Qing's body, Uncle Qing became resistant to the spiritual qi of heaven and earth—no matter how he cultivated, there would be no significant progress.
"You've thought of it too!" Wei Zhao nodded. "The true qi I channeled into you should be about the same as a Qi Gathering Pill's—both are extremely pure. That's what caused a drawback similar to that of Qi Gathering Pills. It seems that from now on, only I can upgrade you, or you'll have to take Qi Gathering Pills to upgrade!"
"That's the only way, then!" Uncle Qing smiled bitterly, then said, "But this way, I won't have to expend any effort at all—I can simply sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. With you upgrading ahead of me, I just follow along behind. I can break through and upgrade without lifting a finger. This is really..."
Originally, back in his own sect, with that precious treasure aiding him, Uncle Qing had felt his upgrading was already very fast—as if he had been granted a golden finger, as if he had activated a cheat, making things far easier than for others!
But now, only after meeting Wei Zhao did Uncle Qing realize what a true golden finger and a true cheat really were! Wei Zhao was far more formidable than his former sect's precious treasure. Even with that treasure's aid, one still had to cultivate diligently to achieve anything. But with Wei Zhao, none of that was necessary—one simply sat back and enjoyed the results!
Wei Zhao could be said to be far more important than that precious treasure. If word of this got out, it was likely that Wei Zhao, a living, breathing man, would become the object of every major sect's scramble. Of course, if Wei Zhao possessed formidable strength, he would become an even more sought-after figure than an alchemist, and be respected by others.