Chapter 2206 — Wasted Pills
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The Small Qi-Gathering Pill, which clearly held abundant energy, had little effect on the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast—was it because its need for energy was greater than a cultivator's, or because its constitution was different? The energy Wei Zhao had channeled into it earlier had come entirely from the jade pendant's space, and he had not calculated precisely how much.
But now it seemed the latter was more likely: spirit beasts probably could not raise their strength by taking pills!
That made sense, after all. If spirit beasts could take pills, the spirit beasts of the Qianshan Sect would surely have made a qualitative leap—they need only feed some pills to their beasts, and even that spirit wolf of Wokin Dao's could have risen to Earth Rank. Why then would it have been stuck at Yellow Rank strength before?
And the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast, as the sect-guarding spirit beast, would not have remained forever stuck at peak late Yellow Rank strength, unable to advance.
Wei Zhao shook his head. It seemed he had thought too simply of it: spirit beasts could not take the pills of human cultivators, and he had wasted a Small Qi-Gathering Pill for nothing.
Though the thing had come to Wei Zhao for free, he still felt the sting of it keenly. The remaining pill could only go to Wu Chengtian; had there been one more, it could have gone to Qiu Lingshan or Qing Bo.
"It seems taking pills does you little good," Wei Zhao said. "If you want to rise further, wait until I break through to Heaven Rank."
"Roar, roar." The Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast was not much disappointed; it was already well satisfied with its present strength, and Wei Zhao becoming a Heaven Rank expert was no unattainable dream.
With the matter of the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast settled, Wei Zhao turned and went back to the villa, only then noticing that the eastern sky had already turned the pale white of a fish's belly. Unwittingly he had spent a whole night here—it seemed the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast had absorbed no small amount of energy and true qi.
Back in the living room, Wei Zhao found Wu Chengtian sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting his spirit. Hearing footsteps, Wu Chengtian opened his eyes and said in delighted surprise, "Leader, you're back!"
Wu Chengtian had arrived long before, but Gu Mengyao had told him that Wei Zhao was in the back courtyard researching how to raise a spirit beast's strength, so he had not disturbed him, but sat here waiting all the while.
"Mm, you came quickly enough." Wei Zhao tossed the last Small Qi-Gathering Pill to Wu Chengtian and said, "Take this Small Qi-Gathering Pill. It can raise your internal strength to early Earth Rank. I have to accompany Jingyi on a long trip, and I'll need you to serve as my close guard for a while."
"No problem serving as guard—I know the ropes well enough." Wu Chengtian did not mind; his attention was all on the Small Qi-Gathering Pill. "Leader, is this the legendary Small Qi-Gathering Pill? Back then the Yu family of the secular world treated this as a treasure!"
"Mm, among the secular families it does count as a treasure. At the level of the hidden families, though rare, it is nothing much," Wei Zhao said. "Take it, and I will stand guard for you."
"Good!" Without a second thought Wu Chengtian swallowed the pill, closed his eyes, and began circulating his internal-energy method to dissolve the pill's medicinal power.
A few minutes later, a dense layer of fine sweat began to bead on Wu Chengtian's forehead!