Chapter 2303 — The Refining Method
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
After carefully wiping Wei Zhao's cheeks clean, Sun Jingyan wiped his hands as well, then set down the towel and sat a short distance from him, quietly waiting, watching him all the while, waiting for him to finish healing.
The Thunder Pig lay sprawled to one side and was soon snoring loudly. It knew Wei Zhao's injuries this time were not serious and that its services would not be needed; it was tired too, and so naturally it had gone to sleep first.
At this moment the Tagan clan's attention was fixed entirely on Lazi. As for Wei Zhao—"Zhang Naipao"—they had not gone looking for him, nor dared to. Who knew whether Wei Zhao had joined forces with that mad old Heaven-Rank fellow?
They had already beaten the Grand Protector to death, and Tagan Gan was not confident he could deal with Wei Zhao either, so he could only let the matter drop. Though even had he not wished to let it drop, it would have been impossible to leave Ruileida Town for the border town.
So Wei Zhao was perfectly safe here, and passed the night without incident.
"Mm, I'm fine now. Thank you for your trouble tonight—for keeping me company all this while." Though Wei Zhao had been healing, he had seen everything going on around him perfectly clearly. After Sun Jingyan wiped his face and hands, she had sat there watching him the entire time, and it moved him.
"You knew?" Sun Jingyan's face flushed at once. She had not expected Wei Zhao to notice what she was doing. She had only wanted to watch him quietly; she had not even thought about how far things between them could go. But now that Wei Zhao had said it aloud, she felt rather embarrassed.
"Get some sleep. These past days you probably haven't slept well—if not for the fact that you count as a cultivator, you'd have dark circles under your eyes by now." Wei Zhao did not pursue the subject. He had guessed something of Sun Jingyan's feelings, but in such matters he believed in letting things take their course, without forcing anything.
"Mm... then I'll sleep..." Sun Jingyan felt a little awkward, and now that Wei Zhao had brought it up again, she truly did feel drowsy. She nodded and flopped down on the bed opposite: "I'm going to sleep. Call me when it's time to eat. Oh, right—the Thousand-Silk Mask and the Heaven-and-Earth Net are both in my bag. Take them back."
After returning to the border town and parting ways with Abiao and the others, Sun Jingyan had resumed her true appearance.
"Sleep." Wei Zhao relaxed. There was a great deal he needed to sort through—the spoils from this trip to the Wulonghaote Mountains, for one, and Tagan Long's strange martial technique for another. There were many things he would have to ask Old Jiao about.
Sun Jingyan really was exhausted. She lay down on the bed and within moments had drifted into dreamland, while Wei Zhao began sorting through the gains from this journey into the Wulonghaote Mountains.
A baffling white energy stone, two spirit-beast essence cores, the two remaining Heaven-and-Earth Nets, a secret manual on the refining method for an essence necklace, and a Thousand-Silk Mask.
Unfortunately, all three Fire-Flow Divine Bullets had been used up, and one Heaven-and-Earth Net had been wasted as well. Still, what remained made for a fairly rich haul.
Picking up the secret manual on the refining method for the essence necklace, Wei Zhao could hardly wait to leaf through it. This manual was something he had stolen from the Tagan clan at the risk of his life, and it was also one of the things that interested him most.
The Tagan clan—this ordinary little family—was steeped in mystery. Not only did it possess a young talent as remarkable as Tagan Long, it also had experts like the Grand Protector, Old Six, and Old Twelve. And what astonished Wei Zhao most was that they actually knew the use of spirit-beast essence cores!