Chapter 2362 — Han Jingyi's Phone Call
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Fine, keep your secrets then. Xiaoshu here is Miss Tight-Lips—once she's decided not to say a thing, no amount of asking will get it out of her," Shen Yushu said meekly.
"That much is true," Gu Mengyao said, and oddly enough she did not argue this time, because it was simply the truth: once Xiaoshu did not want to talk about something, no matter how you pressed her, she would not say a word.
"Heh heh." Watching the two sisters bicker, Wei Zhao felt that this sort of life was truly warm. Whenever he was out on the road, once he calmed his mind, this warm scene would come back to him. Was this what it felt like to miss home? Was this place... his home?
Sometimes Wei Zhao would drift into a daze, as though he were already a member of this villa household. His attachment to this place had even surpassed that to West Star Mountain Village, and his longing for it, too, exceeded his longing for West Star Mountain Village.
In West Star Mountain Village there was only one person he missed: Old Man Wei. But Wei Zhao missed him without worrying about him, because in West Star Mountain Village, Old Man Wei was invincible! That was also why, whenever Wei Zhao ran into trouble, Old Man Wei would always tell him to come back and take refuge.
The reason was much the same as with Ergoudan, though Old Man Wei's case was rather more serious.
Wei Zhao recounted his journey to the Ulanhot Mountains to the young lady and Xiaoshu—a tale of heart-stopping danger that surpassed even the Ice Palace Trial! The enemies had been fiercer still, and every step had set his heart pounding.
Some key matters, however, Wei Zhao left out—such as Sun Jingyan's origins, and certain secrets he could not speak of concerning the Great Fire Lion, the heaven-rank spider, and the Way of Heaven.
When Wei Zhao finished, Xiaoshu and Gu Mengyao were dumbstruck! They had never imagined that this trip of Wei Zhao's had been a brush with death at every turn. Even though Wei Zhao had omitted many of the perilous situations, the whole account was still enough to make one's blood run cold!
"Wei Zhao, how could it be so dangerous? Next time, don't just go off with anyone who asks you to." Gu Mengyao was somewhat put out with Sun Jingyan. What right had she to drag Wei Zhao along on her adventure? And such a dangerous one at that?
"Heh heh... she is a good friend of mine," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"That won't do either. What if something happened to you? What would Xiaoshu and I do then? Who would protect us?" The young lady's temper, long kept under wraps, flared up again.
"Nothing will happen," Wei Zhao said. "Besides, I got some benefits out of it too."
"Yao Yao, actually, Brother Arrow Brand gets stronger and breaks through his limits every time he faces danger. We shouldn't hold him back..." Shen Yushu said suddenly.
"Hm?" Gu Mengyao looked at Shen Yushu in surprise, as though she were seeing a stranger.
"Only if Brother Arrow Brand becomes stronger and more formidable can he protect us—protect us for a lifetime..." Shen Yushu went on. It was the first time she had ever spoken words so profound and philosophical, utterly unlike the old Xiaoshu.
Wei Zhao, too, looked at Shen Yushu with some astonishment. After all, every time he recounted the course of a journey, Xiaoshu would be giggling and joking; rarely did she speak with such a straight face.
But the young lady, to everyone's surprise, did not argue either. She thought of how Wei Zhao had created the Frenzied Fire Eight-Trigram Palm based on Tagan Long's martial techniques and crippled Bi Lao with a single move—so it was indeed true: Wei Zhao really had grown stronger!
In the past, it would have been impossible for Wei Zhao to cripple with one move an expert of such high rank—a peak late Earth-rank fighter far above his own level.
"Xiaoshu, perhaps you are right," Gu Mengyao nodded, then said to Wei Zhao, "Then be careful next time. Promise me and Xiaoshu—you must come back alive! Don't take risks!"