Chapter 2629 — The Opportunity for a Breakthrough
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Just as he had already sensed the opportunity to break through to the late Earth rank, yet his inner art gave no such sign—it left him somewhat helpless, though he knew such things could not be hurried.
"Old Jiao, how's that ghostly thing doing?" Wei Zhao turned and asked Jiao Yazi.
During the daytime, Wei Zhao could hardly keep constant watch over the jade pendant's space; it was Jiao Yazi who had been monitoring the situation inside all along.
"There it is—still in the same spot. It hasn't moved once since it came in," Jiao Yazi said.
"Oh..." Wei Zhao nodded. Since entering, the ghostly thing had fallen into a dormant state; no calling could rouse it, and it did not interfere with his cultivation. If he did not think of it, he could simply ignore it altogether.
Since it made no sound or movement, Wei Zhao could not be bothered with it. The point was, bothering with it was useless anyway: this particular lord could not be invited out, nor reasoned with. There was nothing to do but let it be, allowing it to lodge here for the time being.
As for Guan Xin, the moment she stepped back into the White Leader's villa, she was greeted by the knowing, smiling looks of the White Leader and his wife. Her face flushed at once. "I... we ran into Bai Weituo, so we were delayed a little..."
"Ha ha, we didn't even ask. Why bring it up?" the White Leader laughed. "I'm glad you spent a little more time with Wei Zhao. No need to use that boy Bai Weituo as an excuse! What's he doing coming here this late at night instead of staying in his dormitory?"
"I... I really did see Bai Weituo..." Guan Xin said helplessly. "He and..."
"All right, all right, enough of that." The White Leader waved his hand, clearly uninterested in such matters. "Han Jingyi has already sent over Patriarch Zhang Lifeng's notes on the alchemist's craft. Have a look at them in a bit..."
"Yes, all right..." Guan Xin nodded, feeling torn. She did not know whether to tell the White Leader that she had already broken through to the early Mystic rank. By rights she did not want to hide it, but did this count as Wei Zhao's secret?
Wei Zhao had never said whether she might tell the White Leader, so Guan Xin could only hold her tongue for now. When the time came she would find some excuse—say she had broken through on her own—and once she had asked Wei Zhao and confirmed it was all right to speak, she would tell him then.
With that thought, Guan Xin hurried back to her room to read Zhang Lifeng's notes on alchemy, while the White Leader and his wife went upstairs, chuckling, to rest...
The night passed without a word. Early the next morning, Wei Zhao rose betimes, prepared breakfast, and then made his way to Han Jingyi's villa.
To his surprise, Han Jingyi was also up early. When Wei Zhao arrived, she was sitting in the living room fiddling with her tablet—evidently she had already retrieved it from Wang Xinyan. It was lucky that she had dropped it on the ground back then; had Xiao Shiyi picked it up, the secret would have leaked with it!