Chapter 2704 — Return to the Ancient Tomb
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"He... never mind. Even if I told you, you wouldn't know him. Let's not talk about him..." Yu Xiaoke did not say Wei Zhao's name; she feared the male thief would make trouble for Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao was formidable now and at the height of his fame, and she was afraid the male thief would not be his match and would come off the worse for it, so she simply let it drop. "Let's talk about my family's ancestral masterpiece. This inner-family method is purely yin; they say it's a truly formidable ancient method. Men cannot cultivate it—only girls can!"
"Oh? That is remarkable. It must be a rather special method, or it wouldn't be called an ancestral masterpiece!" Wei Zhao did know of some strange methods that only particular people could cultivate—Feng Xiaoxiao's method, for instance, and his own, which was a pure-yang method that girls could not cultivate either, the exact opposite of Yu Xiaoke's.
"Yes, it is remarkable," Yu Xiaoke said. "My brother says he'll find a chance to bring it to me."
"Good. When the time comes, I'll help you study it." Wei Zhao nodded in agreement. Yu Xiaoke's strength really did need raising; otherwise she was too weak, and she was always going off to do dangerous things—Wei Zhao truly could not rest easy.
Yu Xiaoke was delighted. Though the male thief had given her no straight answer regarding her master's matter, when it came to her own affairs he had agreed without the slightest hesitation. Yu Xiaoke truly felt that the male thief cared about her.
White Leader was a man who could endure. The breakthrough brought by the Minor Rejuvenation Pill was somewhat painful, yet nothing of it showed on his face. Indeed, without an iron will, White Leader could never have held on this long after his qi deviation had wrecked every meridian in his body.
"Xiaoyi, many thanks!" White Leader, having broken through to Early Earth Rank, said gratefully to Wei Zhao. "Only, at this level of strength I can still refine no more than Yellow Rank second-grade pills. Yellow Rank third-grade is still beyond me—the true qi supply can't keep up."
Wei Zhao nodded. White Leader was now a Yellow Rank second-grade alchemist as well; add Guan Xin and Han Jingyi, and if that combined-strike method really worked and Wei Zhao could cultivate it, then refining third-grade pills should be no great problem.
It was only that each cultivator was limited to a single method and oral formula, and Wei Zhao had no way to change his own.
"I've already said it—no thanks are needed." Wei Zhao waved a hand. "It's light out now. Shall we rest a while before heading to the ancient tomb, or go straight there?"
"Straight there. Every inch of me is brimming with strength—I've no need to rest at all," White Leader said. "Besides, I can hardly wait!"
"What about you, Xiaoke?" Wei Zhao turned to look at Yu Xiaoke.
"I'm fine too. I rested a while earlier." Yu Xiaoke shook her head as well, indicating she was ready.
That settled, Wei Zhao rose and handed each of them a pack of compressed biscuits. Together with White Leader, Yu Xiaoke, and the Thunder Pig, he entered the ancient tomb through its Gate of Life exit...