Chapter 2715 — Strange Circumstances
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
Such attributes, however, could not be tested at all upon this round bead—only the major attribute could be measured. And so it was possible that the cultivation method might not prove an exact match. Still, with this bead in hand, one could at least always know the general direction of one's training.
Among the five elemental attributes, only the water attribute was comparatively intricate and tangled; the others were rather more straightforward.
Wei Zhao took the round bead, and then he and Bai Lingtou and Yu Xiaoke made their way out of the ancient tomb together. The exit went smoothly enough, without encountering any danger or obstruction.
The three of them had entered the tomb at first light of dawn; by the time they emerged, the sky was already speckled with stars.
This expedition, all three could be said to have returned fully laden. Yu Xiaoke had gained a great pile of gold and silver jewelry; Wei Zhao had gained the answer to his own constitution, taking three Heaven-Tier weapons and a round bead for testing constitutions; and Bai Lingtou had learned a most exhilarating piece of news—Grandmaster Zhang Lifeng might not be dead after all!
After seeing Yu Xiaoke back to the orphanage, Wei Zhao and Bai Lingtou returned to Donghai City. Reluctant as Yu Xiaoke was to part, with Bai Lingtou present she dared not keep the thieving rogue any longer. She only clasped the rogue's hand lingeringly for a moment, then let him go.
Watching the car's silhouette dwindle away, Yu Xiaoke sighed with melancholy. Was this what love was? If only the rogue were Wei Zhao—then there would not be so many vexing troubles. But he was not, and she had no idea how to deal with a Wei Zhao who grew more presumptuous by the day...
Still, when she thought of the gold and silver jewelry in her pack, Yu Xiaoke cheered up again. These things were all ancient relics—if not priceless, then at least exceedingly valuable. This trip had certainly not been for nothing.
On the way back, Bai Lingtou was still immersed in the exhilarating news that Zhang Lifeng might yet live. "Xiaoyi, tell me—ought we to go searching for some trace of Grandmaster Zhang Lifeng?"
"If he could be found, I fear the Five Luminaries Sect of old would have found him long ago. Zhang Lifeng is a master of the heavenly way; he is certainly not someone we could find with ease." Wei Zhao was calm enough, not cherishing any vain hope of finding Zhang Lifeng.
If Zhang Lifeng wished to appear, he would naturally appear; if he did not, no amount of searching would do any good.
Thunder Pig had been in the ancient tomb for a thousand years and had never once seen Zhang Lifeng—which showed that Zhang Lifeng had no intention of coming back at all. Otherwise, even if he did not return to the tomb, he would long since have gone back to the Five Luminaries Sect to look in on things.
"That is true enough." Bai Lingtou nodded. "I was being overeager."
"By the way, Teacher Bai, tell me the story of Zhang Lifeng and that Ice Fairy and Snow Fairy, would you? You are of the Five Luminaries Sect, so you should know that story well, no?" Wei Zhao asked. He was thoroughly curious about Zhang Lifeng's romantic history—and of course, Feng Xiaoxiao had something to do with that curiosity.
Wei Zhao counted as Zhang Lifeng's heir in spirit and teaching, while Feng Xiaoxiao was the future mistress of the Ice Palace. One way or another, Wei Zhao felt he and Zhang Lifeng were rather alike—except that he had no wife from Snow Valley.