Chapter 2802 — A Map for the Journey
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What?! The trial map?" Feng Shihua was astonished. He came from an ancient clan, yet even he had not obtained the map beforehand—and Wei Zhao, a loose cultivator of the mundane world, actually had one in hand?
Li Ciba was likewise startled; he too had no map, yet Wei Zhao had gotten one.
The most astonished, of course, was Ge Xian. He made his living selling information, yet he had failed to dig up the map for the Xuandan Sect trial, while Wei Zhao had obtained it—which left him somewhat ashamed. Just who was it that made a living at this trade?
Zhao Qilei, by contrast, was not much surprised. He knew Wei Zhao was a marvel, and over time he had simply grown used to it.
Yang Qiqi was the same; she had grown numb to Wei Zhao's prowess. As things stood, whether it was a trial or a trade fair, following Wei Zhao always brought some benefit.
"On this map there is a marked safe location. If anyone runs into danger during this trial, you can hide there first and wait for the others to regroup," Wei Zhao said.
"You mean, as long as we reach this place, we can pass this trial safely?" Feng Shihua asked in surprise.
"Of course. You can first gather the spirit herbs required by the trial and then hide here, or you can wait until I arrive and we gather the required herbs together. But even after I arrive, I may not be able to gather enough herbs for so many people," Wei Zhao said honestly. "This trial map merely adds one more safeguard for everyone's life—it truly cannot help all that much."
"That is already quite good!" Ge Xian said. "I know the difficulty of this trial. If I had not been stuck at the peak of the late Earth Rank for so long, hoping to try my luck for a Qi-Gathering Pill to break through to the Heaven Rank, I would not have come to this trial at all."
"A Heaven Rank broken through by Qi-Gathering Pill has its flaws, does it not?" Wei Zhao asked without betraying any emotion.
"That is true, but for loose cultivators like us, being able to advance to the Heaven Rank is already good enough. I know my own situation—if at my age I still have not broken through to the Heaven Rank, my hopes thereafter will be even slimmer," Ge Xian said.
Feng Shihua and Li Ciba both sighed in admiration; choosing Wei Zhao as their captain had been truly wise. Had they not attached themselves to Wei Zhao, he would never have given them this map. As for Yang Qiqi, she held the map and mused, a faint, elusive pleasure on her face, no one knowing what she was thinking.
After receiving the maps, they all returned to their rooms to rest. Nothing unusual happened for the rest of the day, until nightfall, when a voice sounded from the open ground outside the inn—not loud, yet so penetrating that every cultivator in the inn heard it clearly; even with the windows shut, it could be heard.