Chapter 2804 — The Trial Begins
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The crowd nodded one after another in understanding; after all, such requirements were entirely reasonable.
Once the others had departed, Tianjisuan likewise took his leave at once with Kang Jingming. Kang Jingming's eyes swept toward the inn, and in his heart he prayed silently that Zhang Naipao would prove useful this time and do away with Wei Zhao—then all troubles would be settled for good.
The night passed without incident. At half past four the next morning, Wei Zhao returned from his cultivation space to the real world, washed up briefly in the bathroom, and then pushed open the door and stepped out of his room.
Originally, Wei Zhao had considered raising Zhao Qilei's strength to the early Earth Rank, but he had no Minor Qi-Gathering Pills on hand at present, and Zhao Qilei was already at the peak of the mid Mystic Rank—advancing him to the peak of the late Mystic Rank would make little difference and would not help him much in the trial. So Wei Zhao simply let the matter drop, planning to deal with it after they returned.
To Wei Zhao's surprise, Zhao Qilei, Feng Shihua, Ge Xian, Li Ciba, and the others had already left their rooms and were standing not far from his door, chatting. Seeing Wei Zhao emerge, Zhao Qilei said, "Leader, you're awake."
"Mm. You're all up early—I was thinking of cultivating a while longer," Wei Zhao said. "By the way, where's Qiqi?"
"She's probably not up yet?" Zhao Qilei glanced at the room at the far end of the corridor and said, "We didn't feel it proper to call on her. How about you go wake her, Leader?"
Everyone, Zhao Qilei included, had no idea what the relationship between Wei Zhao and Yang Qiqi was, so naturally none of them felt comfortable going to rouse her from bed.
"All right, I'll go call her." Wei Zhao knew Yang Qiqi's room number and started toward the end of the corridor. But just as he was about to knock, her door swung open, and Yang Qiqi jumped at the sight of him standing there. "You—you, you, why are you at my door?"
"I came to wake you. It's about time," Wei Zhao said.
"Oh, oh..." Yang Qiqi pressed a hand to her chest and caught her breath.
She felt this trial was fraught with peril and feared that ill-intentioned people might do her harm. She had hardly slept all night and was already on edge—and then Wei Zhao had given her a fright.
Dawn had barely broken, yet the square before the inn was already filled with the disciples who had come for the trial. All had taken the attitude that sooner was better than later, and they waited for Tianjisuan to arrive.
At six o'clock sharp, Tianjisuan arrived at the square on time. Kang Jingming, who had followed him the day before, did not come today.