Chapter 2873 — A Thought
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
For the moment, though, Wei Zhao had no mind to spare for escaping. What occupied him now was how to wake Zhang Naipao and get him to draw the Five Malevolences qi out of Yang Qiqi.
"Hey, you—that ghost spirit. Yes, you. You're certainly not asleep, so quit playing dead." Once inside the jade pendant's space, Wei Zhao went straight to the point.
"Boy, are you ever going to give it a rest? What is it now?" The ghost thing's voice was thick with exasperation and gloom.
"Can you do me a favor?" Wei Zhao asked.
"No." The ghost thing was flat and final. "I'm not your subordinate. Your rank is far too low. If you think I'm going to work for you, think again."
"This isn't an order—it's a request..." Wei Zhao gave a helpless, bitter smile. "A friend of mine is dying. The Five Malevolences qi has invaded his body..."
"Oh, then save your breath. That's a favor I can't do. I'm only a disembodied spirit now—no physical form. I have no way to dissolve the Five Malevolences qi in your friend's body." The ghost thing cut him off halfway through.
"I'm not asking you to dissolve the qi. There's someone else who can do that. The trouble is he's fallen into a state of madness—same as I was before—and I need you to help wake him." Wei Zhao explained.
"So I'd have to go out there?" The ghost thing refused at once. "A trip outside costs my spirit essence dearly. I'm not going."
"Just do me this one favor?" Wei Zhao's tone was earnest. "If you ever need anything from me in the future, I'll help you, I swear!"
"Oh? Then let me think it over first." The ghost thing considered.
"How long will you need to think?" Wei Zhao asked quickly, caught off guard.
"Hard to say. Three to five days at the shortest, a year or so at the longest—but certainly no more than two years." The ghost thing replied.
"You... aren't you just stringing me along?" Wei Zhao was instantly furious. He felt the ghost thing was only humoring him! All he had offered was a promise, not a concrete trade—what was there to think about? The fact that the ghost thing wanted to "think it over" was likely just an excuse, a way to refuse without coming out and saying so, because Wei Zhao had pestered him past endurance.
But after that, the ghost thing said nothing more and paid Wei Zhao no further attention.
Wei Zhao had no choice but to leave the jade pendant's space. If the ghost thing wouldn't talk, there was nothing he could do about it.
"Wei Zhao, didn't you say you had a way to wake Zhang Naipao?" Seeing Wei Zhao silent, Tianchan had no idea what he was doing and could not help asking.
"Ah..." Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile at her question. "I haven't thought of one yet..."
"You were so sure of yourself before—I thought you already had a plan..." Tianchan was taken aback, then at a loss for words.
"Before... I was thinking a little too simply..." Wei Zhao could hardly explain the business with the ghost thing. It wasn't that he meant to hide it from Tianchan; the real problem was, how was he even supposed to describe the ghost thing? RS