Chapter 3359 — So Many Energy Stones
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Yet what lay before his eyes could not be disbelieved. Wei Zhao drew a deep breath and strode quickly toward that great heap of energy stones. But when his steps came to a halt near the pile, Wei Zhao could not help but sigh, somewhat disappointed—because these energy stones had actually already been used!
The surfaces of the energy stones were dim and lusterless; at a glance, one could tell they no longer held any energy. Such energy stones were utterly worthless. Wei Zhao still had two of them in his jade pendant space!
This discovery disappointed Wei Zhao greatly, and Yu Dake had obviously noticed it too. "Mr. Lin, these energy stones…"
"You noticed as well? These energy stones have all been used. I'd guess the Paoli clan dumped them here after they were spent. With used-up energy stones like these, they needn't worry about anyone locked in the dungeon stealing them." Wei Zhao shrugged with a bitter smile. Earlier he had wondered why the Paoli clan would do such a thing; now it seemed no one was a fool. These were all spent energy stones—even if enemies found them and stole them, it hardly mattered!
"Indeed. And here I thought we'd made some great discovery!" Yu Dake shook his head. "Shall we go take a look over there? Maybe there are some unused ones on that side?"
"There shouldn't be any." Wei Zhao had already given up hope, but since they had come this far, there was no harm in going over to have a look.
Yu Xiaoke had been happy too, thinking they had found what they were looking for, but hearing the exchange between Wei Zhao and Yu Dake, she knew that was not the case at all. The energy stones here were all useless, and that plunged her into boundless disappointment.
Wei Zhao walked in front, with Yu Dake and Yu Xiaoke following behind him. Even though Yu Xiaoke was the weakest cultivator of the three, her qinggong was excellent, so the three of them still moved quickly. These used energy stones looked endless, stretching away without bound, but when they actually walked, they reached the end in just over half an hour. Of course, one should not underestimate that half hour—the three of them had surely covered over a hundred kilometers!
Arriving at the end of the energy stones, Wei Zhao bent down and looked at the stones before him, and could not help but cry out, "Ah!"
"Mr. Lin, these energy stones actually still have some energy in them! Not a great deal, but definitely not the kind that's been completely drained!" Yu Dake had noticed the peculiarity as well, and picked up an energy stone as he spoke.
"Not used up, yet tossed aside here—why would they do that?" Wei Zhao grew puzzled. "Let's walk back toward the middle and take a look!"
"All right." Yu Dake nodded.
The three of them walked back a certain distance. The energy stones on the ground still carried a trace of energy, and it was not just one or two of them but a general phenomenon. This puzzled Wei Zhao even more. What was the Paoli clan trying to do? Were they really this extravagantly wasteful? The energy in these stones was not much, but collected together it would still be quite useful. To just throw them away at the very back like this—were they really not going to use them?
Wei Zhao walked back a while further. Every so often, he would examine the energy stones beneath his feet. At first, Wei Zhao noticed nothing amiss… (To be continued.)