Chapter 3373 — Xiao Ning Is a Prophet
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Ahem!" Yu Tianxing coughed, his old face reddening. "Young Master Lin, I am caught in a vise these days! The Five Luminaries Sect places many restraints on me, but you, Young Master Lin, I cannot afford to offend either! Now even Ancestor Xuanchen's side dares not move against you. If I kept things from you and our hidden Yu family then fell on hard times with no one at our back, would we not be finished?"
"Ancestor Xuanchen has moved against me—you simply did not know it. A few days ago he sent Xiao Yi to kill me." Wei Zhao smiled as he spoke.
"Er... and then?" Yu Tianxing was stunned. This he had not known. So Ancestor Xuanchen had not been leaving him alone—he had been acting in secret.
"Xiao Yi is dead," Wei Zhao said.
"Pff..." Yu Tianxing froze, dumbstruck. Xiao Yi dead? His first thought was that Xiao Yi had been done in by Wei Zhao! For who else would have made a move but Wei Zhao? At that thought, he grew all the more elated over the wise decision he had made! Had he not curried favor with Wei Zhao today, had he simply sent Yu Ning and Yu Shu away, Wei Zhao would surely have torn the place down, would he not? And then the hidden Yu family would not have been enough for him to demolish.
"Let us get to business," Wei Zhao said, waving a hand, unwilling to dwell on the matter.
"Very well." Yu Tianxing nodded. "As an inheritor, Xiao Ning must go to the Endless Western Sea to receive the water-element inheritance. It has all been arranged. A master of the esoteric sect from a foreign realm will sacrifice all his own strength to empower her through initiation, forcibly raising her cultivation to the peak great perfection of the late Heaven rank..."
"A master of the esoteric sect? Is there any danger?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled; he had not expected such a secret art existed, one that could raise a person's level through initiation. But on reflection, how different was it, really, from the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art of the jade pendant's space?
Only, the one who performed the initiation would be left with no strength of his own, whereas Wei Zhao still had his! So the danger, he reasoned, should not be great—and thus Wei Zhao was not overly stirred.
"Danger there is not—if there is any, it is on the other party's side. Xiao Ning will come to no harm. The Five Luminaries Sect values Xiao Ning exceedingly and will not let anything happen to her!" Yu Tianxing said. "Only, there is a drawback. Because Xiao Ning will be upgraded by the purest energy and true qi, the end result is similar to having taken a Qi-Gathering Pill: she will no longer be able to adapt to the heaven-and-earth spiritual qi of the outside world to advance her cultivation..."
"I see..." Wei Zhao thought a moment, then asked, "And does that affect advancement to the Heavenly Dao?"
"It may—because it is unknown. No one knows the conditions for advancing to the Heavenly Dao. But no one is willing to take that risk..." Yu Tianxing said. "If there were any chance of cultivating on one's own, no one would take a Qi-Gathering Pill."
"Then why can't Xiao Ning cultivate on her own?" Wei Zhao asked after a moment's thought.
"Xiao Ning's mission differs from that of an ordinary inheritor. In that plan, she also bears a very important role." Yu Tianxing smiled bitterly. "That of prophet. We must predict a suitable time for the opening of Cloud-Tier Island, and only then can we breach the trap together. If there is any deviation in timing, it will gravely affect the execution of the plan! Because the physical true qi in our bodies is limited—if it is spent at the wrong time, we will later lack the strength to open the plan..."