Chapter 3381 — Wanting to Be Held by You
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"That's fine too—I'll have someone send them over right away!" Wei Zhao had not expected this unexpected boon. True, he could still go to the Hakhunamata Desert and demand energy stones from the Paoli clan, but the Paoli clan was simply too far away; even with the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast, he could not carry back too many at a time. The Ice Palace, however, could trade him for a batch directly, which made up for the shortfall in numbers. "As for the remaining energy stones, just use them as rewards for the people of the Ice Palace. When they run out, tell me—don't be shy. The Ice Palace counts as Xiaoxiao's natal home now, and with your connection to it as well, Aunt Qing, there's no problem on my end."
"Oh? That's wonderful!" Aunt Qing was overjoyed at once. With the remaining energy stones to reward the Ice Palace disciples, they could spur these people on in their cultivation and bring forth a whole crop of Heaven Rank experts!
After all, advancing from the peak of the late Earth Rank to the early Heaven Rank did not require many energy stones—one was enough. The extra ten could nurture ten Heaven Rank experts, and the Ice Palace's strength would rise accordingly!
"Xiaoyi, thank you!" Aunt Qing said gratefully.
"It's nothing—I should be the one thanking you, Aunt Qing!" Wei Zhao shook his head. "Aunt Qing, about that matter of the heart-method oral formula, I'd still like you to help me look into it..."
"All right, I understand," Aunt Qing replied.
After hanging up, Wei Zhao took out every last energy stone from the jade pendant's space and arranged them all around Wang Xinyan. There were fully a thousand or more of them, and in one go they encircled her completely, so that she looked as though she were sleeping in a pit built of stones—rather amusing, really!
When all that was done, Wei Zhao dialed Zhao Qilei's number.
"Qitan, come over here for a moment." Wei Zhao offered no further explanation; Zhao Qilei gave a word of assent and soon appeared at Wei Zhao's villa.
"Boss, I'm here—you're back? What do you need me to do?" Zhao Qilei was the sort who stood ready at all times.
"Ride the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast to the Ice Palace and deliver thirty energy stones to Feng Xiaoxiao; then, while you're at it, bring back all the used-up energy stones from the Ice Palace." Wei Zhao instructed Zhao Qilei. "Get the energy stones from Han Jingyi next door—she has plenty."
Wei Zhao had not touched Wang Xinyan's stones, but instead sent him to fetch Han Jingyi's, precisely so that whatever more he could give Wang Xinyan, he would.
"No problem. Shall I set off now?" Zhao Qilei had been to the Ice Palace before and knew Feng Xiaoxiao, so the route was familiar to him.
"Yes, go now—quick there and quick back," Wei Zhao said.
"All right, I'm on my way." Zhao Qilei wasted no words; he turned and went out the door.
As for Wei Zhao, he turned back toward Wang Xinyan's room—only to discover with a start that Wang Xinyan had actually opened her eyes, and was at that very moment gazing around at the energy stones encircling her with a look of blank bewilderment and curiosity!
"I... where am I? Am I dead? Is this my coffin?" Looking at the energy stones piled up around her, Wang Xinyan took them for some kind of peculiar coffin, and for a moment she could not make out just where she was.
"Xinyan, you're awake!" Wei Zhao was both startled and overjoyed.
"Wei Zhao? I'm... in your home?" It came back to Wang Xinyan in a rush: she seemed to have followed Wei Zhao from the school to his villa, and then at night she had gone to sleep with Shen Yushu, and after that she knew nothing at all. Had she been unconscious this whole time, right up until now?
It looked that way—but then what were all these things around her? And why did Wang Xinyan suddenly feel as though her body were brimming with strength? As though she were full of vigor? As though she had never been ill at all?