Chapter 3491 — The Quirks of Bingtang's Temperament (Part 2)
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"How did that elder of the Ice Palace... get there?" Wei Zhao asked after a moment's thought.
"Back then the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had not yet grown so thin. Later she went to Cloud Terrace Island—it seems the Ice Ancestor of those days came back and carried her off. As for the particulars, I am not too clear myself; it is only a legend..." Bingtang said.
"So the Ice Ancestor has already reached a realm of the sublime? Able to carry people straight to Cloud Terrace Island?" Wei Zhao was somewhat astonished. Landing on Cloud Terrace Island was, if not a thousand difficulties and ten thousand hardships, at least something requiring so many inheritors to open the way at once—the difficulty of that went without saying.
Yet the Ice Ancestor alone could travel directly between Cloud Terrace Island and the mundane world—truly a formidable person! If... wait! Back then, in Zhang Lifeng's ancient tomb, Wei Zhao had discovered that the replica divine artifact, the Shennong Cauldron, had been taken away. Could it be that Zhang Lifeng had come back in person to retrieve it?
If his wife, the Ice Ancestor, could manage such a thing, then surely the even mightier Zhang Lifeng would have no trouble at all!
Which meant Zhang Lifeng's strength... had reached a realm Wei Zhao dared not even imagine!
"The Ice Ancestor's realm of strength must surely be formidable, but whether she can go directly to Cloud Terrace Island, I do not know. Perhaps the Snow Ancestor of Snow Valley and Master Zhang Lifeng traveled back together—who can say? Maybe Master Zhang Lifeng also has several inheritor wives, just like you, and comes and goes the same way!" What Bingtang said at first really did sound plausible enough; but that last sentence nearly made Wei Zhao keel over.
Sometimes the things Bingtang suddenly blurted out left Wei Zhao not knowing whether to laugh or cry! If you called it jealousy, that was not quite it either—there was none of that resentful tone when she said such things; it felt rather like ordinary conversation, and Wei Zhao truly could not grasp her temperament.
"All right, I will go back and test it. But I have vast quantities of energy stones, which should serve as a substitute. When the time comes, she can use energy stones to..., that should work too, shouldn't it?" What Wei Zhao actually had in mind was to raise Wang Xinyan's strength directly. Only the resources on his side were inexhaustible—as much as was needed, that much there was—and he was not afraid of Wang Xinyan's sponge-like constitution!
Even if she shed some every day, Wei Zhao had more than enough to replenish her.
"Mm, then hurry back. The Heaven-rank trial may be right before our eyes," Bingtang said. "When the time comes, we shall meet again at the trial!"
"Good. Once I have refined the remaining Great Return Pills, I will take my leave of Aunt Qing!" Wei Zhao had noticed that Bingtang never dragged her feet about anything. Even though she had been happy with Wei Zhao today, she would not cling; she simply sent him off to attend to proper business.
"Husband Wei Zhao, you are leaving again!" It was Feng Xiaoxiao, by contrast, who was somewhat reluctant to part.
"Mm, I will look in on Aunt Qing and Yubing, and then be off," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
Wei Zhao finished refining the remaining pills, and Bingtang and Feng Xiaoxiao accompanied him to see Aunt Qing.
"Tangtang, you and Wei Zhao—are you an item now?" Aunt Qing asked teasingly at the sight of Bingtang.
"Mm..." Bingtang was not much embarrassed; she merely nodded. "Aunt Qing, did you not always say he was good? But... I have found that he truly is rather good!"
"Yes. That you can be together with Wei Zhao gladdens my heart," Aunt Qing said with satisfaction. "This counts as a fine home for you."