Chapter 3507 — Meeting Tianchan Again
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In the square behind the inn, on a temporary raised platform, Ancestor Xuanchen stood with his hands behind his back in a Eight-Trigram Robe, and behind him, astonishingly, stood three people.
Wei Zhao knew all three well, and one of them set his heart pounding. It was none other than Tianchan, whom he had not seen for so long!
Since the Xuandan Sect trial, Wei Zhao had not seen Tianchan again. He had never imagined she would be standing behind Ancestor Xuanchen. Could she too be a disciple of the Five Luminaries Sect?
Yet Tianchan gazed straight ahead, as though she had not noticed Wei Zhao at all, which left him faintly disappointed. Tianchan was a girl who had moved his heart, but perhaps their connection had ended with that last Xuandan Sect trial.
The other two were Kang Jingming and Little Eleven. None of the three concealed their strength, and the full Great Perfection of late Heaven-Tier peak power was on display.
That Tianchan was at Great Perfection did not surprise Wei Zhao in the least. But Kang Jingming and Little Eleven—was their rate of advancement not a little too fast? Could Kang Jingming have refined Qi-Gathering Pills for the couple to swallow himself?
The Five Luminaries Sect surely still kept many white energy stones for its own use, so it was hardly surprising that Kang Jingming could refine Qi-Gathering Pills quickly. So long as an alchemist could swiftly recover his physical strength and true qi, refining any number of pills was possible.
Still, Ancestor Xuanchen was truly willing to spend his capital! White energy stones were a resource that dwindled with every one used; in the past they had been employed only to assist cultivation, and now they were actually being used for pill refining.
Then again, with Cloud-Tier Island close at hand, Ancestor Xuanchen probably no longer cared about such things.
Little Eleven, though—she had clearly been injured, crippled by Wei Zhao, and yet she had still managed to raise her strength? How had she done it? Wei Zhao was utterly astonished. It seemed the Five Luminaries Sect's foundations ran deep, deeper than he could fathom.
Kang Jingming's eyes swept across the trial participants below, as though searching for something. When he spotted Wei Zhao, a flash of excited, bloodthirsty light darted through his eyes.
That set Wei Zhao's heart tightening. The way the man looked at him was not right at all. Surely he was not plotting some dirty trick to use against him during the trial?
Kang Jingming had always been like this. Were it not for his status as Ancestor Xuanchen's son-in-law, which set him apart from the ordinary disciples, Wei Zhao truly could not have let him live this long. But Wei Zhao did not want to fall out with Ancestor Xuanchen before landing on Cloud-Tier Island. Without Ancestor Xuanchen, Wei Zhao did not know how to reach Cloud-Tier Island, so for the time being he had left Kang Jingming alone.
Little Eleven, beside Kang Jingming, swept her eyes toward Wei Zhao, and her gaze lingered on Han Jingyi and Wang Xinyan too. Plainly she bore a grudge as well.
Still, Wei Zhao had heard that this Heaven-Tier trial was a matter of great importance before landing on Cloud-Tier Island. Kang Jingming surely would not go so far as to sabotage him, would he? The business of Cloud-Tier Island ought to outweigh everything else.
Soon all the disciples who had come for the trial were present. They all sat cross-legged now, gazing up at Ancestor Xuanchen on the platform with reverence.