Chapter 3616 — You People Really Are Something
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All this for digging ore—was there any need to be so dramatic? This fellow could not possibly be mentally ill, could he?
Wei Zhao could not help rolling his eyes. Though Li Zhengming's approach did look impressive—after all, this was the full-force strike of a peak late Heaven Rank expert, and its power was no joke—the problem was that spirit jade was a hard existence that even Foundation Establishment experts could not shatter, and the surrounding ore was just as hard. Li Zhengming looked like he was risking his life, but in truth he was simply wasting his strength; it was nowhere near as efficient as proper mining technique!
In Wei Zhao's eyes, Li Zhengming was absolutely no fool. After one or two tries at something like this, anyone would easily reach a conclusion. Yet to his surprise, after Li Zhengming calmed down briefly and circulated his true qi to recover, he immediately launched into the same performance again—as if he harbored some deep grudge against the ore node, throwing himself into frantic assault the moment he caught his breath!
Could this fellow really be sick? The thought had scarcely appeared before Wei Zhao dismissed it himself. No one who could claw their way to the Heaven Rank could be a true fool; if Li Zhengming did this deliberately, there had to be some special purpose behind it.
Could he be using the mining work to cultivate some peculiar martial skill? Wei Zhao studied him thoughtfully from head to toe, yet it did not quite seem so. This deliberate quality felt more like he was constantly showing off his peak late Heaven Rank strength.
But it was only peak late Heaven Rank—a strength that, among everyone present including the guards and miners, was likely near the bottom. What was there to show off?
"Unless..." Thinking of his own situation, Wei Zhao's heart suddenly stirred. He observed Li Zhengming with unprecedented care, and only then did the truth dawn on him: this fellow's continual flaunting of his peak late Heaven Rank strength was, in fact, a way of concealing his real strength!
Had this deliberate display not aroused Wei Zhao's curiosity, then even with his ability to see through the strength of any expert below Heaven Rank great perfection, he might never have noticed that Li Zhengming—who appeared on the surface to be merely peak late Heaven Rank—was in fact a Heaven Rank great perfection expert!
In truth, had Wei Zhao not himself been in the habit of deliberately concealing his strength, anyone else would never have thought along these lines. Who would imagine that a fellow constantly parading peak late Heaven Rank strength was actually a Heaven Rank great perfection expert?
Only—why would this Li Zhengming deliberately hide his strength?
Wei Zhao was somewhat puzzled. The reason he himself concealed his early Foundation Establishment strength was that he was a stranger on Cloud Rank Island, and he had enemies old and new like Xu Lingchong, Meng Jueming, and Kang Jingming. Hiding his strength let him keep the initiative at all times and avoid being schemed to death by those rivals.
But from days of observation, this Li Zhengming not only failed to show off like himself—he could even be called a low-key, transparent marginal figure. He had no rivals eyeing him covetously, and Heaven Rank great perfection was hardly outstanding among so many newcomers at the Welcome Pavilion. Was there any need to hide one's strength in a cultivation world where the strong ruled?
Yet puzzled as he was, it was none of his concern, and Wei Zhao had no interest in meddling. His task now was to familiarize himself with the mining zone and then find a way to secretly stash spirit jade. As for Li Zhengming, whatever his reason for hiding his strength, so long as he posed no threat to Wei Zhao, it did not matter.