Chapter 3676 — A Stockpile, and a Failure
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
If Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai arrived within the next half day, then all would be well and everyone glad. If Meng Zhou and his people arrived, that was no bad thing either—with Wei Zhao's strength, one man against a whole crowd would be more than enough!
As for the last possibility, if Wei Zhao waited here and no one came at all—well, that was hardly good news, but at least it would settle one thing for him: Xiao Che and the other man had indeed run into trouble, and it could be taken as all but certain that Meng Zhou and his crew were behind it!
As Wei Zhao waited, he set the Thunder Pig to searching the area around Three Streams Mouth for spirit herbs. The half day slipped past in a blink, and the sky was about to darken—and from first to last, Wei Zhao had not seen a single human shadow.
With that, Wei Zhao knew in his heart: Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai had most likely been ambushed by Meng Zhou and his lot.
Xiao Che was already a Heaven-Rank Great Perfection adept, and after this stretch of cultivation he should by now have touched the barrier of the heavenly way. Qiao Hongcai, though originally only at the peak of the late Heaven Rank, had now successfully advanced to Heaven-Rank Great Perfection.
Among the newcomers of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, neither man's strength was to be reckoned weak. One against one, either should have no small chance of victory. But the trouble was that two fists could not beat four hands, and the other newcomers were no lamps to be trifled with either. Even if none of them could take either man alone, they were all Heaven-Rank Great Perfection adepts by now—not so easy to deal with.
Faced with so many, even if Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai were lucky enough to find each other, they would have absolutely no chance of winning. Flight would be their only option.
Anyone else, even in flight, would surely flee in the direction of Three Streams Mouth—after all, if they could join up with Wei Zhao along the way, it would mean one more share of strength.
But Wei Zhao knew that with the honest, loyal natures of those two, once they truly ran into such trouble, they would not draw a half step closer to Three Streams Mouth. They would choose the exact opposite direction!
For if they fled toward Three Streams Mouth, though they might have a chance to join up with Wei Zhao, they would likewise shift the danger onto his shoulders. However much faith they had in his strength, they would never believe he could take on a dozen Heaven-Rank Great Perfection adepts led by Meng Zhou all at once.
After all, like everyone else, they did not know that Wei Zhao was now an early Foundation Establishment adept. They still thought he was merely a Heaven-Rank Great Perfection cultivator a cut above the rest!
Out of that concern, by Wei Zhao's reckoning, the choice the two would most likely make in the end was to sacrifice the chariot to save the general—that is, to give up themselves in order to guarantee Wei Zhao's safety!
That way, even if all their herbs were seized, there would be no danger on Wei Zhao's side. And given the strength Wei Zhao had always shown, securing a place near the top should be no problem. First place in the trial would be hard to come by, but it was surely better than all three of them being wiped out together.RS