Chapter 3692 — That May Not Be So
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Wei Zhao shook his head. "That may not be so. I only let out the aura of the early Foundation Establishment stage without ever truly crossing blows with them. Given how suspicious Meng Jueming and his sort are, they will certainly have their misgivings once this is over."
Miserable Senior Brother and Xiao Che exchanged a glance, then nodded. "Very well, then."
After all, every man had his own way of doing things. Since Wei Zhao had chosen to keep a low profile, they would naturally do their best to play along.
Miserable Senior Brother weighed his words. "By the usual custom of past years, newcomers generally spend a full year at the Welcome Pavilion, but if they succeed in Foundation Establishment, they are also permitted to enter the Triple Stack Pavilion ahead of time and become inner disciples. Junior Brother Lin, what are your plans going forward?"
"Is there any particular advantage to becoming an inner disciple early?" Wei Zhao asked in return.
"Aside from the sect leadership paying you more attention, the chief benefit is early access to some of the privileges of an inner disciple. Beyond that, there is nothing else," Miserable Senior Brother explained.
"Then never mind. I would rather stay at the Welcome Pavilion a while longer and properly raise my strength first," Wei Zhao said with a shake of his head.
Given his circumstances, his need for the so-called sect privileges was hardly great. And if he chose to enter the Azure Cloud Pavilion early, not only would he gain no obvious advantage, he would draw the attention of the leadership and become the nail that sticks out, and endless trouble would surely follow. Far better to build up his strength at the Welcome Pavilion first.
Compared with other places, the Welcome Pavilion was, after all, a gentle cradle, free of so much gossip and scheming, and just the place for single-minded cultivation.
Wei Zhao knew very well that if he wanted to go to the Middle Island in search of Zhang Lifeng, then at present anything other than raising his strength as quickly as possible was a waste of time. Wherever one went, strength was king.
"Mm, that works too," Miserable Senior Brother said with a nod.
Over the years at the Welcome Pavilion, he had seen many newcomers who shone brightly there only to fade into the crowd the moment they reached the Triple Stack Pavilion. It was not that they had grown weaker, but that the environment around them had grown stronger.
In the end, the Welcome Pavilion was merely a school, while the Triple Stack Pavilion was the truly cruel world. Early Foundation Establishment strength was quite good by the standards of the Welcome Pavilion, but at the Triple Stack Pavilion it amounted to nothing at all. Wei Zhao's decision to remain at the Welcome Pavilion and accumulate strength before bursting forth was a very wise one.
Just then Wei Zhao thought of something. He pushed the Foundation Establishment Pill he had received across to Qiao Hongcai and said with a smile, "I have no use for it anyway, so this Foundation Establishment Pill is yours. The two of you need to break through as soon as you can."
Qiao Hongcai was stunned for a moment. Wei Zhao had mentioned this during the trial, but now that the moment had truly come and the Foundation Establishment Pill lay within arm's reach, he was still so excited that his face flushed red.
This was the Foundation Establishment Pill that every newcomer dreamed of. Even those second-generation cultivators with deep roots in the Soaring Sky Pavilion, and the powerful old men of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion, had exhausted every trick and scheme in the trial to contend for a single one of these pills, and even then the vast majority ended up unable to obtain what they so desperately sought.