Chapter 3758 — A Sense of Propriety
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Junior Brother Lin, this... what am I even supposed to say to you?" The long-suffering senior brother looked at Wei Zhao's utterly unruffled expression and for a moment did not know what to say.
From where he stood, Wei Zhao's conduct today really was far too rash and brainless—no different from digging his own grave. But then, one had only to remember Wei Zhao's performance in the previous two rounds, each time far exceeding anything they had expected.
Especially the endurance assessment last time. Ignoring all advice, Wei Zhao had chosen the peak early Foundation Establishment level, and at the time the senior brother had even thought Wei Zhao might well drop dead on the spot.
But the facts had proven that Wei Zhao never did anything he was not sure of. Even the long-suffering senior brother himself had not been confident he could withstand a full-force blow from a peak early Foundation Establishment expert—yet Wei Zhao had taken it without a word, come away unscathed, and even earned a god-tier perfect score!
So although Wei Zhao's choice of all forty seeds today left him incredulous, on reflection there was no need to say much about it. After all, just because he himself lacked the ability did not mean Wei Zhao did—what if Wei Zhao really could cultivate that many spirit-herb seeds?
It was just that even if Wei Zhao truly was confident of cultivating so many spirit-herb seeds, the fourth assessment round about to begin would plainly see him targeted by Meng Jueming and his crowd again. Whether he could weather it smoothly—the long-suffering senior brother was truly on tenterhooks for Wei Zhao.
"Heh heh, Senior Brother Ku, you and the others really don't need to worry about me. I know my own limits."
Wei Zhao smiled as though nothing were the matter, then looked at Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai, both of whom were also holding back words, and suddenly lowered his voice. "When we get back, you two hand your spirit-herb seeds over to me as well—I'll cultivate them for you."
"Huh?" The three of them, the long-suffering senior brother included, were stunned speechless at once. Not content with having taken all forty spirit-herb seeds himself, he actually wanted Xiao Che and the other's seeds too—that would make sixty in all!
"Leader Wei Zhao, are you sure this is all right?" Even Xiao Che, normally so steady and reserved, could not help but ask in a low, startled voice this time.
It was not that he feared the matter would leak out and be branded cheating once Hu Yunfeng and the others learned of it. In fact, if Meng Jueming's crowd got wind of it, they would not try to stop it at all—they would happily go along with it and wish for nothing more than to work Wei Zhao to death. No, Xiao Che was worried on Wei Zhao's behalf.
After all, to any normal person, forty spirit-herb seeds already meant that a great deal of true qi would have to be expended on them for some time to come. Even without any other distractions, that alone would be quite a strain.
What was more, the fourth round of newcomer assessment was about to begin at the same time. The slightest hitch along the way would very likely cause the true-qi supply to lapse for several days, and then, as that sissy steward of the spirit-herb garden had said, the seeds that had already begun receiving true-qi ripening would soon wither and die—ruining all their previous efforts and quite possibly costing them points as well.
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