Chapter 3983 — Heading to the Birthday Banquet
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Fortunately, after all these dealings, Wei Zhao had come to know Hong Zhong's character fairly well. The man was no short-sighted fool. Even if he supplied him with a larger batch of top-grade Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pills at once, so long as they were a little careful not to let outsiders catch wind of it, the risk should be manageable.
The following evening, Kang Jingming delivered four sets of spirit herb seeds as promised. Wei Zhao counted them carefully and, after confirming that four of them were Soul-Devouring Linglong Grass seeds, accepted the goods with satisfaction.
He transplanted all four sets of seeds into the jade pendant's space. With careful tending, barring any mishap, he would harvest four Soul-Devouring Linglong Grass plants in a few months. Together with the two Foundation Establishment Golden Pills he already had, that should be enough to sustain his next two breakthrough attempts.
Of course, that was merely idle speculation. After all, having asked Hong Zhong and Chen Heihu to help with the procurement, and now with these four Soul-Devouring Linglong Grass seeds, his future supply of the herb was assured to a degree. So as far as Wei Zhao was concerned, the two Foundation Establishment Golden Pills in his possession did not necessarily have to be kept for his own use.
He had no use for them in the short term, and in the long run he would not need to fret over Soul-Devouring Linglong Grass—so there was no reason at all for Wei Zhao to cling to these two top-grade Foundation Establishment Golden Pills. Used elsewhere, they would better realize their value.
For the next while, Wei Zhao enjoyed a rare stretch of undisturbed cultivation. Apart from the occasional visit to Scrap King to discuss matters of artifact forging, nothing interfered with his work.
Diligent cultivation, steadily consolidating his strength at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage until he could command every ounce of power and every thread of true qi within his body with absolute precision—that was what Wei Zhao occupied himself with now...
Time slipped away, and in the blink of an eye the eighth day of the month arrived. The birthday banquet of Shangguan Lan'er, the foremost young lady of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion, slowly raised its curtain in Huayang Residence, the most luxurious and exclusive venue within the Pavilion's walls.
Invitation in hand, Wei Zhao set off at once for the Soaring Heaven Pavilion. This was the first time since arriving on Cloud Terrace Island that he had entered the Pavilion's core area—and this time, openly and aboveboard.
With the birthday banquet invitation in hand, he naturally passed through unimpeded, save that at every checkpoint the guards subjected him to a thorough search. Being treated like a thief was truly speechless.
There was no help for it—he was not one of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion's own people, and anyone could see at a glance that he had no powerful background or backing.
At this moment, before the great gates of Huayang Residence, Xu Lingchong, host of the birthday banquet, stood in person to welcome the guests, flanked by his diehard brother Lou Tianyou and the others. What surprised Wei Zhao rather a lot was that even Kang Jingming was mingled among them.
By rights, with Kang Jingming's paltry standing, he was no more qualified than Wei Zhao to appear at such an exalted occasion—let alone to stand at the gates welcoming guests alongside young masters of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion like Xu Lingchong and Lou Tianyou.
After all, those who came and went at today's banquet were either high-ranking figures from the Threefold Pavilion or men of real power in their own factions—every one of them a genuine big shot. Even for greeting guests, one had to be at least a young master of deep background. Ordinary people had no chance at all to show their faces before such a gathering of magnates.