Chapter 4217 — Missing Once More
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
With the aura of Shangguan Tianxia, master of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion, shielding him overhead—so that even Yu Zhenyang, master of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, granted whatever he asked—the rest might look on with envy and jealousy, but at most they grumbled a few words in private, and never dared come make trouble for him.
As for the faction that had originally belonged to Xu Lingchong, they dared even less to go capering about in front of Wei Zhao. Even Xu Lingchong, at the height of his power, had been struck down in a single move, left neither alive nor dead—let alone these underlings of his. Even seeking death had its limits!
And so Wei Zhao was able to cultivate in peace. Huang Xiaotao followed him and moved into the foremost residence as well, which secretly delighted this well-behaved girl for a long while; though they were not in the same room, sharing one roof was, in a sense, **, and it showed that her relationship with Wei Zhao had drawn a layer closer.
Each day, besides their own cultivation, the two would occasionally practice the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Combined Palm together; after all, apart from the Dan Fire Bomb, it was the strongest move they could presently command, and a powerful trump card for facing enemies in days to come.
And besides Huang Xiaotao, Shangguan Lan'er came over every day as well. In all the Triple Stack Pavilion, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao were the friends she was closest to; had her upbringing not been so strict, the girl would even have had a mind to move in and live with them—only Shangguan Tianxia would not agree to it.
In addition, the long-suffering senior brother, along with Xiao Che, Qiao Hongcai, and Li Zhengming, had not yet fully moved over, but came by every few days to meet. It was worth noting that Wei Zhao, taking these few days' time, had raised the strength of all of them to the realm of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection!
The reason for doing so was, of course, the matter he had discussed with Yu Zhenyang some time before: if the long-suffering senior brother's strength did not reach Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, then even with the higher-ups' approval, he could not in the end take the seat of third master of the Welcome Pavilion.
Since he had already upgraded the long-suffering senior brother, Wei Zhao naturally would not leave out Xiao Che and the others. So long as they could keep it secret, great strength would not only protect them, but would also make them handier when Wei Zhao had need of them in days to come, rather than a burden.
Beyond that, there was another important reason Wei Zhao dared to raise everyone's strength: through Huang Xiaotao's personal verification over this period, one point had become entirely clear—that raising strength here was not the same as in the mortal world.
In the mortal world, because spiritual energy was exceedingly thin, the underlings whose strength Wei Zhao had raised could no longer advance on their own afterward; no matter how hard they cultivated, it was to no effect.
But now, because spiritual energy was abundant on Cloud Step Island—and in Wei Zhao's foremost residence especially, where its concentration was a hundred or a thousand times that of the outside world—they could cultivate normally without the slightest hindrance. There were thus no side effects, and Wei Zhao could boldly raise everyone's strength without worry.
Otherwise, apart from the long-suffering senior brother, Wei Zhao would not have upgraded Xiao Che and the others—not out of any selfishness, but because they were different from the long-suffering senior brother: all three of them had talent far beyond ordinary people, and so long as cultivation resources were supplied in full, breaking through and advancing was no difficult matter.
Left to develop naturally, their foundations would be sounder and their reserves deeper; there was no need at all for Wei Zhao to pull them up by the roots to help them grow. R1152