Chapter 4250 — Some Doubts Arise
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"You could say so. According to that ancestor of mine, he and his friend stumbled upon the place where the infant ginseng propagated, and so deliberately left this family map behind for the reference of later generations of the Gu family. Unfortunately, after him, though generation after generation of my family cultivated, none ever reached the late Golden Core stage again. Without that strength, the family map was useless, however precious—only after my breakthrough has it finally come into use once more," Chu Bubai explained.
Everyone nodded. The Rufeng Forest was fraught with danger; without at least late Golden Core strength, one would not even dare approach the core depths, and even if one luckily obtained an infant ginseng, it would be of no use at the time.
After all, the Six-Grade pill that gathers an infant into a golden core works only on a Golden Core cultivator at great perfection who is on the verge of condensing a Nascent Soul. Taken directly by one whose strength fell short, it would not bring breakthrough—the body would fail to withstand it and burst, and the precious elixir would become a lethal poison.
Yet Wei Zhao did not wholly believe Chu Bubai's words. On the surface the logic seemed sound enough, but on closer thought, many oddities could still be found.
Had that Gu family ancestor actually obtained the infant ginseng? If he had, he would very likely have become a Nascent Soul cultivator, with a lifespan so long that death would not have come easily—so why had he not returned himself?
And even if that ancestor had not obtained the infant ginseng, or had met with some mishap and died, could the many later generations of the Gu family truly have been so honest? With insufficient strength of their own, would they really have done nothing but sit guarding a treasure mountain and never once set foot in the Rufeng Forest?
By any normal way of thinking, even lacking the strength themselves, anyone guarding such a family map would surely have schemed in every possible way to find reliable help, rather than lift not a single finger.
Even if the martial world was treacherous and outsiders could not be trusted, there were always ways to be found—surely not such utter helplessness as this?
Thought through carefully, all of it raised questions. But Wei Zhao did not challenge him to his face. He did not believe these glib reassurances of Chu Bubai's, yet he did believe the map was most likely genuine. Rather than fall out with him now, it was better to see how matters developed.
"Brother Chu, you said before that last time you were unexpectedly stranded in the Rufeng Forest, and in the core depths at that—I take it you were scouting the route?" Wei Zhao asked suddenly.
"Heh, you've guessed it." Chu Bubai was briefly taken aback, then smiled and explained to them all, "Last time I meant to make an attempt, but having no experience on my first visit, I hadn't worked out the timing in advance. Before I reached the core depths, the miasma had already returned, and I had no choice but to find a way to flee. Still, it was not entirely fruitless—at least I verified the reliability of this map with my own experience, so there is no need for anyone to worry."
"So that's how it is. Since Brother Chu has verified it himself, we can set our minds at ease," Guo Dengtao and the others said, nodding.