Chapter 4643 — A Quiet Moment Alone
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"So that's how it is." Wei Zhao finally understood. With the Central Merchant Guild's current ascendancy, an ordinary person could buy only whatever happened to be available, no matter how many spirit jades they had. Only someone with special privileges like Ning Xuefei could make such a peculiar request. After all, if the Central Merchant Guild wanted to establish itself on West Island, they would surely accommodate anything that wasn't too troublesome—at worst, it meant the hassle of a special order.
After a pause, Wei Zhao suddenly said, "By the way, Jingjing, don't you find this Central Merchant Guild unfathomable? I wrote to Ling Shan and the others in the secular world before, and they even wrote back—all through this Central Merchant Guild!"
"Mm, the fact that they can connect with the secular world really is impressive. So once we finish this automatic forging contraption, Jingjing has decided that will be her next research topic. It's just that we have too little information right now and can't find a lead for the time being. But if the scientists at the Center can achieve it, Jingjing won't be any worse than them!" Han Jingyi clenched her fists excitedly. If there was anything in this world that could thrill her so, it was surely an unsolvable problem like this.
"Uh, Jingjing, you're really something else—you're going to research even that?" Wei Zhao slapped his forehead, feeling a little dizzy.
When he himself ran into something like this, all he could think of was asking Zhang Lifeng for help, or trying to infiltrate the Central Merchant Guild and ferret out the core secret. Yet here was Han Jingyi, bubbling with enthusiasm, determined to study it all on her own. Truly, the minds of geniuses were beyond the imagining of ordinary folk. At least in this respect, Wei Zhao was a hundred thousand streets behind Han Jingyi.
Shocking as it sounded, on second thought, every one of Han Jingyi's inventions along the way—including the Divine Farmer's Cauldron—wasn't each of them ahead of its time and utterly heaven-defying?
If anyone else had said such a thing, Wei Zhao would have taken it as a joke. But with Han Jingyi, it truly wasn't impossible. Perhaps his own wish to travel between Cloudstep Island and the secular world would ultimately be realized through her!
"Hee hee, Jingjing isn't all that amazing!" Han Jingyi gave a shy smile at his words.
"Uh... let me have a quiet moment alone..." Wei Zhao was instantly speechless. She could casually announce her intent to research something as heaven-defying as traversing the secular world—and that still wasn't amazing? Were there any real prodigies left in this world?
"Oh, then Lan'er, let's get out of here. He wants to be alone with Jingjing." Ning Xuefei seized the chance to tease them with a knowing smile.
"Sounds good, sounds good! Let this pair—the stone that yearns for her husband and the stone that yearns for his wife—gaze their fill at each other. We'll go eat first; my stomach's growling just in time." Shangguan Lan'er giggled in agreement.
"The banquet should be just about ready. You two can snuggle here a little while, but don't be too late—the official envoy from North Island absolutely cannot miss the banquet!" Ning Xuefei made a mischievous face, then grabbed Shangguan Lan'er and headed for the door. Little Curly Bear wanted to play a while longer in the research room, but in the end the two women dragged him off by the ears.
In the vast research room, only Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi remained. They exchanged a slightly awkward glance, and the atmosphere suddenly turned somewhat ambiguous... R1152