Chapter 4678 — What Is Your True Strength
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"Oh? I'm nothing but a peak early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Before experts like you at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, could that be called formidable?" Wei Zhao said with a wry curl of his lips.
"For many geniuses who can challenge opponents above their level, surface strength counts for nothing at all. I believe you are one of that kind," Huo Yudie said with a faint smile. She paused, then added, "Thank you for earlier."
"Heh, it was nothing," Wei Zhao said, waving a hand indifferently.
Earlier, when dealing with the false-man vines, he had lent aid amid the chaos without leaving a trace. Ren Zhongyuan and the others might not have noticed, but with so many instances, Huo Yudie must certainly have sensed it!
Otherwise she would have been far too dull—and in that case Wei Zhao really would have had to reconsider this partnership. To join forces with such a dull girl in search of the Thunder Mystery Vine could well cost a life.
"May I ask, out of curiosity—just what is your true strength? As partners, I think we ought to get this matter clear first, lest something go wrong when we act," Huo Yudie said, her gaze burning into Wei Zhao.
"As you see it," Wei Zhao said with a noncommittal shrug. Of course he would not reveal his true strength to a stranger he had only just met, and there was no need for him to lie either—at least his current cultivation was indeed at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, beyond all doubt.
"I mean your true strength. That false-man vine—even we few could not come away unscathed, yet you alone were unhurt. To say you are merely peak early-stage Nascent Soul—I absolutely will not believe it," Huo Yudie said with a firm shake of her head.
"Heh, I'm merely rather skilled in movement techniques and martial arts. It couldn't hit me, so naturally I wasn't hurt," Wei Zhao said with an unconcerned smile, and with that he offered no further explanation, shutting his mouth tight.
Huo Yudie looked deeply at Wei Zhao, then tactfully refrained from pressing further. Now was not the time to dig to the very bottom of things; since the other party was unwilling to come clean, it was enough to keep it in mind.
As the two talked, they had already followed the path they had taken before back to a fork in the road. Huo Yudie took a map from her pack and compared it, then gave Wei Zhao a confirming nod: "Yes, it's this way."
With that she took the lead and walked on ahead. It was a little unseemly, perhaps, to let a girl take the risk of leading the way, but who had told Wei Zhao not to know the route? Such matters Huo Yudie would not tell him in advance; after what had happened before, Wei Zhao had come to seem somewhat unfathomable in her eyes, and she meant to keep a card or two in reserve.
The sky gradually darkened, and the road ahead began to grow somewhat difficult to traverse. Add to that three hours of ceaseless travel, and both Huo Yudie and Wei Zhao were more or less weary.
With their strength, they could have walked on however long it took without concern; the crux was that in this place every step had to be taken with caution and vigilance. Faced with the monotonous desert scenery, their minds had to remain on high alert at all times—the false-man vine before had been only a minor warning, and who knew what dreadful things they might encounter next?
Under such pervasive mental pressure, even a Nascent Soul Great Perfection expert would find it hard to endure over time.
Yet neither showed any inclination to stop and rest; they merely slowed their pace. In a desert like this it was hard to find any rare treasures—only at the oases marked on the map would there be anything to gain! R1152