Chapter 4684 — This Fate of Ours
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
By now Huo Yudie had gone entirely limp. Though she knew full well that feeling had returned to her, she stayed curled up on the ground, not daring to move, the very picture of shame with nowhere to hide. And truth to tell, the girl looked all the more delectable just then.
Wei Zhao shook his head in speechless exasperation. I was the one who got drenched just now, he thought, and I haven't said a word—and here you are, the one getting all shy!
Still, truth be told, Wei Zhao felt little aversion or displeasure at the matter, nor any great resistance in his heart. He had caught no unpleasant odor, after all, and she was a rare beauty besides. To him it was a mute grievance that left him torn between laughter and tears—but in other men's eyes, it might well be a stroke of fortune they could only dream of. So he would endure it.
The two of them fell silent for a good while. Wei Zhao waited at the side with a helpless air, but Huo Yudie kept her head buried like an ostrich, not stirring in the least. It was nearly midnight—just how long did this girl intend to go on being shy?
Still, at a time like this any other girl would have wished the earth to swallow her whole; Huo Yudie's reaction was only natural.
After some thought, Wei Zhao had no choice but to break the silence first, offering comfort: "Er—there's really no need to feel embarrassed. That was a natural bodily reaction. I was simply gathering the venom you had absorbed into your meridians and expelling it in that manner, so it was entirely to be expected. There's nothing to be ashamed of."
The explanation was pure nonsense, concocted only to give Huo Yudie a decent way to save face. In truth it was nothing of the sort—the bit of venom she had absorbed earlier had long since been ground to dust by Wei Zhao's five-element killing qi.
Compared with his original universal true qi, the five-element killing qi was even more pronounced and effective at healing wounds. This was a new discovery Wei Zhao had made during the treatment just now!
By all previous understanding, save for those with a five-element constitution like Wei Zhao's, the five-element killing qi was a lethally dangerous thing to any cultivator; so fierce and domineering was it that no one could withstand it.
Yet in the course of drawing out the poison, Wei Zhao had suddenly discovered that the five-element killing qi was far superior to universal true qi at expelling venom—and more crucially, it also possessed the properties of universal true qi. So long as he controlled it carefully, it would do the other party no harm whatsoever, and in the end could even be absorbed by them!
Put simply, it was an upgraded version of universal true qi: peerlessly domineering in attack, invincible in healing—those were the best words to describe the five-element killing qi.
This sudden, unexpected boon left Wei Zhao quietly exultant. To have discovered the giant electric eel in the depths of the sea back then was a stroke of fortune no amount of lifetimes could earn—the five-element killing qi was itself an inexhaustible treasure!
Wei Zhao shrugged at Huo Yudie, still slumped limp upon the ground. He had laid the steps out for her; if she would not climb up even now, then he truly had no idea what to do. (To be continued.)