Chapter 4699 — Leave the Toll If You Want to Pass
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
After all, faced with such an arrogant, savage Mystic Ascension expert, these Nascent Soul cultivators were utterly helpless. A freak like Wei Zhao could not be found a second time across the five Cloud Terrace Islands—who else could leap a whole great realm to challenge a Mystic Ascension expert?
"Damn it! If this fellow were alone, the lot of us could rush him together, and I doubt even a Mystic Ascension expert could hold out. Pity he has so many lackeys!" someone not far from Wei Zhao muttered bitterly.
"No help for it. We really are unlucky, running into this scarred face. Looks like this West Island trial is a lost cause. And to think the West Island princess choosing a husband was such a fine opportunity—ah..." another person sighed.
"How did this scarred face get into a place like this? Aren't Mystic Ascension experts supposed to be unable to enter?" Wei Zhao asked quietly, mingling among them without showing anything on his face.
"Heh, another unlucky newcomer." The man turned and glanced at Wei Zhao; when he saw Huo Yudie his eyes lit up, but since she wore a veil, he did not put on too much of a leering display. He only shook his head with a bitter smile. "According to the earliest arrivals up front, this scarred face was stuck at the Nascent Soul peak bottleneck during some earlier trial, then had some sort of stroke of fortune mid-trial and broke through by accident. So he couldn't get out, and ended up trapped here playing bandit chief."
"So that's how it is." Hearing this, Wei Zhao instinctively glanced at Huo Yudie. The girl too was at the Nascent Soul peak bottleneck—she would not accidentally run into the same tragedy, would she? This place really was dangerous enough; even a rare breakthrough could doom a person...
"That only proves his own strength was lacking. Controlling one's cultivation realm is a compulsory course for every disciple of the East Continent Academy, and the most basic one at that. Failing even in this proves that reaching his current realm was purely good luck, and his true foundation is severely deficient," Huo Yudie said, rolling her eyes at Wei Zhao.
"This young lady is from the East Continent?" The man from before glanced at Huo Yudie again. Seeing that she seemed disinclined to answer, he could only smile bitterly to himself. "What you say is true enough, but Scarface is a genuine peak early-stage Mystic Ascension expert after all. No matter how strong a Nascent Soul cultivator is, he's just a dish before him. Circumstances overpower the man—what can anyone do?"
"That's right. From what Scarface said, he's already been here for a hundred years. The people around him are all those who came back late from their trials and found they could no longer leave, so he gathered them up one by one and made himself the local tyrant. These people are all desperadoes—not to be trifled with!" a bystander said with a lingering shudder.
"In your esteemed opinions, then, to get through here to the Ten-Thousand-Year Grand Canyon, one simply has to pay him tribute in rare treasures?" Wei Zhao asked again, noncommittally.
"Want to take this road? Leave the toll. That's the rule this bandit chief has set. If you haven't the strength to resist, what choice is there but to pay him in rare treasures?" one person said. (To be continued)