Chapter 1621 — All Very Difficult

"Spring Come Grass," as the name suggests, is a medicinal herb that grows in spring. Once spring has just passed, it withers entirely. However, all of this herb's medicinal properties reside in its sap - meaning only fresh, tender Spring Come Grass yields effective juice. Withered Spring Come Grass is no different from ordinary dead grass, utterly devoid of value!

And now, spring had already passed - the Spring Come Grass had long since withered away! In other words, if Wei Zhao wanted to neutralize the poison, he would have to wait until next spring. In previous years, Wei Zhao could have waited, but this year, absolutely not!

This year, Wei Zhao had a host of major matters to attend to. First, the Great Families Assembly was about to convene, and Wei Zhao had to raise his strength to the Earth Tier before it began, then forcibly elevate his younger brothers - Chen Yutian, Wu Chengtian, Qiu Lingshan, and the others - to the Earth Tier as well, so they could go to the assembly and make trouble for the Rain Family!

But now, without his strength, a peak late Yellow Tier expert leading a handful of early Black Tier fighters to cause trouble would not be causing trouble at all - it would be seeking death!

And that was not even the most important matter. The five-year deadline for opening the second stone door was fast approaching. Wei Zhao had become a half-cripple - how could he possibly fulfill the five-year covenant? Though it seemed the stone door only recognized the level of one's cultivation technique rather than one's combat strength, who could say whether there might not be trouble?

Therefore, Wei Zhao had to recover his strength before this news spread! He simply could not wait that long.

"I say, old man, stop setting me up. Hurry and tell me the second method. This first method may work, but the time it requires is something I cannot afford!" Wei Zhao said.

"Very well, though the second method is even more difficult. Since you want to know, I will tell you!" Elder Wei paused for a moment, then continued: "All you need to do is cultivate directly to Earth Tier strength, and the toxicity of the Five-Step Power-Dissolving Powder will neutralize itself. No antidote needed at all - a completely natural, side-effect-free therapy!"

"Huh?" Wei Zhao was stunned: "I cannot even get past the Black Tier right now, and you are telling me to cultivate straight to Earth Tier? Are you joking? How is that possible?"

"How should I know?" Elder Wei rolled his eyes. "I am only telling you the solution the medical texts provide. You come asking me how to cultivate it - where would I get that knowledge? I suppose the idea is that from peak late Yellow Tier, you absorb enough true qi all at once, leap across all six levels - early Black Tier, peak early Black Tier, mid Black Tier, peak mid Black Tier, late Black Tier, peak late Black Tier - and break straight through to Earth Tier. That should cure the poison!"

"Old man, do you think that is even possible?" Wei Zhao did not know what to say. Back when he had struggled so mightily just to break through from late Black Tier to peak late Black Tier, the very idea of leaping straight to Earth Tier was laughable!

If Wei Zhao had already been an Earth Tier expert before losing his strength, then a sudden breakthrough might have been conceivable. But now, Wei Zhao felt this method was practically impossible!

"Impossible," Elder Wei said frankly.

"Ah?" Wei Zhao blinked in disbelief.

"So, you can bring your big wife, little wife, and whatever other wives you have back here to seek refuge. In our territory, if nothing else, I still carry some weight among the hidden great families. As long as you do not provoke any ancient sects, you will have nothing to worry about," Elder Wei said. "Besides, you have an Ice Palace master as a wife protecting you - I reckon the ancient families would also show you some face. Come back and take refuge!"

"Pfft..." Wei Zhao nearly choked and passed out: "Take refuge? Are you serious? And who in the world even knows who Feng Xiaoxiao is? Old man, can you stop setting me up? The Ice Palace made it perfectly clear back then - that girl Bing Tang will definitely not stand up for me. Not until Xiao Xiao becomes a Sky Tier expert will Bing Tang risk opposing any ancient families or sects on my behalf! Unless Xiao Xiao takes over the Ice Palace - only then would it be possible! Besides, I have this mountain of grievances to settle - the arrow is nocked and must be loosed. You sent me here, resolved nothing, left me with a mountain of loose ends, and now you want me to go back and hide?"

"Then pretend I never said it. I have told you the methods - figure it out yourself!" Elder Wei yawned. "I am sleepy. Going back to sleep now. Good night!"

With that, Elder Wei hung up the phone, leaving Wei Zhao hanging.

"..." Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless, but he had nothing to complain about. Everything Elder Wei had said was true - no matter how many more times he asked, there were only these two methods!

And even if he could plant the seeds now, it would still be too late. From seed to sprout to maturity would take at least two months, while the Great Families Assembly was only about half a month away. The timeline simply did not work.

Entering the jade pendant's space, Wei Zhao quickly restored his strength to peak late Yellow Tier. Then he stopped, beginning to ponder his options! Breaking through six consecutive levels from peak late Yellow Tier all the way to Earth Tier would indeed be extraordinarily difficult, and would require an enormous amount of true qi!

Just as Elder Wei had said, if he could absorb all that true qi into his body at once, he could instantaneously cross the Black Tier and become an Earth Tier expert. But how could he possibly absorb so much true qi all at once?

Cultivation always had to be taken step by step; everything followed a gradual, orderly progression - surely the rules could not simply be broken?

"From peak late Yellow Tier to Earth Tier, how much energy would I need to upgrade in one go? And how could I absorb all that energy into my body simultaneously?" Wei Zhao muttered to himself, his brow furrowed in a deep frown.

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