Chapter 3483 — The Problem with Wang Xinyan's Cultivation

The Blossom Guardian

"Yes," Wei Zhao nodded. "Xinyan, I'm ready to raise you to peak late Heaven-rank, full Great Perfection as well. A great many things have happened these past few days—let's get dressed first, and then we'll talk."

Even Wei Zhao was feeling a little awkward now.

"Just our inner clothes will do. It's not as if you haven't seen it all before!" Wang Xinyan, for her part, was past caring now. She had let go, and with that, stopped overthinking things.

"Fine by me." Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi dressed as well. They were at home, after all—inner clothes were good enough; none of the three stood on ceremony with one another.

As he spoke, Wei Zhao told Wang Xinyan everything that had happened during this time—about Yu Xiaoke and the Pangolin, and about the various Inheritors...

"You mean you're planning to land on Cloud-Tier Island, and you intend to take Jingjing and me along?" Wang Xinyan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes. Jingjing is a help to me, so I want to bring her. And as for your body, I'm not quite at ease leaving it be—I want you close by. Besides... I've grown used to having you at my side." Wei Zhao nodded and spoke with grave seriousness.

"Mm..." Wang Xinyan was delighted to hear Wei Zhao say that. She was one of the most important people in his life. Still, after a moment, she asked, "Then Qiu Lingshan, Sun Jingyan, Xu Shilan—you're not taking them?"

"Lingshan is the head of the Mysterious Investigations Bureau now, and the affairs of the Cultivator Association Alliance here have to be handed over to her as well. Jingyi's mental cultivation method and power level are different from ours—I have no way to raise her, so she can't come either. As for Xu Shilan, she's a star. She has her own career..." Wei Zhao said. "Besides, it's not as if we're going and never coming back. Once this is over, we can return, or bring them over afterward. And I plan to bring Wu Chengtian and the other juniors along too. Of course, that's on the premise that I can gain a firm foothold on Cloud-Tier Island!"

For all that Wei Zhao now commanded the winds and rains in the secular world and had swept through the ancient sects, that was where it ended. Cloud-Tier Island was full of the unknown. The weakest there were likely peak late Heaven-rank, full Great Perfection experts. Even if Wei Zhao could fight above his level, he feared it still wouldn't be enough to be worth mentioning once he got there.

So Wei Zhao did not speak too largely, for everything was still an unknown quantity.

Only then did Wang Xinyan realize. So that day was drawing nearer and nearer... Was everything about to end? Or was it a new beginning?

"I believe you can do it," Wang Xinyan said with conviction.

On the train, it had been like a rendezvous promised in a past life, a meeting at first sight. It had destined a love for a lifetime.

Wang Xinyan was not a sentimental person, but sometimes one had no choice but to believe in the marvels of fate.

All the little moments with Wei Zhao flooded into her heart, and the scene of the first time she moved into the villa surfaced before her eyes as well.

Xiaoshu had "carried" her off—abducted her to the villa. From that moment on, perhaps it had already been destined that she and Wei Zhao could never be parted.

"Let me ask Aunt Qing again, see if there's any way on her end to help raise your power. The Heaven-rank trial is close at hand, and Cloud-Tier Island is about to open as well. If you can't raise your power, you won't qualify when the time comes." With that, Wei Zhao dialed Aunt Qing's number.

"Xiaoyi, you've been making quite a name for yourself lately! Even here in the Ice Palace, Aunt Qing has heard no end of tales about you!" Aunt Qing said with a laugh on the other end of the line.

"Sweat... Aunt Qing, please don't tease me. You're a senior of the old generation—you could say you've watched me walk this road step by step, watched me grow..." Before Aunt Qing, Wei Zhao was a junior, and he would never forget her help back then.

"That saying of yours really came true back then—heroes need not fear a humble birth... I'm afraid the one most conflicted now is Bingtang. The things she promised you—is she going to make good on them?" In the past, Aunt Qing had not thought much of the matter between Wei Zhao and Bingtang.

After all, no matter how fond she was of Wei Zhao, he was still an outsider, while Bingtang was the one she had watched grow up since childhood. But ever since learning that Wei Zhao was the descendant of that person, Aunt Qing's attitude toward him had changed, and she came to regard him as her closest junior.

"That was just a line from a song..." Wei Zhao smiled wryly. "Aunt Qing, the matter with Bingtang—back then it was just a joke, and I never took it seriously. You can tell her not to trouble herself over it."

Wei Zhao could not say he felt nothing at all for Bingtang. With a cold, aloof girl like that, conquering her would bring a certain psychological satisfaction too. But since she was unwilling, Wei Zhao could hardly force the issue—and besides, his mind was wholly fixed on Cloud-Tier Island now; his personal feelings had been set aside for the time being.

Once the business with Cloud-Tier Island was finished and there were no other concerns left, that would be the time for romance! Wei Zhao was still young, with plenty of time ahead, and all his girlfriends were Heaven-rank experts—their beauty would endure forever, their lifespans infinitely extended. The endless years to come were the time for enjoyment.

"Our Ice Palace is a place that keeps its word. What has been said must be done—especially for a palace master, who above all cannot go back on her word!" Aunt Qing said, then added, "But never mind that. Xiaoyi, what did you call about this time?"

"It's still about what I mentioned to you before—my friend Wang Xinyan. Her cultivation method—did you manage to find it?" Wei Zhao asked.

"I've traced the records, but I haven't gotten my hands on it yet!" Aunt Qing said. "That cultivation manual is kept in the Ice Palace's treasure vault, and right now only Bingtang can open the Ice Palace's treasure vault. Apart from her, there is no second person."

Within the Ice Palace, Bingtang's authority was absolute—a one-voice-rules style, unlike other ancient sects where an Grand Elder could overrule those above. The Ice Palace was not like that, so Wei Zhao could understand why Aunt Qing said as much.

"Then... you haven't spoken to Bingtang about it?" Wei Zhao asked.

"I haven't found the right opportunity yet. Xiaoyi, you know as well as I do that you're at the height of your fame lately—you can kill peak late Heaven-rank, full Great Perfection experts in an instant. Right now the thing Bingtang dreads most is hearing your name, so seeing her moping about every day, I can't bring myself to raise it." Aunt Qing said somewhat helplessly. "But Xiaoyi, if you want it, you'd best come to the Ice Palace yourself. Perhaps, once you see Bingtang, she'll give it to you." (Recommend everyone read Yuren's brand-new work School Beauty 2: Top Cultivation Expert, a different story of protecting the school beauty!) RL

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