Chapter 1016 — A Helpless Result — Even So, Wei Zhao Was Still Disappointed! He Had Once Thought of Pouring Out His Energy Over and Over and Cultivating It Back to Level Up Quickly, but Now That Idea Seemed Utterly Foolish!
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To break and then to rebuild could indeed assist Wei Zhao in leveling up, but it was only an assistance. If his own cultivation had not touched the barrier of the next rank, he could scatter his energy and recover it a hundred times and still never advance!
Such scheming shortcuts were not to be relied upon! Thinking it over, Wei Zhao found it laughable. The idea had been far too naive. If it truly worked, would he not soon grind his way straight to the Heaven stage? The Heaven stage could never be reached so easily.
"Recovered..." Uncle Qing drew in a sharp breath! How much true qi Wei Zhao had poured into him, Uncle Qing knew all too well. It had not only repaired his meridians but had turned him in one stroke from an ordinary man into a master at the peak of the late Yellow stage. How much energy must that have taken?
Even if Wei Zhao's rank had not fallen below the Mystic stage, he must surely have been left utterly weakened, yet he had recovered so quickly?
But recalling all of Wei Zhao's earth-shaking feats before this, Uncle Qing could only answer with a bitter smile. Wei Zhao was not a man to be judged by common reason.
"Uncle Qing, now that my strength has recovered, let us run another trial and see if we can push you through to the next breakthrough!" Wei Zhao said.
"Another trial? You have only just recovered... Can that be all right?" Uncle Qing looked at Wei Zhao in surprise, never expecting that the moment his strength returned he would want to keep helping him recover.
"We must try it!" Wei Zhao nodded firmly. He had no habit of abandoning a task halfway, so once he had decided on something, he had to see it through.
"Well... all right then!" Seeing Wei Zhao so resolute, Uncle Qing could only nod and say, "It seems I have no choice but to agree! Then I must trouble you!"
Wei Zhao shook his head and smiled. "What trouble? In truth I am hoping to gain an Earth-stage master to aid me. Then the Yu family and the Xiao family will hold nothing to fear!"
"Ha ha!" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Uncle Qing could not help laughing along. "Yes, in my peak days of old, what were the Yu family and the Xiao family? Mere houses of the secular world..."
"They are nothing even now... I am only a little worried about the hidden house behind the Yu family," Wei Zhao said.
"A hidden house, yes..." Though Uncle Qing said nothing more, his words still carried a trace of pride. It seemed that in his youth Uncle Qing must have been a figure who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the hidden houses.
Wei Zhao laid his hand on Uncle Qing once more, then said in a low voice, "Uncle Qing, we are about to begin. Please be ready!"
"Good, I understand!" Uncle Qing put away his smile, and in its place came a grave expression. Though he did not wish Wei Zhao to expend more true qi for him, in his heart he was also eager to break through again.
Wei Zhao set the Xuanyuan Dragon Control Art in motion, ready to turn the energy within his body into true qi and send it into Uncle Qing. Yet a strange thing happened again. The true qi circulated inside Wei Zhao but showed not the slightest intention of entering Uncle Qing's body!
"Uncle Qing, are you circulating your own mental formula?" The situation made Wei Zhao pause slightly as he asked.
"I am, I am circulating it!" Uncle Qing nodded and said, "Has it not started yet?"
"Let me try again." Wei Zhao frowned and continued to circulate the Xuanyuan Dragon Control Art, but things remained as before. His true qi simply could not pass through his hands into Uncle Qing, as if Uncle Qing had no need of his true qi at all and could take nothing from within him!
It was exactly the same as the day before. Wei Zhao's true qi could not be put to use by Uncle Qing!
Half an hour passed.
Though Wei Zhao had not spent a fraction of his true qi, he was worn out until his face was flushed red and his head was covered in sweat!