Chapter 1217 — A Colossal Reward
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Within the space of the jade pendant, Wei Zhao had just failed for the twentieth time in his attempt to force his way to the peak of the middle stage of the Mystic tier.
"Young Lin, I have told you before — you are still short of the right moment. Train solidly for a few more days and you may well carry it through in one stroke. All this ceaseless experimenting of yours is nothing but wasted time." Jiao Yazi watched the failed Wei Zhao, shook his head, and said.
"Elder Jiao, I cannot simply resign myself to it. And if I am to save Xiaoxiao, I must possess far greater strength! Only at the Heaven tier can I extend her life!" Wei Zhao gritted his teeth and said.
"Forgive my bluntness — even if you are a genius of cultivation, do not dream of reaching the Heaven tier before Feng Xiaoxiao dies!" Elder Jiao said. "Having a goal worth striving for is one thing; but when that goal is too far beyond reach, it is nothing but reaching for the skies."
At Elder Jiao's words Wei Zhao could not help smiling bitterly. It was true — he was reaching rather too high of late, hungering to break through to the Heaven tier as quickly as possible so that he might extend Feng Xiaoxiao's life. But now that he had calmed down, Elder Jiao's words were not without their logic.
He was a mere expert of the middle Mystic tier; between him and the Heaven tier lay a whole Earth tier besides. To dream of advancing from the Mystic tier to the Earth tier — if that was not reaching for the skies, what was? Let word of it get out and people would laugh their heads off! For anyone else, even conceiving of the Earth tier from the middle Mystic tier was already absurd, let alone from the middle Mystic tier to the Heaven tier!
And Elder Jiao was not the least bit wrong: genius or not, it was impossible for him to break through to the Heaven tier before Feng Xiaoxiao died.
In other words, even if he did break through to the Heaven tier, all it would buy him was time for Feng Xiaoxiao — it would not truly cure her. So to solve her problem at its root, what he had to do was ascertain whether a thing called the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit truly existed in this world!
If it did, he could first give Feng Xiaoxiao one to suppress the yin-cold energy within her body; that would leave him ample time to seek out for her a suitable yin-attribute cultivation art and formula, and by guiding her through it himself, he could settle the matter once and for all!
"My thanks." Wei Zhao nodded; in that single instant a great many things became clear to him.
"I only did not care to watch you labor in vain." Elder Jiao waved his hand and said indifferently.
"But I still mean to break through! Not only to save Xiaoxiao — for my own sake as well! My enemies are far too powerful; I must raise my strength!" Wei Zhao said.
"Hell! Everything I said was for nothing!" Jiao Yazi rolled his eyes. "Have it your way, then. If you want to waste your effort, waste it. Break through today and I shall tell you of a colossal reward!"
"A colossal reward?" Wei Zhao's eyes lit up. A reward from Jiao Yazi was no ordinary reward! Everything Wei Zhao had learned from him had proven of immeasurably value — and Jiao Yazi had given it all freely, without exacting so much as a single condition in return. So his so-called colossal reward must surely be knowledge far more formidable still!
"Indeed. Ordinarily I would tell you of this reward only after you had broken through to the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art — but if you break through today, there is no harm in telling you ahead of time." Jiao Yazi had only wanted to stop Wei Zhao from thrashing about any longer; but since the young man would not stay down, Jiao Yazi had spoken a word in pique, and had never expected Wei Zhao to take him at his word.
"Good — it is a bargain!" Wei Zhao nodded, settled once more cross-legged, and entered a state of cultivation.