Chapter 1353 — You Go On Ahead: Of Course, It Is Not Simply That the Path Is Impassable—Within This Path There Are Forkings, and Forkings Within the Forkings, Splitting and Merging in Bewildering Tangles; Once You Enter, You Are Very Likely to Lose Your Way Inside, Yet There Is No Danger of Any Kind; the Only Way Out Is to Retrace Your Steps, For Otherwise, Having Entered, Whichever Fork You Choose, You Will Only Circle Endlessly Within...
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Yu Xiaoke was in Old Hei's employ, so she naturally had to follow him on the trip. Wei Zhao did not stop her — there was no danger in there at all; as long as they marked the route well, the worst that could come of it was a wasted walk.
Old Hei and his group took the searchlight with them. After they left, Wei Zhao could only switch on a flashlight and set it carelessly to one side. The light was not as bright as before, but Wei Zhao was not going far — it was only for a bit of illumination.
"What do we do now?" Seeing Old Yu and Old Hei's group walk off into the distance, Qiu Lingshan lowered her voice and asked Wei Zhao.
"Sit here and cultivate, and wait for them to come back. They probably won't return for a day or two." Wei Zhao curled his lip and spoke with derision. Liu Bojia's materials had mentioned that this path had simply been dug out of the gaps in the mountain body other than the main underground palace passage; it was hopelessly tangled, and without a day or two one would never realize one had gone the wrong way.
"Are you sure that path is the wrong one?" Qiu Lingshan asked, a little uneasy.
"Fairly sure." Wei Zhao smiled. It was not that he trusted Liu Bojia, but that the road to the underground palace could not possibly be without a trace of danger — so that path was plainly problematic.
Qiu Lingshan nodded. "This mission is rather trying. Are you confident you can deal with that Old Yu?"
"No." Wei Zhao answered bluntly. "But if he tries to take the medical notes and won't give them to me, then I'll have no choice but to fight with everything I have and keep him here."
As Wei Zhao said this, a flash of resolve crossed his eyes. The medical notes were Feng Xiaoxiao's only hope; no matter how formidable the opponent, Wei Zhao would do battle with him.
"Is coming here with us all for the sake of those medical notes?" Qiu Lingshan had never understood why Wei Zhao had suddenly changed his mind. He had agreed at first that he would not come, then went back on his word just before they set out. So it really was for that book of medical notes.
"Xiaoxiao's illness — the cure should be found in it." Wei Zhao did not hide it; there was no need to hide such a thing.
"So that's how it is..." Qiu Lingshan nodded, not without envy. As for that girl Feng, Qiu Lingshan thought her very fortunate. For Wei Zhao to treat her like this — even if she could not live again, she ought to be deeply comforted...
"Never mind that. Your strength is too low — only the peak of the late Yellow Rank. When the time comes you won't be able to help me; worse, you'll be a drag on me. That's a problem." Wei Zhao had been thinking all along about how to deal with Old Yu.