Chapter 1393 — News from the Medical Notes
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This left Wei Zhao rather perplexed. Just whom had Zhang Lifeng gone with? And this "it" looked to be an animal, yet one that seemed to possess rare intelligence — could it have helped Zhang Lifeng find the way to the Fire Spirit Tree?
And it was precisely with "its" help that Zhang Lifeng found the Fire Spirit Tree, plucked a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit without mishap, and set out on the road home...
Nowhere in the whole diary did it say where on the snow mountain the Fire Spirit Tree stood; it said only that "it" had helped him find it. The location of the snow mountain, however, had been marked on a compass chart, which spared Wei Zhao a great deal of trouble.
With the rough location of the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit in hand, Wei Zhao let out a breath of relief. So long as he knew where the snow mountain in the land of extreme cold lay, there was hope of finding the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit; it was only a question of how long it took. But the "it" in the medical notes had roused his curiosity.
What on earth was this "it"? According to Old Man Wei, there was a divine artifact at Zhang Lifeng's side that could swiftly locate rare treasures and miraculous panaceas of heaven and earth. By the look of things, that "it" was this so-called divine artifact — but the artifact was plainly a living creature, not a lifeless thing!
Could it be something like General Weiwu? Wei Zhao's gaze suddenly fell upon General Weiwu. Certain animals had a singularly keen nose for the scent of medicinal herbs — this much Wei Zhao knew. But if it truly was an animal, then after all these years it must long since have crumbled into dust beside Zhang Lifeng...
Wei Zhao shook his head. It seemed the dream of finding such a divine artifact had crumbled as well. If he wanted the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, he would have to depend on himself alone!
No — wait! Wei Zhao suddenly gave a violent start, then shook his head again. Earlier, in the tomb passage, the monster he had seen must have been a grave-guarding spirit beast — did that not mean it had lived for more than a thousand years? If the "it" mentioned in Zhang Lifeng's medical notes was likewise a spirit beast, then the odds were good that it had not died either!
Judging from the record in the notes, it had been on excellent terms with Zhang Lifeng. So by Wei Zhao's reckoning, it very likely dwelled within the Gate of Death, together with Zhang Lifeng's coffin! At the thought of this possibility, Wei Zhao could not keep his eyes from drifting toward the two doors not far away, and he sank into silent brooding.
According to Zhang Lifeng's account, this spirit beast was not at all aggressive; it simply possessed an extraordinarily keen nose for rare treasures of heaven and earth. Even so, it was a formidable existence. With a greedy, insatiable nature like Old Yu's, if he ever learned of it he would surely make a grab for it — and then Wei Zhao might well have to come rob this tomb a second time himself.
But though Wei Zhao held Liu Bojia's materials in his hands and had the jade pendant as his own golden finger, he was no tomb robber by birth and suffered certain natural disadvantages. If... Wei Zhao's gaze came to rest on Yu Xiaoke. If he could bring Yu Xiaoke along, he might accomplish twice the result with half the effort.
But how was he to put it to Yu Xiaoke? And better still, he ought to avoid Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan. Both of them had come to catch tomb robbers. If he went on robbing tombs right under their noses, it would put them in a difficult position however one looked at it. Wei Zhao did not want to make things hard for them, so he simply decided not to tell them.