Chapter 1460 — Take Care of Yourself! "What's the matter, old man — is there something wrong with Ice Spirit Town? Don't tell me you know this place?" Wei Zhao asked, somewhat puzzled.
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"This name is so familiar... I think I've heard it somewhere before?" Frowning, Old man Wei repeated the name Ice Spirit Town once more, then said with a start: "Could it be the location of that very place?"
"What place?" The more Wei Zhao listened, the more confused he became.
"Nothing... I hope I have remembered wrong." Old man Wei shook his head. "You belong to the mortal world, and I don't want you drawn into the struggles of other planes — that is not where you should go, nor where you can go... All I ever hoped was that you would settle your business in Songshan City in peace and then live a quiet life... But it seems now that things have run contrary to my wishes... The hidden clans are still within my power to control; yet from the look of it, in certain respects what you have touched has already gone beyond that sphere..."
"Old man, what on earth are you talking about?" Wei Zhao still had not quite grasped what Old man Wei meant — beyond which bounds, and not beyond which bounds?
"It is simply... some of the circles you are moving in now have slipped beyond my control," the old man said. "Should you ever run into trouble, even I will have no way to help you... But judging from the way things stand, you cannot stop now..."
"What a load of nonsense! I say, old thing, don't you blush saying such things? When have you ever helped me? What did you tell me the last time I got into trouble? Send me home to hide! When have you ever helped me?" Wei Zhao had at last taken in what Old man Wei meant. So the old thing had been posturing all along: the troubles Wei Zhao had run into before were ones the old man's skills could have handled; but now, as the forces behind those troubles rose to the surface, the old thing could no longer be sure of himself and could not keep up the act.
"Er... was I not trying to let you temper yourself through experience?" Old man Wei said with a wry smile. "But should you ever face mortal danger, I could not possibly refrain from acting."
"Heh... I know." Wei Zhao nodded. "Still, a person has to grow up, doesn't he? Since I have already been swept into the vortex of these troubles, I cannot turn away! And if I went on living forever beneath your wing, I would never grow..."
"Well said!" As Old man Wei listened, he seemed to find himself back in his own youth. Yes — who had never met with danger? Hadn't he? And hadn't he fought his way through? True, Wei Zhao's situation was troublesome now, but the lad had a way of doing the unexpected; who knew, he might really carve out a name for himself yet!
"I say, old man, I phoned you because I have serious business to discuss, and here you are rhapsodizing about life," Wei Zhao said helplessly. "Couldn't you save your reflections until I get back?"
"Very well, very well — what is this serious business? Speak, I am listening." Old man Wei set aside his sentiment and asked.
"Last time I went grave-robbing, besides Zhang Lifeng's medical practice notes and the Heavenly Thunder Pig, I also came away with a Qi Gathering Pill and a notebook of an alchemist's reflections. I forgot to tell you before; there is nothing pressing just now, so I mean to study them." Wei Zhao said.
"What! You laid hands on a Qi Gathering Pill, and an alchemist's notebook of reflections besides?" Old man Wei was so astonished his jaw nearly dropped. "You are not joking with me, are you? True or false?"
"Have I ever lied to you...?" Wei Zhao was somewhat lost for words. "What is there in these things to make such a fuss about?"
"What is there? The Qi Gathering Pill! One pill swallowed, and you gain countless experience — it is an experience pill!" Old man Wei cried out with the exasperation of a man watching iron that refuses to become steel. "Do you have any idea what this means?"