Chapter 1501 — Yang Qiqi Meets an Enemy
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True qi taken from another's body had to undergo conversion a second time before Zhang Nai Pao could make use of it, and since the original energies differed from one person to the next, some loss occurred in the converting. Depending on how pure the other party's energy was, the loss varied as well.
The true qi he had absorbed from Wei Zhao had been exceedingly pure, which was what let Zhang Nai Pao leap straight from the peak of the mid Profound Rank to the late Profound Rank. But the true qi of this trial participant at the peak of the late Profound Rank was far from pure. So although the man's strength surpassed even Wei Zhao's, once Zhang Nai Pao drew it into his body, the efficiency of turning it into true qi of his own was not high—it benefited him only slightly.
As for his talk of being on the verge of another breakthrough, that was nothing but bluster to overawe the others.
That cultivator at the peak of the late Profound Rank, given a single push by Zhang Nai Pao, staggered and dropped to the ground. A flicker of regret crossed his eyes—but by then, regret had come too late.
Once he had gathered up the spoils, Zhang Nai Pao departed with the two brothers, Zhuangniao Pao and Zhuangniao Qiang. These people had lost their value; he was off to find other squads and seize their spoils.
"I'm sorry... the way things were then, we had no way to step in...
" After Zhang Nai Pao had gone, the cultivator at the early Profound Rank who had belonged to the same squad as that crippled trial participant at the peak of the late Profound Rank spoke to him with some shame: "Back then, I saw with my own eyes how Zhang Nai Pao dealt with Ling Yi. I knew we were no match for him... and by the time I thought to hold you back, it was already too late..."
"Never mind... it's my own fault for being so rash, for leaning on my peak late Profound Rank strength and underestimating Zhang Nai Pao. I've no one to blame but myself!" the crippled trial participant at the peak of the late Profound Rank said with a bitter smile. He had no way to lay fault at another's door; he could only blame himself for being careless, for being too impulsive.
"Let's go. We'll keep searching for heavenly treasures. Don't worry—whatever we get, we'll set aside a share for you!" Everyone felt a measure of guilt over what had happened. Both squads were now penniless, which left no further grounds for quarrel; better to band together and set out once more in search of spirit herbs...
Yang Qiqi carefully cut down the snow lingzhi. The instant she tucked it into her pack, the score card gave two more beeps, and the number on it began to climb at a furious pace.
In the blink of an eye it had passed one hundred... two hundred... three hundred... and still it had not stopped!
Yang Qiqi's eyes went wide. She had never imagined she would truly stumble into such fortune—that she had actually picked up a treasure. This snow lingzhi was likely far more than a mere hundred years old!
Five hundred... six hundred... one thousand... one thousand and five! At last the number on the score card came to rest at one thousand and five, which meant that this one snow lingzhi had earned Yang Qiqi a full thousand points.
A thousand points! Did they have any idea how many ordinary heavenly treasures it took to pile up that much? The eight-leaf grass from before had been worth a mere five points.
What was more, scarcely half a day of the trial had gone by—and Yang Qiqi was instantly brimming with confidence. She was certain that so long as her luck did not turn too sour, and she could find a few more ordinary heavenly treasures, passing the Ice Palace trial ought to pose no trouble at all.
"Wonderful!" Yang Qiqi found that the wounds on her legs and arms no longer pained her much; every fiber of her being surged with fighting spirit.
"Little girl, what's so wonderful?" Suddenly, from behind Yang Qiqi came a cold, sneering voice.