Chapter 1585 — Still a Failure!
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"Your cultivation is actually no slower than his! Think carefully -- your leveling up only truly began these past few months. The years before you entered the jade pendant space were practically wasted and can be ignored altogether!" Jiao Yazi said.
"That's true... but his mental art really is formidable -- it can convert other people's true qi into his own. If I hadn't had the jade pendant space as a blessed cultivation ground, I honestly wouldn't have been his match!" Wei Zhao sighed.
"If my memory serves me correctly, the Chrysanthemum Treasure Classic and your Xuanyuan Dragon-Commanding Art are both extraordinarily powerful ancient mental arts -- one evil, one righteous, each keeping the other in check..." Jiao Yazi said. "But my memory is limited for now, and I cannot recall much more. Only after you open the second stone gate will certain corresponding matters come back to me!"
"Oh? That powerful!" Wei Zhao exclaimed after hearing Jiao Yazi's words. "But if, as you say, both are extraordinarily powerful mental arts, then without the jade pendant space, how could the Xuanyuan Dragon-Commanding Art possibly stand against the Chrysanthemum Treasure Classic?"
"No, you've overlooked something very important," Jiao Yazi said. "In the ancient era, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was incredibly abundant -- the Xuanyuan Dragon-Commanding Art didn't need the jade pendant space for cultivation at all!"
"Ah!" Wei Zhao's eyes widened in sudden understanding. So that was it! All along, he had assumed Zhang Naipao's mental art was superior to his own -- and had it not been for the few trump cards Wei Zhao had invented himself, it would indeed have been hard to defeat Zhang Naipao. But he had overlooked the present-day cultivation environment entirely!
"Who knows -- after you unlock the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Commanding Art, you might reap unexpected rewards?" Jiao Yazi said with a smile.
"The second level... there is still a while before the stone gate opens. So... during this time, I won't be able to break through?" Wei Zhao felt unwilling to accept it -- truly unwilling!
"I have no way out of this. You'll have to figure something out yourself." Jiao Yazi shrugged.
"All right..." Wei Zhao managed a bitter smile.
Though Wei Zhao was anxious inwardly, he showed none of it on the surface. Aside from his daily cultivation, he continued to live happily with Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and Tang Zhi -- eating together and watching television every day.
Since the college entrance exams were over, Tang Zhi no longer needed to stay here every day. During the day she would come over and play; at night she would naturally go home to be with her parents. Since attending university would certainly take her out of town, far from this city, the days Tang Zhi had left to spend with her parents were numbered.
"Arrowbrand Bro, the class monitor just called -- she said the college entrance exams are over and she wants to organize a camping trip. She's asking if we'd like to go?" Shen Yushu said to Wei Zhao when she saw him step out of his room.