Chapter 1587 — Zhao Qibing's Delight
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The three of them walked out of the villa together. Shen Yushu drove her own Beetle, while Wei Zhao took Feng Xiaoxiao's Land Rover. Now that the fake Wei Zhao was in custody and the truth had come to light, Wei Zhao could drive this car freely as he pleased.
Watching Xiao Speed off in her hurried fashion, Wei Zhao shook his head. Was she moving house? Driving a car and all...
In fact, Xiao Shu did seem intent on moving in. Ever since Wei Zhao had taken up residence at Gu Mengyao's villa, Xiao Shu had hardly returned to her own place at all.
"Boss, I'm feeling pretty nervous and pumped right now," Wu Chengtian admitted. "Think that Zhu fellow's gotten stronger too?"
"If he leveled up, didn't you level up as well?" Wei Zhao chuckled. "Where did all that bravado go from when you were putting on airs?"
"True enough. No matter how tough he is, he's still not Wei Zhao. I get injured, I heal up and come back for round two. He gets injured -- that's it, he's done for!" Wu Chengtian's confidence surged back in an instant.
Inside the Firepower Floating Cloud Bar, Li Cihua, the Medicine King, and Zhu Bo currently held the fort together, while day-to-day operations were handled by Su Jiaonang. Lately, since Zhao Qibing had been taking Foundation Establishment Pills, he had been fully occupied with his cultivation and had no time to attend to the bar's affairs.
The Foundation Establishment Pill was an exceedingly rare, top-tier elixir -- one capable of setting even a person of utterly mediocre talent swiftly upon the path of cultivation. Moreover, a physique altered by the pill proved far easier to cultivate than that of an ordinary practitioner.
However, the Foundation Establishment Pill had its limits. Before the Profound Tier, the road was smooth as silk. But when it came to breaking through to the Earth Tier, the pill's effect became far less significant. Only a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill -- the Marrow Cleansing and Bone Tempering Pill -- could thoroughly transform a person's constitution.
But the Marrow Cleansing and Bone Tempering Pill was a fabled treasure of ancient times; its formula had long been lost, let alone anyone capable of refining it. So once Zhao Qibing reached the Profound Tier, he would have to rely on other special secret arts to continue cultivating -- otherwise, his progress would no longer be nearly as rapid.
With the aid of the Foundation Establishment Pill and in concert with his pure cultivation formula, Zhao Qibing had actually become an inner-arts cultivator at the early stage of the Yellow Tier. He still fell far short of the likes of Zhu Bo, but judged purely by speed of cultivation, he was progressing remarkably fast.
Today was the day of Zhao Qibing's breakthrough, and he was overjoyed beyond measure. After finishing his cultivation session, he giggled to himself for a good while: "Gahahaha! At my pace, keep this up and the Zhao family patriarch is bound to be none other than me! Wei Zhao, you little runt -- sooner or later you'll be under my foot!"
"Young Master Qibing, there's some rather unpleasant news from the clan..." Just as Zhao Qibing was at the height of his elation, Li Cihua rushed into the room and spoke.
"What news?" Zhao Qibing frowned, thoroughly annoyed. "I've only just broken through, and the first thing you do is bring me bad news. What could possibly be more important than my breakthrough?"
"Young Master Qibing, word has come from the boss -- Zhao Qilei has returned from his trial," Li Cihua said cautiously.
"Oh? He's back from the trial? Doesn't that mean he failed and was eliminated? That's good news! How is that bad news?" Zhao Qibing stared blankly.
"He did come back, but Zhao Qiwu didn't," Li Cihua said. "As I've heard, Zhao Qiwu passed the Ice Palace's trial and has formally become an inner-court disciple of the Ice Palace."