Chapter 1845 — A Joyous Discovery
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"But you have already gone into deviation, haven't you? And the people outside have surely given you the antidote that suppresses deviation. You have already passed through the second layer's body tempering and the early Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation. You cannot go into deviation again—at least, not for the same reason!" Jiao Yazi explained. "This fire-poison true qi was created when you went into deviation while cultivating the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula. And you want to use the first layer to drive it away? Even a fool could see that would never work!"
"Uh..." Wei Zhao wiped the sweat from his brow, looking a little embarrassed. It was true; he had not thought of that before. The fire-poison had been produced when the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula drove him into deviation. How could it possibly fear being driven away by the first layer?
No wonder it had not merely refused to be intimidated, but had even shown faint signs of resisting him. He had simply been using the wrong cultivation method.
"Then... why didn't you remind me earlier, or stop me from wasting my effort?" Wei Zhao asked plaintively. He had squandered half an hour for nothing.
"I didn't dare disturb you while you were cultivating. I was afraid that if I reminded you, you would go into deviation again. That would have been a terrible bargain," Jiao Yazi said with grave seriousness.
"..." Wei Zhao was speechless. During his ordinary cultivation in the past, Jiao Yazi had never been sparing with his chatter. Yet now he had suddenly become cautious! Still, Wei Zhao understood. His previous deviation had clearly left Jiao Yazi with a psychological scar; he was afraid that something might go wrong in another way.
After resting for a while, Wei Zhao once again began circulating the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula. This time, however, he circulated the second layer. Since he was not yet familiar with it, he proceeded carefully, feeling his way along as he went. Until he had mastered the circulation, Wei Zhao did his best not to touch the fire-poison true qi.
And as long as Wei Zhao left the fire-poison true qi alone, it naturally could not be bothered with what he was doing.
About a day later, Wei Zhao had completely grasped the second layer's formula and incantations. He could not claim to have achieved much, but at the very least, he could circulate it with ease. Nor did Wei Zhao have any intention of making further progress in cultivation before expelling the fire-poison.
Little by little, Wei Zhao began trying to use the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula to guide the true qi within his body and wrap it around the fire-poison true qi.
Then something astonishing happened. When the previously imperious fire-poison encountered the true qi guided by the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula, it became somewhat wary and timid. Its former arrogance vanished completely.
Feeling this, Wei Zhao was overjoyed, though a little embarrassed as well. If he had tried this sooner, he would not have wasted that half hour of effort.
Encased by Wei Zhao's true qi and guided by the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula, the fire-poison true qi began to move slowly. It was clearly reluctant, but it moved all the same...
This change delighted Wei Zhao even more. The fire-poison was moving extremely slowly, but the fact that it could move at all was good news. It seemed that although the fire-poison had mutated from the true qi of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Yulong Formula, it was still unable to resist genuine second-layer true qi.