Chapter 2235 — Continuing Up the Mountain, but at the Sight of the Mother Lion Matching Its Own Rapid Upgrades Before Wei Zhao's Eyes, the Little Fire Lion Was Truly Stunned!
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But now, arriving here and seeing the desolation, even her confidence began to waver.
"Don't lose heart. Who knows—they might still be alive," Wei Zhao said. He already had his own conjectures, but for now it was not the right time to speak them plainly to Sun Jingyan.
"Mm, thank you," Sun Jingyan said with a grateful nod. Truthfully, she felt profoundly thankful to Wei Zhao. He had accompanied her, traveling ten thousand li to come here, and had nearly lost his life at the hands of the Tagan family's Five Guardians. All of it—every last bit—moved her deeply!
This had already gone far beyond ordinary friendship. Nor was it any joking talk of being "half a lover" that could make Wei Zhao genuinely run himself ragged on her behalf.
A faint, tender feeling rose unbidden from the depths of Sun Jingyan's heart... Only, she did not speak of it, because the women around Wei Zhao were simply too many.
Not that Wei Zhao had many girlfriends—rather, too many people liked Wei Zhao, and the competition was truly fierce. And Sun Jingyan had from the very beginning appeared in the guise of a joke. Now that the pretense was turning into reality, she wondered whether it might draw the hostility of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu?
Those two were the girls closest to Wei Zhao. If Wei Zhao were to take a girlfriend, he would probably want to hear their opinions first.
"What is there to thank me for?" Wei Zhao said, slightly taken aback. "As for news of your parents—no news is good news."
"I didn't mean that..." Sun Jingyan's face flushed slightly, and she looked a little shy.
"Then what did you mean?" Wei Zhao was even more puzzled.
"Thank you for being willing to accompany me here, and thank you for everything you've done for me—for nearly paying with your life..." Sun Jingyan said solemnly and gratefully.
"I promised you I would," Wei Zhao said. "Besides, to me this is a kind of training too—seeking breakthroughs in perilous places is itself a pursuit within the martial arts."
"All right..." Sun Jingyan knew that this was simply the kind of person Wei Zhao was—one who would give everything for a friend, for family, for a loved one.
"If we want to determine the exact location on this map, we have to climb to the summit. Only from the top can we take in the whole mountain at a glance!" Wei Zhao said, looking at the map in his hand.
"Mm..." Sun Jingyan nodded.
Although Sun Jingyan was no ordinary cultivator, she was nonetheless comparable to one, and her stamina was quite good. The two of them hardly rested at all, walking steadily up the mountain. They had set out at the first gray light of dawn; now, by midday, they were already nearing the summit.
Of course, Wei Zhao had deliberately slowed his pace to accommodate Sun Jingyan's speed. Otherwise, climbing alone, he would have been far faster than this.
By the time the two of them stood at the summit, it was already afternoon. Gazing at the majestic encircling walls and the ruined palaces before them, Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan were overcome with emotion!
A fierce battle must have taken place here in ages past, reducing it to such a state. The once magnificent buildings now lay utterly in ruins...
Wei Zhao sighed, a strange thought stirring in his mind: just what kind of vast and terrifying power could have exterminated an ancient sect?
After all, an ancient sect should have been the mightiest martial force of its age, should it not?