Chapter 2339 — Mixed Feelings
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Still, for Old Master Pi, breaking through to the Earth rank, or even higher, was only a matter of time. With Pi Zhitao's example before him, he was in no hurry to take the Minor Qi Gathering Pill—though there was, in truth, also a matter of face involved. He was a Heaven-rank expert; if he could not break through to the inner-family Earth rank on his own, he would truly lose face.
Pi Zhifeng had no such problem. He had never been a martial fanatic to begin with, and being of the younger generation, once his own breakthrough proved temporarily hopeless, he took the Minor Qi Gathering Pill. With Wei Zhao's assistance, he broke through in one stroke to early Earth-rank inner-family strength, becoming a genuine dual-cultivating expert of the early Earth rank in both inner and outer arts.
This delighted Pi Zhifeng—upgrading was simply easy and pleasant! He had never intended to make much of a mark on the martial path, since his main thoughts had always been on how to develop the Pi family well; the martial arts were merely a supplement. In the future, with Pi Zhitao holding the fort for the Pi family, that would be enough.
But now it seemed that upgrading and breaking through were an unexpected joy—and what pleased him most was having latched onto Wei Zhao, this great sturdy pillar. Though Wei Zhao looked to be only an early Earth-rank expert, what Wei Zhao possessed was far beyond the abilities of an early Earth-rank expert. People outside Wei Zhao's circle truly had no idea of these things!
"Thank you for your kindness, Chief!" Pi Zhifeng said, cupping his hands. "From now on, Zhihai and I are your capable underlings, Chief—through mountains of knives and seas of fire, we will not shrink back!"
"Mm. Old Master Wu, this time it's your turn." Wei Zhao said. "We're a bit slower than expected—I got held up midway by some personal business—but you'll be upgraded soon enough."
"No rush, no rush!" Wu Gonggao said, trembling with reverence and awe. "Everything depends on Mr. Lin's schedule."
"Then let's start now. Uncle Qing is coming soon, so we'll get your business settled first." Wei Zhao nodded.
Among them, Wu Gonggao had the lowest strength, with no outer-family strength to serve as a foundation. Upgrading his inner family was therefore rather difficult. His outer-family strength still lingered at the mid Mystic rank, and once his inner-family strength surpassed the mid Mystic rank, the upgrading process became somewhat painful.
Fortunately, Wu Gonggao was highly tolerant. Practitioners of this body-tempering outer-family school might not boast many other abilities, but endurance was something few could match. Wu Chengtian had suffered greatly back then, yet he had endured it all the way through.
Soon, Wu Gonggao's inner-family rank also reached the great practitioner level of peak late Mystic rank—except that he too had to rely on the Minor Qi Gathering Pill to break through. Otherwise, breaking through to the Earth rank would have been basically impossible for him.
Though he had long known from Wu Chengtian that Wei Zhao could upgrade people's strength, after experiencing it himself, Wu Gonggao was still deeply shocked, gazing with exceptionally mixed feelings at Wei Zhao, who showed not the slightest hint of taking credit for his deeds...
By the time all this was done, it was past nine in the morning. Today, though, was Saturday, so there was no need to worry about school.