Chapter 2412 — A Compulsion She Could Not Help
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Back in his room, Wei Zhao sat on the bed and began circulating the internal-energy heart method of the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. Only tonight he was paying especially close attention to the sounds and movements throughout the villa. Xiaoshu had been far too strange today — above all, that Succor Grass in the food. Wei Zhao meant to find out exactly what Xiaoshu was up to.
Once he had set the second-level heart method of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art in motion, Wei Zhao suddenly discovered that tonight's cultivation efficiency seemed remarkably high! Though he had split off part of his attention to keep watch on the villa, tonight's cultivation achieved twice the result with half the effort — as if Wang Xinyan were cultivating at his side. The speed left Wei Zhao clicking his tongue in astonishment!
But a little reflection made it clear to him. Before cultivating the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, one was supposed to require this Succor Grass in the first place. Wei Zhao had not used it; he had substituted other things instead — and the result was that he had suffered a deviation and lost control of his qi.
He had recovered afterward, true, but once recovered, his body still lacked the Succor Grass. So now, having suddenly ingested it, the herb produced its original effect, letting him circulate the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art all the more smoothly!
In fact, this was the very herb one took the first time one circulated the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art — taken to make the process safer and to reduce its side effects. But by now Wei Zhao's circulation was thoroughly practiced, so after taking the Succor Grass, the result was twice the effect for half the effort.
Of course, he guessed that it would work only this once; afterward the Succor Grass would produce no such effect. After all, the secret manual of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art never claimed that Succor Grass could assist cultivation indefinitely — it mentioned the herb only once.
What followed was that the Succor Grass's effects far exceeded even Wei Zhao's expectations! He had only just broken through to the peak of the mid-Earth Rank. By rights, consolidating that strength and pushing on to the great consummation of the mid-Earth Rank's peak should have taken a very long time — at least, that was how it had always been before!
Even though, thanks to several fortuitous opportunities during his trials and the aid of Wang Xinyan's body fragrance, the leap from mid-Earth Rank to the great consummation of the mid-Earth Rank had gone far faster than usual, Wei Zhao had never imagined that taking Succor Grass could carry him in one bound from the peak of the mid-Earth Rank all the way to great consummation!
Now only a hair's breadth separated him from the late Earth Rank! This stroke of fortune left Wei Zhao not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Whoever had put that Succor Grass there, whether deliberately or not, had indirectly helped him, instantly consolidating his cultivation realm.
"This feeling is just too good!" Wei Zhao let out a long breath. This rate of cultivation was like riding a helicopter! But he knew as well that such chances came by luck and could not be sought; if he took Succor Grass again in the future, it would likely have no such effect — after all, his was a special case.
A glance at the time told him it was already midnight. He had not noticed the hours slipping past. Wei Zhao sensed the situation in the villa's living room once more: all still quiet, not the slightest sound or movement.
But the stillness was brief. A moment later, Wei Zhao heard clear footsteps! Xiaoshu's footsteps! Having lived in the villa so long, Wei Zhao could easily tell Xiaoshu's footsteps from Yaoyao's. Though Xiaoshu was already treading very softly, in the silent night — and with Wei Zhao sensing from within the jade-pendant space — he heard her perfectly clearly.