Chapter 2762 — A Real Rip-Off
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"I do," Jiao Yazi said with a nod. "The void attribute in your body must be converted into the solid attribute before the second level of your Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art can reach the grand mastery state."
"What?! There's more to it than that? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Wei Zhao was stunned for a moment, then his thoughts turned to his own Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. By all reasoning, at his cultivation speed he should have reached grand mastery by now, and yet he never had. He had assumed it was simply because he had not cultivated long enough—never once had he guessed it was a matter of the attributes inside his body!
"You never asked me. How was I supposed to say it?" Jiao Yazi wore the look of one who says nothing unless asked, which irritated Wei Zhao no end.
Still, when he thought it over—he had cultivated in vain for over a decade without ever entering the jade pendant space, and Jiao Yazi had never offered a word of guidance. Wei Zhao could only feel helpless. Having long since come to understand Jiao Yazi's temperament, he said, "I always thought that as long as I kept cultivating, I would eventually reach grand mastery of the second level."
"Impossible. At the second level's grand mastery, you would be able to refine jade pendants. Your body is filled with nothing but the void attribute—there is no way you could ever become an artifact refiner. How could you refine jade pendants? Are you dreaming?" Jiao Yazi said with scorn.
"..." Wei Zhao felt like cursing someone out. If not for all the help Old Jiao had given him—and his own respect for elders and care for the young—he would have stormed over and given Jiao Yazi a thorough tongue-lashing! Here I am running around like a headless fly, desperate over the attributes in my body, and you're just sitting back watching the show?
Even so, Wei Zhao held his temper and asked, "Then how can I turn the void attribute in my body into the solid attribute?"
"Mm, that you will have to figure out for yourself." Jiao Yazi shook his head. "There is no relevant information in my memory."
"Ugh. If I can't turn the void attribute into the solid attribute, does that mean I can never step into grand mastery of the second level of the mental cultivation art?" Wei Zhao was at a loss for words. "Isn't that just a rip-off?"
"Not at all. How long has it been since you opened the second stone gate? And already you want to advance to grand mastery of the second level and open the third gate? Aren't you a little too impatient?" Jiao Yazi said. "Think about it—how long did it take you to get from the first stone gate to the second? And you still have the five-year deadline to work with. You haven't even finished the third gate, so what's the rush?"
"Uh... I suppose you're right." Wei Zhao thought it over carefully. It really had not been long since he opened the second stone gate—he was indeed being a bit hasty! Still, converting the void attribute in his body into the solid attribute was a truly troublesome affair. He would have to receive the inheritance of origin power one by one, and the only inheritance site he currently knew of was the Ice Palace. Did that mean he would have to make another trip to the Ice Palace to receive an inheritance?
"You needn't tie yourself in knots over this. Sometimes problems resolve themselves when you least expect it," Jiao Yazi consoled him.
"All right, I'll keep cultivating." Wei Zhao nodded. In any case, strength was what mattered most. Tonight he planned to try unleashing the martial technique that came after the Frenzied Fire Eight-Trigram Palm—the eighth stance. His strength had already advanced to the late Earth rank, so in theory he should be able to unleash the eighth and even the ninth stance of the Frenzied Fire Eight-Trigram Palm.