Chapter 2768 — A Strange Girl
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Ah, he came to Snow Valley this time to make an exchange..." With that, Mother Tang recounted to Tang Zhi the purpose of Wei Zhao's visit. When Tang Zhi heard that, at her mother's insistence, the Supreme Elder had agreed to give Wei Zhao four stalks of Orchid-Mustard Jade-Bell Grass, she could not help but smile despite herself...
"Mother, I want to go look at him one more time..." Tang Zhi was reluctant to let go. By now Wei Zhao should already have left Snow Valley—but Snow Valley was a naturally formed basin, and one need only stand atop the highest peak at its rim to see him.
"Then go." Mother Tang was wholly supportive. "If you want to go, go. I will hold the fort here—don't worry. If that old crone of a Supreme Elder comes looking for you, I will head her off!"
"Mm, thank you, Mother..." Tang Zhi was overjoyed. In the past she had felt her mother meddled in everything and gave her wild advice, and it had rather vexed her; but now Tang Zhi understood just how good her mother was to her.
"What need for such courtesy with your own mother?" Mother Tang laughed.
Tang Zhi leaped up and vanished from Mother Tang's sight, drifting toward the highest rim of Snow Valley. By now Tang Zhi was already an expert of the early Heaven Rank; having received the inheritance, her path of cultivation was smooth and unobstructed, with no barriers or hindrances, and she had advanced all the way to the Heaven Rank.
Tang Zhi had scarcely taken any pills at all before rising to the Heaven Rank—a boon that naturally came from the inheritance.
Of course, being in an ancient sect, Tang Zhi also knew more than most. Only by cultivating the Heartless Art to its highest realm could one attain the great perfection of peak late Heaven Rank strength. The Supreme Elder also cultivated the Heartless Art, but because she had not reached its highest realm, her strength was only at the peak of the late Heaven Rank—she had not achieved great perfection.
Yet to advance to the Heavenly Dao, legend held that only great perfection offered the greater chance; for an ordinary peak late Heaven Rank expert, the hope was not especially great.
And that was not even the most important thing. Most important of all, if the inheritor wished to accomplish that great undertaking, she must possess the strength of peak late Heaven Rank great perfection to have any ability to protect herself—otherwise grave danger was all too likely...
"Mr. Lin, I shall see you only this far. You may go," the Supreme Elder said, having escorted Wei Zhao to the entrance of Snow Valley. She gestured for him to proceed.
"Very well, Supreme Elder. Please go back—thank you for seeing me off!" Wei Zhao cupped his hands and said politely.
The Supreme Elder nodded and turned back into Snow Valley, but she murmured low to the Snow Valley disciples on watch at the gate: "Keep an eye on him. Do not let him come in again. If he returns, notify me at once!"
"Yes!" the patrolling disciple answered hastily.
The Supreme Elder feared Wei Zhao might go and come back, and so she had given that special instruction—but what she never expected was that Tang Zhi would take it upon herself to leave Snow Valley for one more glimpse of Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao stood at the entrance of Snow Valley, beside his carriage, and did not depart at once.