Chapter 2820 — Dan-Fire Barbecue
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"If you're hungry, just take big bites. It's only the two of us here—no need to fuss so much over manners and the like," Wei Zhao said.
Though Tian Chan heard Wei Zhao's words, she nonetheless went on eating the roasted fish very demurely.
Wei Zhao smiled and said no more. He picked up a roasted fish and tossed it to the Heavenly Thunder Pig. As for himself, having just broken through to the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art at great perfection, he felt no particular hunger.
The Heavenly Thunder Pig caught the roasted fish and devoured it in great bites.
There were six roasted fish in all. The Heavenly Thunder Pig ate two, and the remaining four all went into Tian Chan's belly. Only after she had finished did Tian Chan realize that she had eaten six roasted fish herself, which left her somewhat embarrassed.
"It's fine—we're all cultivators, after all. Eating a bit more doesn't matter," Wei Zhao laughed.
Wei Zhao would have done better to say nothing; the moment he spoke, Tian Chan grew even more embarrassed. She shot him a glare. "Say one more word and I'll kick you!"
"Ha ha." Wei Zhao chuckled, finding the beauty before him rather adorable. Though she was an expert at the peak of the late celestial stage, her mind was somewhat innocent and simple. She did not look old at all, did she?
Wei Zhao knew that experts at the celestial stage could preserve their looks forever. Though they could not live eternally, they could maintain the appearance they had when they broke through to the celestial stage right up until death. And though Tian Chan looked to be seventeen or eighteen, in truth she might well be forty or fifty.
Judging by her reactions just now, though, she was probably not old.
"How old are you this year?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Nineteen. And you?" Tian Chan had been feeling awkward, and since Wei Zhao had changed the subject, she was glad enough to answer.
"Oh, I'm just one year older than you." Wei Zhao said. "But you're so young, and already an expert at the peak of the late celestial stage—that's truly rare. It seems your sect's strength is really not to be underestimated!"
"It's all right, I suppose..." Tian Chan seemed unwilling to say much about her sect, and did not answer Wei Zhao directly.
Seeing that Tian Chan was reluctant to say more, Wei Zhao stopped asking. The only topics between the two of them were probably their respective sects, their cultivation methods, and their martial techniques, but all of these were secrets. If Tian Chan would not speak of them, Wei Zhao could not ask, and as for ordinary small talk, he truly did not know what to say—after all, the two of them were not well acquainted and knew little of each other.
Wei Zhao lifted his head and gazed at the sheer cliff towering thousands of feet above, pondering in his heart how to leave this place. Staying here forever was no solution in the end. Although Wei Zhao felt the qi of the Five Baleful should have no effect on him, he could hardly spend his whole life living here, could he?
True, living here with a beauty like Tian Chan was something many would envy, but Wei Zhao still had more important things to do.
"There are no footholds on this cliff face, but when you jump, couldn't you strike the rock with your hands and feet to knock out a hollow to serve as a foothold?" Wei Zhao asked after carefully studying the sheer cliff.
"The Five Baleful Mountains are incomparably hard. Striking them with bare hands could never knock out a hollow," Tian Chan said with a shake of her head.