Chapter 2823 — One Step Ahead
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"I feel awful—just terrible!" Tian Chan saw that Wei Zhao was dodging the subject, no longer mentioning the matter of the weapon, and grew anxious. She reached out to grab it—but the instant her hand closed around it, she knew something was wrong. Her pretty face flushed bright red in an instant, the blush spreading from her neck to the tips of her ears, and her little hand recoiled as if struck by lightning. "You're playing the rogue!" she snapped.
"I... how is this me playing the rogue?" Wei Zhao could only give a wry smile. "It's a natural reaction—it means you're beautiful, that you're attractive to me. If you looked like the Five Baleful Dragon, then it'd be strange if I had any reaction at all."
"You're the Five Baleful Dragon!" Though Tian Chan felt thoroughly embarrassed, Wei Zhao's praise of her beauty was secretly gratifying; it warmed her heart. What girl didn't enjoy being complimented? Especially since, back at her sect, Tian Chan had never had any such opportunity...
"Heh, all right, don't move around. It'll pass in a moment. We'll bind ourselves together with the yellow silk," Wei Zhao said.
"Fine then..." Though Tian Chan found the thing pressing against her back rather uncomfortable, she had to pretend she noticed nothing, for the sake of returning safely to the summit of the Five Baleful Mountains. She reached out and took the yellow silk Wei Zhao handed her, wound it once around her body, then handed it back to him.
Wei Zhao took the yellow silk, wound it around himself as well, and passed it back to Tian Chan. They repeated this many times, until at last the two of them were bound tightly together into one, rather like how Wei Zhao had once carried Feng Xiaoxiao on his back during the Ice Palace trial.
"There." Wei Zhao tied off the rope with a knot, and once he was sure it was secure and wouldn't come loose, he said to Tian Chan, "We're ready now."
"Mm, then I'll get ready to jump. Is there anything else we need to do?" Tian Chan asked.
"Oink, oink!" At that moment, the Heavenly Thunder Pig pointed at the Five Baleful Dragon's claw lying on the ground.
"You mean this is a good thing?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. He had thought the Five Baleful Dragon's claw was utterly useless and had casually tossed it aside—but judging by the Heavenly Thunder Pig's manner, it seemed to be a treasure?
"Oink, oink!" The Heavenly Thunder Pig nodded.
"It's right, you know. The Five Baleful Dragon is a treasure from head to tail," Tian Chan explained. "This claw is of the earth attribute—a fine natural treasure for strengthening the constitution of earth-element cultivators. Though for me, it's of no use."
"Oh? Since it's useful, we'll take it back." Wei Zhao said to the Heavenly Thunder Pig, "Pick it up and cling to me. We're leaving!"
"Oink, oink!" The Heavenly Thunder Pig darted over, snatched up the claw in its mouth, then leaped onto Wei Zhao and clamped onto him with all four limbs.
"All right, that's it. Let's head up," Wei Zhao said to Tian Chan.
Tian Chan nodded, drew a deep breath, and said to Wei Zhao, "I'm going to jump now. Be careful."
"Mm." Bound by the yellow silk, Wei Zhao didn't need to hold on to Tian Chan's body, but the lower half of him kept pressing against her, which made even Wei Zhao blush. Yet the more one thought about such things, the harder it was to calm down, and Wei Zhao felt rather awkward—he could only try his best not to think about it.
Tian Chan could do nothing about it now. She circulated her mental cultivation method and its incantation, then suddenly sprang upward, hurling herself at the cliff face, and thrust both palms out flat, slamming them hard against the rock...