Chapter 3382 — The Song Keqing
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"All right, then I'll have to start from the day you fell unconscious..." Wei Zhao did not refuse. Wang Xinyan had been out cold for so many days and had only just woken up; it was only natural to sit with her and talk.
Hearing Wei Zhao's account, Wang Xinyan understood that although he had told it lightly, the danger lurking beneath must have been immense. Simply running into Kang Jingming among the Paoli clan was trouble enough. Kang Jingming was a petty, narrow-minded man who had always resented her for being with Wei Zhao instead of his brother. Encountering Wei Zhao now, how could he resist making trouble?
Yet by Wei Zhao's telling, it sounded as though *he* had been the one to run into Kang Jingming, taken a dislike to him, had his Paoli clan friends finish off Little Yi, and then spared Kang Jingming's life only because the man still owed him a Qi-Gathering Pill. By any measure, it looked as though Wei Zhao had been the one bullying Kang Jingming!
Of course, Wang Xinyan knew Wei Zhao was not that sort of person, but she did not voice any doubt either. She simply listened quietly. Looking at the energy stones piled around her, she was rather astonished. "You're saying that the jade pendant on your chest can recharge energy stones?"
Wang Xinyan and Wei Zhao often slept in each other's arms, so naturally she knew he also had a jade pendant, though she had never asked about it. Only today, hearing him speak of it, did she learn just how remarkable his pendant was—it contained not only a storage space but could also recharge energy stones.
"That's right. The only pity is that living people can't go inside. If they could, I'd simply put you in there, and I'd never have to worry about your body lacking energy again." Wei Zhao spoke with some regret. Toward Wang Xinyan, he felt a trust he could not quite put into words, and so he had told her about the pendant.
Besides, with Wei Zhao's current strength, there was no longer any need to conceal such things. Times had changed. The enemies he had once feared were now the ones fearing him.
"It doesn't matter. Energy stones are the same either way—if I recharge from them and then draw the energy out, I'll be just as full of vigor." Wang Xinyan suddenly realized how fortunate she was. Wei Zhao had braved deadly perils and crossed mountains and rivers to obtain these energy stones for her sake... "Tell me more about what happened before? I want to hear it..."
"All right." Wei Zhao knew she had been unconscious before. Even now, with energy stones in ample supply, deep down she still feared she might faint again. At a time like this, talking with her more would make her feel secure.
Gradually, Wang Xinyan grew drowsy. Nestled in Wei Zhao's embrace, she slowly drifted off to sleep, the contented, joyful smile still lingering on her face.
Wei Zhao drew a deep breath, entered the jade pendant's space, and began once more attempting to accelerate his cultivation using the fragrance from Wang Xinyan's body!
True, after several upgrades his strength had already reached the mid Heaven Rank—power forcibly raised by consuming Qi-Gathering Pills—so raising his level any further would not be easy. Yet the third layer of Wei Zhao's Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was already approaching perfection, and he now found himself quietly anticipating the benefits the fourth layer would bring!
Wei Zhao had not come to the school for some time. Returning to East Sea Engineering University, he could not help feeling a little dazed. In the blink of an eye, two people were missing from his side—Han Jingyi and Gu Mengyao would no longer appear on campus.
Ever since Han Jingyi's identity was formally exposed, she had stopped coming to school; her former identity had, it seemed, existed only to deceive Wei Zhao. As for Gu Mengyao, after going to the Dark Night Palace, she had never returned.