Chapter 3491 — The Quirks of Bingtang's Temperament (Part 2)
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"Aunt Qing, I have not yet had time to tell you—my inheritance... succeeded. And at the very moment of success, I advanced to the peak of the late Heaven rank, the great consummation of strength. Xiaoxiao and I are going together to the Heaven-rank trial... and as for the Ice Palace..." What Bingtang worried about was that with both her and Feng Xiaoxiao gone, the Ice Palace would face a gap—with no expert to hold the seat, it would be bullied by other sects.
"Aunt Qing will hold the seat here," Aunt Qing said with a smile. "My strength may not be high, but I will defend the Ice Palace to the death..."
"By the way, Bingtang, does your Ice Palace still have the materials for refining Qi-Gathering Pills?" Wei Zhao asked suddenly, after some thought.
Aunt Qing was now at the peak of the mid Heaven rank—one minor stage higher than when Wei Zhao had first met her. Now she was only four Qi-Gathering Pills away from the realm of great consummation.
"You mean to refine pills for Aunt Qing, and help her break through to the realm of great consummation in one stroke?" Bingtang was briefly taken aback, then instantly understood Wei Zhao's meaning!
"Exactly. Other sects I can leave alone, but the Ice Palace I cannot. You and Xiaoxiao are both leaving, and my friends Yubing and Zhao Qiwu are still here—these people must not come to harm," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"But if Aunt Qing takes a Qi-Gathering Pill, she may well have no hope of ever advancing to the Heavenly Dao in this life..." Bingtang hesitated.
"Palace Master Bing, that I am able to guard the Ice Palace is already the greatest wish of my life. Breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao or not—I have never even dreamt of it. So long as I can break through to the realm of great consummation and my life is endlessly prolonged, I can guard this Ice Palace for a good long while!" Aunt Qing said, wholly unconcerned.
"Bingtang, actually, taking a Qi-Gathering Pill does not necessarily make breaking through to the Heavenly Dao impossible!" Wei Zhao waved a hand. "Before, when you and I were not close, I did not go into detail. But now—you, Xiaoxiao, and Aunt Qing alike—are all people I trust. I will hide nothing from you!"
"Oh?" Bingtang raised her head and looked at Wei Zhao.
"Actually, I do not know whether you are aware that I am Zhang Lifeng's inheritor. In his ancient tomb I obtained his alchemy secret manual—which makes me, in a sense, his... disciple. Moreover, in the tomb I discovered a method he left behind by which one may advance to the Heavenly Dao through the consumption of pills..." Wei Zhao spoke up because Feng Xiaoxiao and Bingtang were the people closest to him, and Aunt Qing he had long since regarded as an elder of his own family—she had always done her utmost to help him. So he concealed nothing from them. "He left behind a method for refining a pill called the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill..."
"The Heavenly Dao Golden Pill? You mean that by taking this Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, one can advance to the Heavenly Dao?" Bingtang was instantly stunned, somewhat astonished. She had never heard of such a wondrous thing—though then again, before she had seen Wei Zhao refine pills, she had not known there was any such thing as an automatic Shennong Cauldron either!
"That should be so, but I have not yet obtained the pill formula. After I return this time, I intend to go to the ancient tomb and see whether I can get it," Wei Zhao said. "My going to Cloud Terrace Island is for another purpose; as for breaking through to the Heavenly Dao, that is a minor matter."