Chapter 3522 — Rumors of Cloud Terrace Island
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Good. I know what you're capable of!" Patriarch Xuan Chen nodded. "Little Eleven is gone, so you needn't have any scruples. Once you're on Cloud Terrace Island, if the chance arises, find yourself a patron—and if you can marry into a good family, so much the better! So long as you can make the Five Luminaries Sect of my Xuan Chen line flourish, anything you do is fine by me!"
"Father-in-law, aren't you coming to Cloud Terrace Island? Even if I go, you'd be my backing!" Kang Jingming said.
"Cloud Terrace Island... you and I may not end up together. And what are we going there for, anyway? Is it not to seek the Heavenly Dao and cultivate to become true immortals? Our strength is already at the peak of the Heaven rank, far short of the Heavenly Dao. Any one of the people over there could well be stronger than the two of us!" Patriarch Xuan Chen seemed to know something.
"Eh? Father-in-law, you seem to have suddenly learned a great deal about Cloud Terrace Island?" Kang Jingming looked up, puzzled. Previously, Patriarch Xuan Chen had known only bits and pieces about Cloud Terrace Island and had not told Kang Jingming much. But from what he said today, it seemed he had come by some new information!
"Indeed. I've learned a few things, but it's not yet time to tell you!" Patriarch Xuan Chen said. "When the Heaven Rank Assembly comes, I will make it public to everyone."
"Very well." Kang Jingming nodded and asked no more.
"By the way, those trial-takers who went with you all successfully advanced to the peak, didn't they?" Patriarch Xuan Chen asked.
"All of them advanced! The pressure of the Five-Shas aura there is really something else—terrifyingly powerful!" Kang Jingming nodded. In truth, the one he admired most was Zhong Yongliang, who had actually managed to break through while resting and recovering! Then again, it made sense—after draining his physical strength and true qi to the dregs, enduring the pressure of the Five-Shas aura, it would have been harder not to break through. "Only Zhang Naipao is finished. He can cultivate his way back, of course, but I'm afraid it won't happen anytime soon."
"Didn't you say that Wang Xinyan could take his place? We'll talk it over with Wei Zhao—it should be about settled!" Patriarch Xuan Chen said. "That's another reason I don't want to fall out with Wei Zhao."
"Yes, Wang Xinyan can take his place." Kang Jingming nodded. "By the way, among the inheritors, Tang Zhi failed to advance... She's still not at the peak!"
"Failed, did she!" Patriarch Xuan Chen's brows knitted at once, and he looked rather put out. "It's always the Snow Valley's mental cultivation methods that cause trouble. Every other sect is perfectly normal, but they had to go and cook up some Heartless Art—what a goddamn mess!"
"Right. So how about we give her a Qi-Gathering Pill to push her up?" Kang Jingming suggested. He had been hooked on refining Qi-Gathering Pills lately, and practice made perfect, so his success rate was very high.
"No. The Snow Valley's mental cultivation methods are flawed. Qi-Gathering Pills only work up to the peak of the late Heaven rank, and beyond that they're useless—she'll have to cultivate on her own!" Patriarch Xuan Chen shook his head. "Leave it. I'll apply some pressure and make them come up with a solution as soon as possible!"
"All right!" Kang Jingming nodded.
"By the way, in this trial, none of the other trial-takers were especially close to Wei Zhao, were they?" Patriarch Xuan Chen asked.
"No. There's that Xiao Che—he seems a bit hot-blooded, but he has nothing to do with Wei Zhao either!" Kang Jingming said.
"Good. What I fear most is Wei Zhao forming factions and gathering allies! At the Heaven Rank Assembly, I'll strike him the most crushing blow—so long as not too many people speak up for him, that is." Patriarch Xuan Chen gave a cold laugh.