Chapter 3721 — Foolhardy
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
The recovery score was calculated in direct correspondence with the strength score: the recovery time was multiplied by the appropriate ratio to arrive at the value.
For example, if someone chose a full-force strike at the early Foundation Establishment stage, their strength score would be twenty points;
If they needed an hour to recover, that meant the injury was a negligible scratch, and their recovery score would equal ten-tenths of the strength score—twenty points as well;
If they needed half a day to recover, that meant a light injury, and their recovery score would be eighty percent of the strength score—sixteen points;
If they needed a full day to recover, that meant a moderate injury, and their recovery score would be sixty percent of the strength score—twelve points;
If they needed three days to recover, that meant a severe injury, and their recovery score would be forty percent of the strength score—eight points;
If they needed more than three days to recover, that meant the injury was extremely grave, and their recovery score would be twenty percent of the strength score—four points.
Anyone who had not recovered after more than ten days received a score of zero! For such defensive capability was simply too wretched—they had done nothing but luck out and survive!
The strength score and the recovery score added together gave the total for this second trial segment. Such a scoring method not only assessed each person's defensive capability but also took recovery into account; after all, for cultivators, injury was all but unavoidable, and so self-recovery was likewise a vital ability.
Once all the newcomers had assembled, Pavilion Master Hu Yunfeng finally made his belated appearance. And among the crowd that came with him this time, at the very center stood an elder—none other than Zhao Hongbo, the Fourth Elder of the Qingyun Pavilion, who had shown his face on the previous newcomer guidance day.
Beyond that, Wei Zhao also spotted the several Law Enforcement Hall experts he had met just days ago. Along with them appeared two old acquaintances, Xu Lingchong and Shangguan Lan'er.
While everyone's attention was fixed on Zhao Hongbo and his party, Li Zhengming stealthily shot Wei Zhao a look. Wei Zhao answered with a knowing smile, signaling that he was well aware.
Late the previous night, he had received a piece of intelligence from Li Zhengming. It listed in detail the plans Meng Jueming, Xu Lingchong, and their lot had conspired to carry out, so it was no surprise at all that he saw these Law Enforcement Hall people today—for they were precisely the key links in that plan, the ones meant to deal with him.
At the thought that Xu Lingchong and the rest had exhausted every trick and scheme to put him to death, Wei Zhao could not help a surge of helplessness. All he had ever wanted was to cultivate in peace. This pack of vermin truly would not let a man be—what a clamor they raised.
Still, though for the moment he had no good way to strike first and wipe out these mortal enemies, with all the means at Wei Zhao's disposal, plus the two insiders Zhong Yongliang and Li Zhengming, protecting himself was no problem at all.
You have your Zhang Liang's schemes; I have my ladder over the wall. There was plenty of time ahead—sooner or later he would find the right moment for a single, fatal blow.