Chapter 3756 — Another Run
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
To think that this precious thing, which he might not obtain even by racking his brains, should now be delivered to his door of its own accord in an examination task!
Yet though the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass seeds were indeed among the forty, obtaining them would not be so easy, for his only right was to call out a number and then draw the corresponding number of seed tags at random from the box.
In other words, unless Wei Zhao called for all forty spirit herb seeds, he might well let this once-in-a-lifetime Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass slip through his fingers!
But when every other newcomer had called for twenty at most, to call for forty right off the bat—unless he were a certified idiot—would plainly invite suspicion!
And Wei Zhao, though he had always cut an eccentric figure, by every sign he had given—especially after taking two god-tier perfect scores in succession—was now in everyone's eyes not remotely the sort to be lumped in with certified idiots.
Seeing that the newcomers ahead were almost done drawing and his turn was nearly at hand, Wei Zhao could not help frowning in some vexation.
This heaven-sent chance to obtain Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass seeds was one he absolutely did not want to—and absolutely could not—let slip, for once missed, obtaining the grass thereafter would be a thousandfold harder; even if he racked his brains to sneak into the back mountain, he might not find it.
If it truly could not be helped, then he would have no choice but to shock the world and choose all forty spirit herb seeds!
Wei Zhao gritted his teeth in secret. Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass was the key to refining the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill, and that pill bore directly on whether his strength could rise swiftly enough to meet the foreseeable and unforeseeable crises to come. Weighed against that, being suspected for it was a price he would simply have to pay—there was no time to fret over such things.
At worst, he could fob them off with his identity as a pill refiner. Even if these people grew suspicious, they would not connect it to the Foundation Establishment Golden Pill for some time yet, so the risk was not too great—better that than letting the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass seeds slip away.
By the time everyone ahead had finished drawing, it was Wei Zhao's turn—and he was the very last.
"Junior Brother Wei Zhao, go on—how many spirit herb seeds do you plan to call for?" said Meng Jueming, who was charged with keeping order among the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers, with a sidelong glance at Wei Zhao.
In his heart he wanted nothing more than to be rid of this thorn in his side who opposed him time and again, but in a public setting with all eyes upon them, he still had to maintain the demeanor of a steward senior brother.
Besides, this examination stage was essentially presided over by the herb garden's people; if Xu Lingchong, the great young master Xu, did not step forward, Meng Jueming alone had no standing to speak with them at all, and naturally could not stir up trouble from within. Even had he wished to make things difficult for Wei Zhao, he had no opening to play tricks and could only follow the procedure honestly.
Still, though he had no chance to play tricks in secret, there was no harm in a few lofty, barbed remarks—what if this fellow Wei Zhao, addled by his earlier victories, lost his head and rashly called for twenty or thirty spirit herb seeds? RS