Chapter 3759 — Where His Confidence Lies
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
What they did not know was that Wei Zhao not only intended to take the spirit-herb seeds of those two, but afterward would also collect the seeds of Zhong Yongliang and Li Zhengming, the two inside men, and cultivate them all together.
Zhong Yongliang had fifteen, Li Zhengming ten, Xiao Che ten, Qiao Hongcai ten, and adding Wei Zhao's own forty, that made a full eighty-five spirit-herb seeds!
Setting aside these new disciples of the Three-Tiered Pavilion, even if one took the most skilled spirit-herb cultivator in the entire herb garden, the one most versed in raising seeds, and told him to cultivate all of them within a mere three months, he would likely faint on the spot.
What kind of joke was this! To cultivate a full eighty-five spirit-herb seeds, and within three months, even in the spirit-herb garden where spirit qi was abundant and one need not worry about the spirit qi supply, simply feeding them true qi every day to force them to ripeness would wring a man dry as a husk!
Yet Wei Zhao was utterly confident and certain of it. After all, the jade-pendant space, his most relied-upon asset, was nothing short of a heaven-sent cheat for handling this sort of task.
In terms of spirit qi, the spirit qi density of the jade-pendant space annihilated any cave dwelling in an instant. Even the spirit-herb garden before him, where countless spirit jades had been piled up until the spirit qi was extraordinarily thick, still fell far short when set against the jade-pendant space.
In terms of true qi, Wei Zhao, replenished by the spirit qi of the jade-pendant space, could pour true qi into those spirit-herb seeds at full force all day long without the slightest problem. Even if he were injured later in the fourth stage of the assessment, it would not matter; once he recovered swiftly, there would be none of the true-qi depletion others feared.
After all, when it came down to it, all Wei Zhao had to do was serve as a conduit between the jade-pendant space and the spirit-herb seeds. The rate at which his true qi was replenished far exceeded the rate at which it was consumed, so naturally he was nothing like the others, who after excessive depletion had to toil bitterly for days before recovering, and might even risk dropping a level.
What was more, Wei Zhao had an even more reliable method that required no effort at all!
"Rest assured, there's no problem. I can guarantee the survival rate," Wei Zhao said with a confident smile.
"Well then, I trust Leader Wei Zhao." Qiao Hongcai immediately raised both hands in support. Having witnessed so many of Wei Zhao's miraculous performances, he now regarded Wei Zhao with something close to blind worship. Since Leader Wei Zhao was not acting on a momentary whim, it meant he must have his reasons, and following him was surely the right move!
Matters having come this far, Xiao Che, though still somewhat worried that Wei Zhao might push his true qi to the point of severe exhaustion, could only choose to trust him. "All right, I understand."
Yet although both his miserable senior brother and Xiao Che had guessed that Wei Zhao would not dare do such a thing without solid grounds, none of the three showed the slightest inclination to probe into what that grounding might be. After all, however close they were, some matters that likely touched on personal secrets were better left unasked and unheard.
If the three of them had any need to know, Wei Zhao's character meant he would have told them of his own accord rather than hide it away. If they asked now and Wei Zhao could not conveniently answer, it would only create awkwardness—and they knew well enough to keep that measure of discretion.
Do not ask what should not be asked, do not listen to what should not be heard—this was the most basic principle of conduct among cultivators. After all, their private affairs often involved their very lives and fortunes, far more critical than the privacy of ordinary people.