Chapter 3979 — Xu Lingchong Comes Knocking
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If they were not enough, then so long as Hong Zhong and Chen Heihu continued to help with all their hearts, Wei Zhao believed that with the influence of those two, he would surely have the chance to acquire more Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass in the future. And with the grass, Foundation Establishment Golden Cores would be no trouble at all.
But spoiled pills were not entirely useless either. A spoiled Foundation Establishment Golden Core had roughly the same effect as a Foundation Establishment Pill—it could enable someone who had not yet established their foundation to succeed at doing so, and its effect was even superior to that of a Foundation Establishment Pill.
After adjusting his condition slightly, Wei Zhao soon prepared to fire up the furnace again. This time, what he intended to refine was the Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pill.
Apart from keeping a small portion for his own use, Wei Zhao planned to sell most of the Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pills he produced this time to the Hong Merchant Guild, as previously agreed. That way he could both repay Hong Zhong's kindness and raise a large sum of spirit jade to prepare for the auction—two birds with one stone.
However, before Wei Zhao could fire up the furnace again, the restriction barrier outside his cave dwelling was triggered, and he had no choice but to set his work aside for the moment.
Opening the cave dwelling's main door and looking at the familiar old faces before him, Wei Zhao could not help but laugh. "Heh, what wind blows you here today? What business do you gentlemen have?"
Standing at the cave dwelling's door at that moment were none other than Xu Lingchong, Kang Jingming, and Zhong Yongliang—that whole crowd.
Setting aside his identity as Lin Er, these people were Wei Zhao's greatest sworn enemies at present. Especially after the pointless loss of Meng Jueming, that capable subordinate of his, Xu Lingchong, that young master, was probably itching to press Wei Zhao to death on the spot. So what on earth did he mean by bringing his men to pound on the door in broad daylight like this?
It was broad daylight, after all, and some of the startled newcomers of the Azure Cloud Pavilion were still watching from a distance. Wei Zhao was certain that even if you lent the man ten times his courage, he would never dare resort to force on an occasion like this.
Seeing that Wei Zhao was not only unafraid but wore an air of breezy indifference, as though no one else was worth his notice, Xu Lingchong felt his chest seize up at once. He truly had not come this time intending to play rough with Wei Zhao, but he had still wanted to put on a show of force and cower the man—ideally to frighten Wei Zhao so badly in public that he would lose all face and never dare show himself again.
So this time, Xu Lingchong, as never before, personally unleashed the full force of his formidable aura—unreservedly, the great perfection of Foundation Establishment. With such a terrifying aura laid bare, men like Kang Jingming would long since have been unable to withstand the pressure and dropped to their knees had they not been hiding behind him.
Yet Wei Zhao, standing right before him, a mere two paces away, remained breezily unruffled, as if nothing were the matter at all. It was truly far beyond Xu Lingchong's expectations.
To be honest, if Wei Zhao had only early-Foundation Establishment strength, he might indeed have been unable to withstand such a formidable aura. But he was now a bona fide mid-Foundation Establishment expert, tough of mind besides, and his strength far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators of his level. If he could not even withstand this little bit of aura from the other man, he might as well give up the game entirely!