Chapter 4042 — A Necklace for the Fair Lady
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Really?" At these words, Shangguan Lan'er's eyes shone even brighter. A necklace bought from someone else's hands and a necklace crafted by Wei Zhao himself were, in her eyes, two entirely different things—this necklace was steeped in Wei Zhao's own heart and effort.
"Of course it's true. Earlier, at the auction on the Far North Island, I won a matched pair of blue light mother-and-child stones, and on a whim I forged them into a pair of mother-and-child necklaces. Once true qi is infused, the two necklaces can sense each other. Little Senior Sister, after you put on this child necklace, should you ever be in danger and your heart grow tense, the true qi I infused will fluctuate—so no matter where you are, I will be able to sense your location," Wei Zhao explained.
Forging the mother-and-child necklaces had not been purely a whim. After hearing the recent rumors, Wei Zhao had devised this as a roundabout means of protecting Shangguan Lan'er, so that should danger ever arise, he would be able to sense it.
"How marvelous! Then I mustn't let Little Junior Brother's kindness go to waste!" Shangguan Lan'er immediately grew jubilant and, right there in front of Wei Zhao, put the blue light child necklace on around her neck, close to her skin.
"How is it, Little Junior Brother? Does it look good on me?" Shangguan Lan'er lifted her chin and turned in a circle, her beauty like a celestial maiden descended to the mortal realm—so much so that even Wei Zhao, for all his composure, could not help but stare.
"Absolutely beautiful," Wei Zhao praised from the bottom of his heart.
"Hehe, Little Junior Brother has such a sweet tongue—I like it!" Shangguan Lan'er teased with innocent artlessness, while Wei Zhao, a "veteran" long seasoned in the ways of romance, unexpectedly blushed with embarrassment.
Shangguan Lan'er had invited Wei Zhao out this time for no particular reason—purely to play. This little senior sister put on no airs of a great miss, and being with her was easy and joyful—a balance of work and rest. Wei Zhao rarely got to relax like this for a whole day.
By the next day, Wei Zhao reckoned the time was about right, and he promptly headed for the Rag King's secret cave base to begin the final countdown to the forging.
After dealing with him all these days, Wei Zhao had come to know the Rag King quite well, and he believed that this artificer—who had never produced any dazzling results—could take the rare materials he had gathered through such bitter effort and forge a mighty divine weapon worthy of his hopes.
But Wei Zhao was an artificer himself, and naturally could not simply sit back and play the detached overseer in such a matter. Even if his own abilities were insufficient to control the entire forging process, lending the Rag King a hand was no great problem—and regardless of success or failure, he was bound to profit enormously from the experience.
Encompassing such supremely rare and precious materials as the ten-thousand-year tree crystal and the primeval pure land, this forging was, even across the entire cultivation world, an occasion that might never come again. Not to mention Wei Zhao and the Rag King—even the most formidable master artificer would surely be stirred to the depths of his soul.
The Rag King had more than once boasted grandly to Wei Zhao that this forging would surely go down in the annals of history, and would surely make his name known throughout the world!
True to the Rag King's long-standing style, he had always pursued maximum forging quality without the slightest regard for success rate. But this time, he had—for the first time in his life—changed his style. (To be continued..) R752