Chapter 4138 — The Strongest Golden Core Expert
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When all was said and done, the reason the power of the stars injured his meridians was simply that true qi alone, wrapping around it, could never fully control it. But what if he refined it outside his body first, and only then drew it in?
To outsiders, the idea sounded like a fairy tale; but applied to Wei Zhao, it was not necessarily impossible, because he was an alchemist!
So long as he mastered the heat, Wei Zhao stood every chance of refining the power of the stars outside his body and then drawing it into his **meridians**.
No sooner thought than done. Wei Zhao brought out the skill of an alchemist and refined the power of the stars bit by bit outside his body—and when he tried, it worked!
Time slipped away drop by drop. From the moment Wei Zhao began his seclusion, fully three days and three nights had now passed.
Di Xingdao, Tian Chan, Xueli, and the others kept tense watch outside the door, while Hou Guanqi and Cai Zhongxuan, upon hearing the news, came over every morning and evening to inquire, fearful that something might have happened to Wei Zhao. Assailing the golden core was difficult to begin with, and attempting it while leaping a stage was all the more fraught with peril; anything could happen.
For a closed-door breakthrough to the golden core, three days could by no means be called long. Yet watching the time slip by, Di Xingdao could not keep a touch of unease from stirring in his heart. After all, the longer it dragged on, the rougher the process, and the greater the likelihood that something had gone wrong.
In the end, Wei Zhao had decided to break through ahead of schedule in order to refine the Gestation Golden Core for him. If it truly ended in qi deviation, Di Xingdao would have to live out the rest of his days in guilt.
Having someone buy two jars of wine, Di Xingdao simply set up a table outside the door and drank while he waited. Yet he had barely filled a cup when Wei Zhao's voice came from behind him: "Big Brother Tian, in such fine spirits—why not wait for your little brother to drink with you?"
"Brother Wei Zhao, you… succeeded?" Di Xingdao turned to look at Wei Zhao, who seemed reborn, a completely different man, and was at once startled and overjoyed.
"All thanks to you, Big Brother Tian. If you hadn't taught me everything you know, I could never have been so smooth this time," Wei Zhao said with a chuckle.
"A perfect breakthrough—the strongest Golden Core expert. Truly extraordinary!" Di Xingdao looked Wei Zhao up and down, his eyes lighting up.
The Wei Zhao of before had been, in his eyes, merely a harmless young friend. Yet now the wholly new aura about Wei Zhao vaguely made him feel a trace of threat, faint as it was—and even though his own strength had yet to recover, he still possessed the power of a Golden Core at great perfection!
Di Xingdao could not help sighing inwardly. Where on earth had this freak of a young brother of his sprung from? He was even more of a madman than Di Xingdao himself had been in his day!
After all, even with a perfect breakthrough, the so-called strongest Golden Core expert was merely invincible among his own level. It was impossible for a mere early-stage Golden Core expert to go straight up against one at great perfection. Yet in Wei Zhao's case, it had actually wrung a flicker of alarm from Di Xingdao—simply inconceivable.
Just then Tian Chan and Xueli came running at the sound, both looking at Wei Zhao with delight, one on each side, clinging to his arms.
In their eyes, whether Wei Zhao was strong or not was secondary; the only thing that mattered was that he lived well. After all, he was the pillar of their spirits now.
"I'm fine. Sorry to have worried you," Wei Zhao said with a smile to comfort the two women, then turned to Di Xingdao: "Big Brother Tian, something has just occurred to me. The refining of the Gestation Golden Core will have to be pushed back a few days—would that be all right?"