Chapter 4218 — Raising Their Strength
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What Wei Zhao had not expected, however, was that Shangguan Lan'er came to the Number One Mansion every single day, witnessing the whole process of these people having their strength raised from beginning to end. The girl had never been fond of cultivation, so when she saw such a splendid opportunity to boost her strength with no effort at all, she naturally could not resist the itch to give it a try.
As a matter of fact, Shangguan Lan'er had already known that Wei Zhao could raise others' strength ever since Huang Xiaotao's power had surged in the past. Only at that time she too had wanted to become a Golden Core expert, and Wei Zhao had had no Ten-Thousand Crossing Golden Core Fruit on hand, so there was no way to accomplish it in one step.
Be that as it may, Shangguan Lan'er was absolutely one of their own, utterly trustworthy. Since she had raised the request once again, even if Wei Zhao felt put on the spot, he could not simply turn a deaf ear to her.
Last time, besides the lack of a Ten-Thousand Crossing Golden Core Fruit that made a one-step breakthrough impossible, there had been another worry—the fear of arousing Shangguan Tianxia's suspicions. But thinking it over carefully now, although his dealings with Shangguan Tianxia had not been many, the man had always been helping him. Even if he had guessed something from the changes in Shangguan Lan'er, it was hardly likely he would do him any harm.
Once he had reasoned this through, Wei Zhao stopped making excuses and nodded his agreement. "Little Senior Sister, it's not that I can't raise your strength for you—but during the process, you'll have to take off your clothes..."
"What? Take off my clothes?" Shangguan Lan'er was instantly dumbstruck, her mouth falling open in disbelief. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Shangguan Lan'er gave Wei Zhao a dubious look, and before he could answer, she turned to Huang Xiaotao at his side. "Senior Sister Xiaotao, did you take yours off too?"
"That's right, the clothes have to come off," Huang Xiaotao said with a nod.
"Really?" Shangguan Lan'er was still somewhat unconvinced. She stood frozen for quite a while before saying to Wei Zhao with a thoughtful air, "So one has to become Little Junior Brother's woman before this secret can be shared? Fine then. Little Junior Brother, if you've got designs on your senior sister, just come out and say it—you actually dare to make excuses and threaten me? You're terrible!"
"Uh, that really isn't an excuse—it's simply how it has to be..." Wei Zhao said with a wry smile.
"Then by your logic, Ku Zhongle, Xiao Che, Qiao Hongcai, and Li Zhengming—do all four of them have to take their clothes off too?" Shangguan Lan'er asked, her eyes rolling this way and that.
"Yes, they all have to take theirs off as well..." Huang Xiaotao answered on his behalf.
"Pfft..." Shangguan Lan'er sprayed out on the spot. The very image of several grown men sitting there stark naked sent a chill running through her, and with an expression of sheer shock, as though her entire worldview had collapsed, she said, "Little Junior Brother, your tastes are a bit off—this won't do at all! Could it be that seeing how Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou are always together, so loving and devoted, you suddenly had a whim and decided to sample something new? Take a word of advice from your senior sister—that sort of thing is not to be sampled..."
Shangguan Lan'er's flair for the dramatic, paired with the exaggerated expression of a seasoned veteran, promptly reduced Wei Zhao to laughter. He had known before that Shangguan Lan'er was endearingly slow on the uptake, but he had never guessed the girl had this comedic streak in her as well. He laughed until he could barely catch his breath, doubled over and clutching his belly.