Chapter 4552 — The Effect Is Obvious
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"Tch, I'm not a five-element attribute myself, and I've never truly come into contact with the Five-Element Killing Qi—how was I supposed to know it was this formidable?" Ghost Thing curled his lip dismissively. Still, he knew Wei Zhao's temperament well enough to know the boy would not rashly plunge ahead; otherwise he would never have been so "irresponsible"—at the very least he would have offered a word of warning.
"Uh…" Wei Zhao was speechless for a moment. Still shaken, he lifted his eyes to the sky above. A moment's carelessness, and those Five-Element Killing Qi bursts that surfaced from time to time could become the death-dealing King of Hell—this was no joking matter.
"Don't just stand there gaping. Tell me—how did it feel? What was the effect?" Ghost Thing asked with keen interest.
"In just that tiny instant? What effect could there possibly be—" Wei Zhao could not help laughing at the question, but halfway through his words he stopped short, as though struck by lightning, and froze.
By all reason, every method of cultivation is slow, grinding work; only through years and months of perseverance can obvious results appear. There is no cultivation method in the world that shows results instantly. Even heretical cultivation arts are not that fast—unless one takes pills, and only top-grade pills at that, could an effect be seen immediately.
Yet at this moment, that deeply ingrained understanding of Wei Zhao's was shattered. Had such an incredible thing been mere hearsay, he would have scoffed. Now that it had truly happened to him, however, he had no choice but to believe it.
The whole thing had lasted only a brief instant—less than the blink of an eye—yet Wei Zhao had unmistakably felt a genuine effect. He dared not claim more, but at the very least the strength of the true qi within his body had clearly changed compared to a moment ago. And not by a small margin either. In the past that would have been utterly impossible!
Even cultivating within the jade pendant's space, Wei Zhao had never seen such absurd, astonishing results. He was now completely dumbstruck. Even taking pills, one had to wait for the medicinal power to take effect—how could anything produce such immediate results?
"Even a boy who stays calm in the face of anything is stunned—so the effect is just as I expected. Truly absurd." Ghost Thing cackled.
"How can this be? This is way too absurd!" Beyond the shock, Wei Zhao felt not joy but worry. The effect had come too fast, too suddenly; he rather feared he might have suffered a deviation. After all, in the understanding of any normal person, haste makes waste—advance too quickly and grave problems are easily bred.
"It's fine, this is within my expectations. Quite normal," Ghost Thing said with a laugh, trying to reassure him.
"You call this normal?" Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss for words. If this counted as normal, then his previous rate of cultivation must have been nothing short of a turtle's crawl—yet even that had already been at least a hundred times faster than an ordinary cultivator's. If this was normal, how were other people supposed to survive… (Good news, everyone—the television adaptation of *The School Beauty's Bodyguard* has finished filming and will air on iQiyi in July. Don't forget to watch! For more news, follow Yuren**yuren22) (To be continued…)