Chapter 4564 — Exploring the Space
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Yet, just as he had feared from the start, this place might hold pleasant surprises, but far more likely it held nothing but terror without the pleasant part. If he truly ran into some unfathomable danger or crisis, Wei Zhao's early-stage Nascent Soul strength might not be enough to handle it. After all, if some kind of being really did exist in this place, there was no way to imagine its strength being any less than that of the Old Sect of the Western Mountains.
"Senior, I'm thinking of taking a look around this place. What do you say?" Wei Zhao asked the ghost thing for its opinion. This was not his decision alone; if he went off stubbornly on his own and stirred up trouble, the ghost thing would inevitably be dragged into it too, and that would be hard to live with.
Besides, in a place like this, the ghost thing's perception of hidden dangers far surpassed Wei Zhao's own. Only with its wholehearted help could Wei Zhao have the confidence to wander about. Otherwise it would be like a blind man entering the mountains—no different from courting death.
"Heh heh, I knew a restless kid like you couldn't sit still. There's really no point in shutting yourself away in bitter cultivation here; going too far is as bad as not enough, and it just wastes time. Stretching your legs a bit in this place isn't bad at all. To be honest, I'm quite interested in this place myself." The ghost thing agreed readily.
"Senior, you're not still hoping to find that so-called flood dragon, are you?" Wei Zhao could not help laughing. Although he had reasoned that the earlier sightings were most likely misidentifications of the five-element killing qi, that was still only a guess. In the end, the possibility remained. The world is vast and full of wonders; things once thought impossible often end up happening in the end, and Wei Zhao had seen plenty of such examples.
"Heh heh, if a flood dragon really does roam this place, that would be no good thing for either of us. You'd best hurry up and pray you don't run into it, kid, or you'll end up as someone's meal." The ghost thing curled its lip.
"Surely not. It's a branch of your own clan, after all. It wouldn't be so heartless as to disown its own kin, would it?" Wei Zhao could not help shrinking his neck.
"A branch of my clan?" The ghost thing burst out laughing and said dismissively, "You humans are all one single race, completely. And don't you still slaughter each other with everything you've got? Besides, we spirit beasts uphold the principle of strength above all far more thoroughly than you humans do. If I'd come here in my prime, then of course a flood dragon would be kin. But in the state I'm in now, even kin would be a meal."
"Uh, all right. Here's hoping our luck isn't that bad." Wei Zhao smiled wryly. Still, he called out to the spirit bird and headed toward the unknown ahead. What he was thinking now was that if they really did run into some terrifying being, they would simply have to flee the Five Poisons Swamp at any cost. Even being hunted by the Old Sect of the Western Mountains was better than becoming a spirit beast's meal right on the spot.
"Don't worry. If you do run into that flood dragon or whatever, there's no need to fret. I was the former Azure Dragon Elder, after all. I can't promise much else, but at the very least, whether you'd prefer to be steamed or braised, kid, that much you can choose for yourself. I'd like to think they'd still do me that favor." The ghost thing chuckled teasingly.
"Your dragon clan even understands cooking. Impressive, truly." Wei Zhao rolled his eyes, speechless. Keeping a careful guard against everything ahead, he began his first exploration of this vast and mysterious underground space.
Still, despite his words, Wei Zhao was not as tense inside as he appeared. With the ghost thing and the jade pendant both standing watch as early warnings, whatever happened, he would at least have a moment to react.