Chapter 4565 — There's Something Ahead
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"You brat, you make it sound far too easy. Back when the Old Sect of the Western Mountains was chasing you, I could shield myself from his divine sense. Turn that around and put it on any other being—naturally they too have ways to shield themselves from my divine sense. It's just extremely difficult, not so easily done," the ghost thing said with a bitter smile.
"Then you mean your divine sense has been blocked by it. Has it already noticed us?" Wei Zhao was instantly alarmed. To be discovered before they had even figured out what the other party was—that was hardly good news.
"That much, no. But once one reaches a certain level, whether human cultivator or spirit beast, one habitually projects a divine-sense barrier to ward off others' prying. If that barrier is strong enough, then even with my abilities it's hard to pierce it from a distance. At best I can sense the general aura, but the specifics are hard to make out—unless I simply break through the other's barrier outright, and that would be beating the grass and startling the snake," the ghost thing explained, schooling Wei Zhao in the basics.
"I see. So what do we do now?" Wei Zhao asked. From the ghost thing's tone alone he could tell the other party was no simple character—perhaps even a top-tier spirit beast. To provoke such a being in a place like this was asking for trouble, plain and simple; quite possibly they would not even be able to flee.
"If you've got the guts, brat, then keep going forward. I'm quite interested in this thing myself. But let me say the ugly part first: even if this thing is a fellow of dragonkind, whether it'll do me any favors is far from certain, and I may not be able to keep you safe. So think it through before you answer. To be on the safe side, we could just turn back the way we came—it can't sense us yet, after all," the ghost thing said, perfectly at ease, leaving the choice to Wei Zhao himself.
Curiosity not only killed the cat, it killed men as well—Wei Zhao could hardly fail to understand that. After a moment's thought he decided: "Let's keep going forward and take a look. If I don't figure out what that thing is, I won't be able to stay here with any peace of mind. Cultivation above all abhors a restless heart; if I don't settle this, I'll have no choice but to give up this rare cultivation treasure land. So one way or another, I have to give it a try."
"Heh heh, good that you've got that much resolve. I thought you'd turn into a shrinking turtle, brat—oh, no, I mean an ostrich with its head buried in the sand, all front and no backside!" the ghost thing laughed.
"Ostrich..." Wei Zhao was left speechless, silently cursing to himself. This ghost thing had made one trip to the mortal world, and instead of finding the bloodline of the king of spirit beasts, it had picked up a whole pile of new vocabulary. Reduced to a state like this and still in the mood to learn such things—truly a crippled body with an indomitable spirit.
Having made his decision, Wei Zhao at once led the spirit bird onward, still inching forward as slowly as before. Though he had resolved to find out just what kind of divinity the other party was, the ideal outcome was still to keep from being noticed for as long as possible—only that way could safety be assured.
"No need to be so tense. Since the other side has a divine-sense barrier, we can naturally use one too. Unless its primordial spirit is stronger than mine, we're bound to see its true face first. And once we get close enough, its divine-sense barrier will be useless against me—I have a way to break through it without a whisper or a trace, provided the distance isn't too great." The ghost thing was full of confidence on this point; after all, this was its specialty. (To be continued) R752