Chapter 4678 — What Is Your True Strength
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Unless Huo Yudie were to fall on hard times, or her master Liu Ziqi were to lose all power and influence, what reason would she possibly have to throw in her lot with Yi Xiaotian?
He had no intention of giving up Yao Jiali. When that girl turned wanton, she was far more spirited than those so-called jade maidens—and besides, their two families had been friends for generations. His coveting of Huo Yudie was nothing but a bit of idle fantasy. The crucial thing right now was to keep Yao Jiali well pleased, for only thus could he reap greater benefits and advantages...
"Let's go," Huo Yudie said with a nod to Wei Zhao, and the two of them immediately retraced their steps along the way they had come, parting company with Yao Jiali and the others.
"Junior Sister Yudie..." Ren Zhongyuan called out, sullen and bitter, but the other party did not so much as turn her head, only waving a hand carelessly.
Watching Huo Yudie leave, and with a potential rival in love walking at her side no less, Ren Zhongyuan was seized by a sudden urge to chase after them. He would not give the two of them a chance to be alone together—he and Huo Yudie, one man and one woman, that was a scene that had only ever appeared in his dreams!
Yet in the end Ren Zhongyuan could not bring himself to take that step. Once Huo Yudie went back, he could still pursue her later, but the Everlasting Root—miss this chance and it would never come again. Casting one deep look at Huo Yudie's retreating figure, Ren Zhongyuan gritted his teeth, turned, and followed in the footsteps of Yao Jiali and the other man.
The Everlasting Root—this time he absolutely had to obtain the Everlasting Root. Once he did, he need only part with a tiny fragment, and Huo Yudie would come throwing herself into his arms!
Thus the two sides went their separate ways. Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie walked on for a good half hour, until Wei Zhao's spiritual sense could no longer lock onto those three, and only then did they finally catch their breath.
"So they knew nothing about the Thunder Mystery Vine. I had thought they were our rivals," Wei Zhao said suddenly, his tone flat.
"This concerns something as vital as the Thunder Mystery Vine—why should we tell them? Would that not be courting trouble for ourselves? Those few are no easy marks. If they truly found the Thunder Mystery Vine, there is no guaranteeing they would not harbor thoughts they ought not have, and then I would have to fight the many alone," Huo Yudie said with a shake of her head.
"Heh, that may not be so certain. At the very least, that Ren Zhongyuan would still help you," Wei Zhao said with a smile, though inwardly he grew ever more convinced: this time, for the sake of the Thunder Mystery Vine, Huo Yudie was very likely counting on his Five Elements constitution!
Otherwise—Ren Zhongyuan and the other two were all at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, and they were all disciples of the Eastern Continent Academy who knew one another inside out. Even if she and Yao Jiali did not get along, so long as it was merely a matter of cooperation, there should be no great problem, or at least nothing so unreliable as what Huo Yudie herself had described.
Wei Zhao, by contrast, was only a peak expert of the early Nascent Soul stage, and there was no particular friendship between them. By any measure, those three were the better fit for a team—the one difference being his Five Elements constitution!
Still, just what the connection was between the Five Elements constitution and the Thunder Mystery Vine—that was a question that needed clarifying. Wei Zhao did not intend to ask now, of course; when the time came for it to be of use, the other party would speak of it herself. To wag his tongue now would bring only harm and no benefit.
Huo Yudie was silent for a moment. Turning her head to glance at Wei Zhao, she shifted the subject: "Your strength seems to be quite formidable, doesn't it?"