Chapter 4689 — Running Into an Acquaintance
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Huo Yudie's thoughts drifted off, and she could not help musing: if not for the fact that he had seen her injured, this fellow would probably have gone on hiding in the back all along, slacking off and picking up the fruits of her labor. When there was nothing to do, he was content to be a mere bystander; only when trouble came did he step forward without the slightest hesitation. This fellow, she had to admit, really did have a certain manliness about him!
But on second thought, perhaps Wei Zhao was only so eager and diligent out of fear that something might happen to her and he would never get his hands on the Thunder Profound Vine!
At once Huo Yudie shook her head, beset by a sense of gain and loss. Apart from pure considerations of profit, she did not believe Wei Zhao actually liked her—after all, his behavior from the very first time they met had already said everything.
Even behind a veil, other men would always light up at the sight of her. But Wei Zhao had not.
From beginning to end he had behaved with perfect normalcy. Not only that, when it came time to divide the spoils, he had opened his mouth as wide as a lion and gouged her without mercy. Especially just now, when he had used the opportunity of treating her poison, he had shown not the slightest interest in coveting her beauty; instead, the first thing out of his mouth had been a demand for a bigger share!
Huo Yudie's thoughts wandered freely. Hmph, if it had been any other, more normal man, one who had shared such an intimate entanglement with her, then even if he did not hand over the entire Thunder Profound Vine, he would at the very least have reversed the split and let her take eighty percent. Who else would be as stingy as this fellow Wei Zhao, neglecting to chase a beauty in her prime and instead clinging to the Thunder Profound Vine as if his life depended on it...
Of course, this was all pure imagination on her part. If Wei Zhao really were that sort of man, he would never have gouged her so brazenly in the first place—so what reversal would there even be to speak of?
Of these little fancies of Huo Yudie's, Wei Zhao was entirely unaware. The reason he was so eager to step forward and deal with trouble, though it did include a wish to keep Huo Yudie from running into danger again, was not chiefly for that. The main problem was really that time was limited, and he truly did not want to waste too much of it on the road.
Huo Yudie was an expert at the great consummation of the Nascent Soul stage. In theory, she could remain in this place for a full month, so for her time was still fairly ample.
Wei Zhao, however, was different. Though he had already grown strong enough to annihilate experts of the Profound Ascension stage in a single blow, when it came to his actual cultivation realm, he had still only reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.
Who knew how that teleportation formation had been configured? If it happened to operate purely on the basis of cultivation realm, then things would be greatly to Wei Zhao's disadvantage. Should the journey be delayed a little too long and he found himself trapped here with no way out, that would be a truly damned and miserable end!
Since the limit for an expert at the great consummation of the Nascent Soul stage was only a month, then the limit for an expert at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage could be at most half a month—ten days was highly possible even. That little time was extremely tight; a small delay on the road for any reason would see it slip away. This time it concerned Ning Xuefei's lifelong happiness, and Wei Zhao did not want it to end in tragedy.
So he had no other choice. The whole way he had to cut through knots with a sharp knife. For roadblocks like the puppet vine, if he could wipe them out in a single move, he absolutely would not use a second; there was no room for the slightest restraint.