Chapter 4763 — Delusional Fantasies
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Relax. When all is said and done, he's still a North Island disciple. Disciples killing one another is a cardinal taboo, and this isn't the trial grounds. If he dares lift a hand, those two won't just stand by and watch us come to grief!" Xu Lingchong went on comforting himself.
Kang Jingming nodded and said no more, thinking to himself: the man dared lift a hand even on North Island—West Island is even less of a concern. Besides, if he just found some West Island disciple to do the deed, what evidence could you produce to prove Wei Zhao was behind it?
Over the next few days, the two holed up in their room and did not set foot outside, terrified that the moment they stepped out they would be mercilessly beaten to death by a mob of West Island disciples—and if the law then failed to punish the many, they would truly die with their eyes still open.
Yet somewhat to their surprise, neither Lan Tieshan nor Gongyang Jun ever appeared, as though the Thunder Profound Vine in their hands held not the slightest interest for them. Then again, on second thought, that was only natural: with the strength those two commanded, they had no need of Thunder Profound Pills at all, and a single Thunder Profound Vine on its own truly held little appeal for them.
And even if some accounting had to be made to West Island, Xu Lingchong's grandfather was up there to bear the brunt—so why would those two stick their necks out?
Meanwhile, ten thousand miles away, beneath a hidden and uninhabited islet several nautical miles from North Island, there was in fact an underground chamber of astonishing scale, extending even into the undersea world—a realm of hidden wonders all its own.
At this very moment, Miss Luan sat cross-legged in the laboratory, watching through a thick pane of glass the strange vine on the other side that flickered ceaselessly with arcs of lightning—none other than the Thunder Profound Vine that Xu Lingchong and Kang Jingming had sent by blood bat!
Had Wei Zhao seen the scene here, he would surely have been stunned, for they had not merely transported the Thunder Profound Vine over—they had planted it. And what made jaws drop most of all was that this place had simulated a lightning environment: from time to time, bolts of lightning split the air from every direction and struck the Thunder Profound Vine!
Unlike ordinary rare treasures, the Thunder Profound Vine could grow only where heavenly thunder rolled, and the fiercer the lightning, the faster it grew. Who would have thought these people had fully reproduced the mighty heavenly thunder of the Heavenly Thunder Formation—and judging by the intensity, it even surpassed the original. Simply inconceivable!
"Not bad—to manufacture such a powerful lightning environment in a place like this, it seems your efforts of late were not wasted." Miss Luan nodded in satisfaction.
"Thanks to you, Miss Luan, for procuring so much generating equipment from the secular world. With these, nothing is a problem!" said a bespectacled man beside her modestly.
"Mm. Since the conditions are now complete, ripening this Thunder Profound Vine is only a matter of time. Next, you must quickly work out a way to mass-produce Profound Ascension experts—this is our core project at present. Do not disappoint me!" Miss Luan said in a low voice. "Also, take care that the nuclear reactor powering your generators does not leak. If it draws the attention of experts at the Mountain-Opening stage or even the Sea-Rending stage, even a nuclear blast would have little effect on them."
"Yes!" The bespectacled man nodded hurriedly in obedience.
On West Island, in a side courtyard of the Island Master's palace, the two-day deadline set earlier had arrived. Ren Zhongyuan found an excuse and once again slipped inside successfully, hurrying impatiently straight to Huo Yudie's room. Though the deal had been struck with Liu Ziqi, in the end it still had to come down to Huo Yudie.