Chapter 5005 — The Hope of Returning to the Mortal World
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"None of that matters. I simply want to go back and see the mortal world. How long I can stay, how much strength I retain—none of it matters." Excitement was plain on Wei Zhao's face. From the very first day he came to Cloud Step Island, returning to the mortal world had been the greatest problem set before him. Though this time only his primordial spirit could return, even that was enough to satisfy him.
"In that case, it happens I can help you. This method is held by the Island Lord's Pavilion, and I am the one who speaks for it now—a small matter," Oda Zhou said with a nod.
"Many thanks, Island Lord Oda!" Wei Zhao was overjoyed. He had assumed that even if this were not as troublesome as a true transmission, it would certainly not be easy, and that he would have to pay no small price. He had never expected Oda Zhou to agree so readily.
Of course, this was only because he had found his way to Oda Zhou. Otherwise, accomplishing this would still have been extremely difficult. After all, the Central Island Lord's Pavilion would not lightly help an outsider project a primordial spirit into the mortal world, and now Di Xingdao was absent. Were it not for Oda Zhou, he would not have had a single person worth speaking to—to say nothing of having fallen out with Wu Che, the permanent vice island lord.
"I will give the order for preparations at once. It may take a few days. Go back and wait for word," Oda Zhou said.
"Very well." Wei Zhao nodded emphatically.
Coming out from the Island Lord's Pavilion, Wei Zhao was in a state of extreme excitement and agitation. Even the whole walk back to the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion could not calm him. The first words out of his mouth upon returning were: "Tianchan, Xueli—I am going back to the mortal world!"
"What?!" Tianchan and Xueli were both stunned. Everyone who came out from the mortal world carried some measure of this fixation, more or less. Even those who did not have it at first would gradually develop it. It was only that they might not be as weighed down by it as Wei Zhao, nor hold to it so fiercely.
"You heard right. I said I can go back to the mortal world—only this time I can project only my primordial spirit there, not a true transmission." Wei Zhao was elated.
"Primordial spirit projection?" The two women did not quite follow at first.
"Just as when Nan Tian Liuguang went to the mortal world—what we saw was not him in person, but only the primordial spirit body he projected there. I will not be able to stay long, and the strength of the spirit body will be greatly diminished, but no matter what, after so long away from the mortal world, at last I can go back and see it." Wei Zhao was rubbing his hands together, scarcely able to contain himself.
"That's wonderful!" Tianchan and Xueli were excited as well, and could not help but ask hopefully, "Can we go too?"
"According to Island Lord Oda, one need only be at the Nascent Soul stage. With my present strength I can raise the two of you directly to Nascent Soul perfection. If I speak to him, there should be no problem." Wei Zhao nodded. Since Oda Zhou meant to do him this favor, one person or three would make little difference; he would surely agree.
"Truly?" The two women rejoiced—but then immediately found themselves in a dilemma. "But what about the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion? Business grows better by the day. How can we set our minds at ease if we are not watching over it ourselves? This is a crucial time for us to keep growing stronger—surely we cannot just abandon it?"
"That..." Wei Zhao was stumped as well. In his excitement he had clean forgotten the situation at the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion. Even with Tianchan and Xueli both pitching in, they were hard pressed enough; if the two of them—its very backbone—were to leave, the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion, for all its fine prospects, would collapse in an instant. Would all their work until now have been for nothing?