Chapter 5012 — The Weakness Period
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Good, then tell him," Aotian Zhou said. He and Wei Zhao exchanged a glance. With an expert like Steward Sun present, they had no fear of Nantian Jiguang spouting nonsense to fob them off. After all, even if Steward Sun did not know some details, once they were spoken he could always reason them out. If anything failed to make sense, Steward Sun would surely challenge it on the spot, and then Nantian Jiguang would be in for it.
Nantian Jiguang knew this as well. After a moment's thought, he could only tell it straight. "Steward Sun has likely covered the general process. There is nothing else worth saying, except that after the spirit is projected, one's physical strength will be extremely weak for a time. During this period of weakness one must be exceedingly careful and on guard. The mortal world has no truly powerful beings, but if luck runs against you, there is still the chance of capsizing in a ditch."
"Oh? And how did Deputy Director Nantian deal with it at the time?" Wei Zhao asked.
"The place this old man projected to was a remote stretch of deep mountains and old forest, so I simply hid there for a month and only went to the Five Luminaries Sect to find Xuanchen after my strength had stabilized. What happened after that, you already know," Nantian Jiguang said, glancing at him.
"You were able to stay that long?" Wei Zhao was startled. From what he had learned earlier, he had assumed ten days at most would be impressive. He had not expected Nantian Jiguang to hide away for a full month before venturing out.
Seeing Wei Zhao's look of disbelief, Nantian Jiguang's old face flushed red at once. The brat was openly looking down on him to his face!
On any other occasion, even if he did not fly into a rage, he would certainly have stormed off in a huff. But with Aotian Zhou watching from the side, he could only smile bitterly and explain, "This old man was, after all, at the peak of Nascent Soul at the time, already half a step into the Xuan Ascension stage. In terms of strength I was the academy's Grand Libationer—how could I not stay that long? If this old man wished it, two months in the mortal world would have been no problem."
"Oh." Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. That result was far beyond what he had expected, and since staying longer was exactly what he wanted, he said, "Then if it were me, could I not stay in the mortal world for a year?"
"How could that be!" Nantian Jiguang snorted at once, but catching the displeasure on the faces of Aotian Zhou and Wei Zhao, he hastily covered his mouth and said with an awkward smile, "Young Hero Lin, this old man knows your strength is great, but do not be angry at what I say—staying a year is a thing to be dreamed of, nothing more."
"How so?" Wei Zhao asked, unconcerned.
"The cultivation method this old man practices is the Formless Divine Art, which can swiftly imitate the martial techniques of others, and so it places extremely high demands on spiritual sense. Even alchemists of the same rank could not compare with this old man. Though I was at the peak of Nascent Soul then, my spiritual sense already rivaled that of a Xuan Ascension expert, and that is why I could stay so long. Were it an ordinary peak Nascent Soul expert, I doubt he could last even a month," Nantian Jiguang said smugly.
"The Formless Divine Art?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. (To be continued.)