Chapter 5105 — The Primordial Trial
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"Since that's the case, this place really is worth developing properly." Wei Zhao glanced back at Wu Chengtian and the others, who were bustling about with tremendous energy, then surveyed his surroundings and nodded in deep satisfaction.
According to what Xin Yi'an had said, once the Primordial Passage closed, this place would be essentially cut off from the Primordial Small Jianghu; yet so long as spirit jade was used to keep the teleportation array activated, one could come and go freely to and from the secular world. It was simply the perfect choice for a base of operations. Settling the unconscious Gu Mengyao and the other women here would not only keep them safe beyond all worry, but would also let them be nourished by spiritual energy—two benefits for the price of one, as it were.
Having settled the matter in his mind, Wei Zhao's next task was to scout the archipelago's environment thoroughly. Though it looked harmless enough on the surface, if he intended to develop this place into a base and stronghold, he would have to investigate every possible threat in the surrounding area beforehand—at the very least, he had to know exactly what he was dealing with.
After greeting Qiu Lingshan and the others, Wei Zhao began rowing around the islands. He was not alone, however—Leng Leng had followed along this time as well.
"How are you getting along with them?" Wei Zhao asked as he rowed.
"Not bad." Leng Leng nodded. With her keep-others-at-arm's-length temperament, she actually found it quite hard to get along smoothly with other people; even if she took the initiative to fit into Wei Zhao's little circle, it was no easy matter. After all, her origins lay in the Primordial Small Jianghu, which was far, far removed from the secular world—it would actually be easier for her to get along with Huo Yudie and Huang Xiaotao and the others from Yunjie Island.
Still, Leng Leng was merely cold-natured by disposition; she was by no means one of those off-putting sorts who put on airs of superiority. So Qiu Lingshan and the rest were quite warm toward her—so warm, in fact, that she felt almost overwhelmed by the favor. And they were all guileless, straightforward girls with no schemes or calculation about them. Given time, even if they were not as close as sisters, their relationship could hardly be bad.
"They're all simple souls, easy to get along with." Wei Zhao smiled. He could tell Leng Leng was a little ill at ease. In truth, anyone who wasn't the instantly-friendly type would feel awkward in her position—but she would get used to it in time.
"Um..." Leng Leng hesitated, then asked in a small voice, "Just how many confidantes do you have, exactly?"
"Uh... I've really never counted. Besides the ones here in the secular world, there are more on Yunjie Island..." Wei Zhao could not help but sweat. Ten fingers definitely would not be enough to count them all; even adding his toes, it would be a stretch. Even in the cultivation world, which followed the old ways, a winner in life with as many confidantes as he had was truly a rare sight.
"..." Leng Leng was dumbstruck for a good while. Just today alone she had already seen more than a dozen, and that wasn't even all of them? She stared, tongue-tied. "You're not bragging, are you?"
"What's there to brag about in a thing like this?" Wei Zhao's old face flushed red.
"Men brag about this kind of thing all the time. The more confidantes you have, the stronger you're proven to be—that's perfectly normal in the Primordial Small Jianghu." Leng Leng paused, then muttered with a strange expression, "But even bragging, no one has as many as you. You really are unprecedented."
Wei Zhao sweated again. Other men might treat this as capital to show off, but to him it felt like a heavy debt—every one of them was a debt of the heart. Could he ever repay them all in this lifetime?