Chapter 5115 — Farewell to West Star Mountain
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Ergoudan had no notion of such things at all. In his eyes, whether it was Lin Dongfang or Wei Zhao, both were stronger than him by heaven knew how many times over. He didn't think killing Sun Baixu with one punch was any great feat. In the end, it was simply that he had never truly seen the world beyond—otherwise he wouldn't take it so much for granted.
"Oh, that reminds me—I've thought of something that might be able to hold spirit spring water. That way, Ergoudan, you could go out and about whenever you liked," Wei Zhao said, his eyes suddenly lighting up. Ergoudan had his heart set on going out to see the wider world, and as his elder brother, Wei Zhao certainly couldn't forget about that.
"What is it?" Ergoudan perked up at once.
"The Everlasting Spring Wood Box. Anything of a medicinal nature placed inside keeps its properties exactly as they were. Maybe spirit spring water works too. Come on, let's go try it." Wei Zhao was excited.
For both Old Man Wei and Ergoudan, spirit spring water was indispensable. Old Man Wei was a bit better off—going out and about for a stretch wasn't much trouble for him—but Ergoudan was another matter. As he himself had said, the moment he fought at full strength he'd turn weak and feeble. He simply couldn't do without spirit spring water. And spirit spring water was peculiar stuff: no matter what you stored it in, it lost its effect, making it all but impossible to carry out. Still, the Everlasting Spring Wood Box was worth a try.
At that, the two of them abandoned their meal and rushed outside, eager to test it. But no sooner had they poured a little spirit spring water into the Everlasting Spring Wood Box than they stared at each other in dismay—the box leaked!
The Everlasting Spring Wood Box could perfectly preserve the medicinal properties of all kinds of herbs, so even though it looked like nothing but an ordinary wooden box, Wei Zhao had naturally assumed it had to be fully sealed—how else could it preserve those properties? Who'd have thought it really was just a wooden box: the spirit spring water went in and leaked straight out on the spot, not a drop left...
"What do we do now?" The two stared at each other for a long while. Then Wei Zhao had a flash of inspiration. He fetched a mineral water bottle, filled it with spirit spring water, and put that inside the Everlasting Spring Wood Box. That way it surely wouldn't leak out.
As it turned out, it truly didn't leak anymore—but perhaps because of the mineral water bottle's insulation, the spirit spring water inside lost its effect as well, becoming no different from ordinary spring water.
Wei Zhao was speechless for a long while, and finally could only shake his head and say, "I'm out of ideas on this one. Looks like I'll have to wait until I'm back on Cloud Terrace Island and think up a way to re-upgrade and refine this Everlasting Spring Wood Box. Shouldn't take too long, I'd think. Ergoudan, for the time being you'll just have to stay in the village a while longer."
"It's fine, I'm not in a hurry. This way I can focus on practicing my punches in peace." Disappointed as Ergoudan was to some degree, he wasn't all that set on going out to make his way in the world. Besides, until he'd mastered his punching, he'd be too embarrassed to go out anyway—what if he made a fool of Wei Zhao?
"Good. I'll come back for you one day." Wei Zhao clapped Ergoudan on the shoulder. This was his most important brother from childhood days, and this one wish of his had to be fulfilled.
After lunch, Wei Zhao took his leave of Ergoudan and Yu Yuanyuan, then personally escorted Old Man Wei and Aunt Qing to Shennongjia... (To be continued~^~)