Chapter 5141 — The Advantages of the Primordial Spirit
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
After agreeing on a meeting place, the group dispersed at once, while Brother Dafeng and Dr. Glasses found a little islet on the periphery and concealed themselves there, quietly awaiting word from Jing Taiyang and the others.
Brother Dafeng, using the excuse of scouting the surroundings, deliberately steered clear of Dr. Glasses, hoping to seize the chance to secretly contact Wei Zhao. But the moment he took out his phone, he was dumbfounded—there was no signal at all.
That being so, there was simply no way for him to reach Wei Zhao. He could not help fretting inwardly. Little did he know that it was precisely because his phone had no signal that Wei Zhao, upon discovering he had gone silent, quickly deduced that he might already have entered the relay point—and at once hurried back with all possible speed.
Teleporting back to the relay point, Wei Zhao's first instinct was to return to North Island and see how things stood, but he quickly dismissed the idea. Though he could not reach Brother Dafeng, even a fool could guess that the Center's people would never be so foolish as to strike directly at the ancient alliance. They would surely be hiding in the shadows, quietly pulling strings. That was in keeping with the Center's habitual style.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Zhao suddenly had an inspiration. His primordial spirit body dissolved at a rate visible to the naked eye—but this was not because he meant to return to Cloud Terrace Island. Rather, he intended to scout from the sky in his primordial spirit state.
Over the past month, the cultivation realm of Wei Zhao's primordial spirit body had remained at the great perfection of Foundation Establishment, yet it had not been without gain. His control over the primordial spirit was now exceedingly refined, and he could switch between primordial spirit and primordial spirit body form within a short time. In a sense, this ability was even more gratifying than restoring his cultivation realm to the Golden Core stage!
At least in terms of practicality, transforming into a primordial spirit was undoubtedly a divine skill of exceedingly broad application. Of course, there was no small risk in doing so. Ordinary physical attacks were ineffective against a primordial spirit, but once one encountered means such as elixir fire, the primordial spirit form had not the slightest power of resistance. After all, even an existence like Ghost Thing had been helpless against it—to say nothing of a half-baked amateur like Wei Zhao.
Moreover, the primordial spirit form was far less substantial than the primordial spirit body. Not only were there many things it simply could not do, but the drain on the primordial spirit was also far greater than with the spirit body. Fortunately, Wei Zhao had the piece of star-ink charcoal Leng Leng had given him to replenish his spiritual-consciousness energy, so this was one thing he need not worry about overmuch.
He transformed into a primordial spirit and rose into the air. In this state, his capacity for independent movement was in fact not strong. If he truly had to drift along slowly on his own, who knew how many years it would take just to circle the archipelago once. But through the past month's cultivation and exploration, Wei Zhao had grasped a fair number of insights and tricks. It was rather like a sailboat navigating the sea—one had to know how to borrow the wind, and only then could one achieve twice the result with half the effort.