Chapter 5148 — Holding Their Ground
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"By the way, everyone take these pills and share them out. Put the seaside villa construction on hold for now—it's more important that everyone hurry up and break through to the Foundation Establishment stage," Wei Zhao said as he produced a large pile of Foundation Establishment Golden Pills and handed them to the crowd.
"Break through to Foundation Establishment?" Qiu Lingshan and the others were stunned. Taking the pills, they exchanged glances. "Our strength was all raised by you. Didn't you say we couldn't break through and advance on our own?"
This was the common understanding among them; otherwise they would not have been so calmly busy building the seaside villa after arriving here. If they could break through and advance on their own, people like Wu Chengtian would have long since rushed into seclusion without delay.
They had all assumed that advancing required Wei Zhao's help. But Wei Zhao's current cultivation realm was only peak Foundation Establishment; until he recovered to the Golden Core stage, he could not raise their strength for them. So for the time being they could do nothing but sit and wait.
"I used to think so too, but experiments on Cloud Terrace Island revealed it may not necessarily be the case. The reason the secular world has this limitation, I suspect, is simply that the spiritual energy there is too thin. Here the spiritual energy is abundant, and combined with Foundation Establishment Golden Pills, there's a chance everyone might succeed in breaking through. In any case, we have pills to spare—there's no harm in trying," Wei Zhao explained.
"So that's how it is—then that's wonderful!" Everyone was overjoyed. Not only the men like Wu Chengtian, but Qiu Lingshan and all the girls cheered as well. Everyone wanted to grow stronger; for any cultivator this was almost an instinctive pursuit, and no normal person was an exception.
"Also, Leng Leng, the same goes for you. Although you're already at mid Foundation Establishment, you still need to raise your strength as quickly as possible. If you can advance to peak Foundation Establishment, it would be even better for you to attempt the Golden Core breakthrough here," Wei Zhao said, turning to Leng Leng.
"Oh, all right." Leng Leng nodded obediently. Her heart was now entirely fixed on Wei Zhao; whatever he told her to do, she did. Besides, she was diligent by nature—seclusion and cultivation were almost her normal state, and she did not resist it at all.
Just as Wei Zhao was giving instructions to everyone one by one, Lin Dongfang suddenly spoke up from the side. "Brat, what exactly has happened?"
"Huh?" Everyone was startled and looked at Lin Dongfang in puzzlement. Why would the old man suddenly ask such a thing?
Even Wei Zhao was somewhat taken aback—Old Man Wei's reaction was unexpectedly quick. Then Lin Dongfang curled his lip and said, "What kind of look is that, brat? Can't you see something so obvious? Do you take me for senile? Rushing them to raise their strength so urgently means something must have happened. Hurry up and tell us."
"That's right, boss. If something's going on, tell us about it. Don't carry it all on your shoulders alone," the others said as they finally caught on, nodding in agreement.
"Very well. It's time you were mentally prepared. The Center has already reached its hand into this transfer point. Their people are now lurking among these islands, and they are constantly subverting and controlling Primordial Alliance disciples. Bing Wushuang and Xue Jianming have both joined them, and both have advanced by leaps and bounds—the latter is already an early Golden Core expert, while the former is now a late Golden Core expert," Wei Zhao said in a heavy voice. (To be continued.)