Chapter 5151 — Questions and Worries
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"But don't worry. How about this—I'll summon Nantian Jiguang and ask him. After all, he's the only one with experience in primordial spirit projection. He should know something," Aotian Zhou suggested.
"Very well, then we'll trouble Island Lord Aotian," Tianchan said gratefully. That had in fact been their idea from the start, but Nantian Jiguang was, after all, an adversary. Even if they had gone to ask him rashly, they would have gotten nowhere; with Aotian Zhou speaking on their behalf, nothing could be better.
"Think nothing of it. Young Hero Lin's business is my business," Aotian Zhou said with a smile, and at once ordered someone to summon Nantian Jiguang.
A short while later. Nantian Jiguang came rushing over in a fluster. This was the critical moment when Wu Che was working to secure him the post of acting vice island lord; he could not afford to offend Aotian Zhou under any circumstances, so the moment he heard Aotian Zhou had summoned him, he naturally came at once.
But after hearing Aotian Zhou's question, Nantian Jiguang could not help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. He had assumed it was some great matter concerning his own future and destiny, and had spent the whole way over steeling himself with all sorts of mental preparation; to find that he had been called merely to answer Tianchan and her companion's doubts left him utterly exasperated.
But since Aotian Zhou had asked, he dared not refuse to answer, and could only reply: "In my experience, two months is generally about the limit. As for four months—that is simply far too long. I think it very likely that something has gone wrong."
"What?" Tianchan and Wei Shenjin were startled at the same time.
"A reminder: you had best say only what you are sure of. As for guesses you cannot vouch for, there is no need to bring them out to alarm people. Understood, Vice Director Nantian?" Aotian Zhou said lightly, tapping his finger on the table.
"Uh, yes." Nantian Jiguang nodded hurriedly, breaking into a cold sweat inwardly. He had said it deliberately indeed, with the intent of provoking Tianchan and her companion, never expecting to incur Aotian Zhou's displeasure. It seemed he had best keep to the honest path and not try to be clever.
"Young Hero Lin is no ordinary man. Two months may be the limit for ordinary folk, but it would be no surprise if he could endure four months or even longer. So there is no need for you two to worry too much," Aotian Zhou said in reassurance, then turned to Nantian Jiguang: "Continue."
Having been given that warning, Nantian Jiguang's following words were indeed much more measured: "Although I have experienced it once myself, I am honestly not certain about the situation you describe. Whether an unchanged physical body means the primordial spirit is unharmed—that is truly hard to say. After all, I have never tested it, especially over such a long span of time. I'm afraid there has been no precedent for it in all of history."
Hearing this, Tianchan and Wei Shenjin were both speechless. He might as well not have said anything at all!
"Never mind. You may go back first." Aotian Zhou was helpless as well. It seemed nothing more could be gotten out of Nantian Jiguang, so he could only send the fellow back.
Watching Nantian Jiguang's retreating figure, Wei Shenjin sighed with a bitter expression: "What do we do now?"
"Anything else can be managed, but on this matter even I have no solution. My apologies for disappointing you," Aotian Zhou said, spreading his hands helplessly.
"Island Lord Aotian is too kind. We are already deeply grateful that you were willing to summon Nantian Jiguang on our behalf," Tianchan said, and at this moment she was, strangely enough, remarkably calm. (To be continued.)