Chapter 5153 — As If It Were Yesterday
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Granted, Wei Zhao's strength was not to be underestimated, but this was merely a primordial spirit he had projected over—not his true body. With the current strength of the mundane world's Center, they were hardly powerless against him; after all, on paper alone, Bing Wushuang and Xue Jianming were already more than enough to handle it.
A day later, Lan Xiaoru received a reply from the "true body," Luan Xiaofu, and after reading it she grew all the more alarmed: "Just what is this Wei Zhao? The true body is handling him personally, and even I am not allowed to interfere?"
If it had merely been a matter of being told not to interfere, that would have been one thing—but the crucial point was that the letter said this Wei Zhao must not be opposed at all, and moreover that nothing must be allowed to happen to him. Otherwise, Dr. Li would be under tremendous pressure. Wei Zhao was a key figure upon whom the entire grand scheme hinged; for the time being, he absolutely could not die.
Luan Xiaofu's letter also said that if the opportunity arose, it would be best to find some way to win him over. Even if he could not truly be brought into the fold, then at least on the surface, with feigned affection, they must for the time being maintain good relations with Wei Zhao. Under no circumstances were they to recklessly provoke a conflict, still less allow any conflict to escalate. This was a death order; the slightest violation would be severely punished!
Reading the letter left Lan Xiaoru drenched in cold sweat. Thank goodness she had not acted on her own initiative and done something foolish before; otherwise she would have stirred up an enormous disaster. Compared with the main battlefield on Dr. Li's side, this Primordial Plan she was now directing was utterly insignificant. If she truly ruined Dr. Li's great undertaking, a thousand deaths would not atone for it.
However, the "true body," Luan Xiaofu, had not revealed Wei Zhao's true identity in the letter. The matter was of grave importance, and given Lan Xiaoru's current standing, she did not yet have the authority to know such classified information. So even as Lan Xiaoru was shocked, she could not help feeling somewhat baffled.
But since Luan Xiaofu had said as much, she naturally had no choice but to comply. She immediately passed the higher-ups' instructions down the line, and in particular saw to it that they were relayed to Dr. Glasses at the first opportunity. True, the original plan had merely been to use Big Feng as a "mole" to string Wei Zhao along, but a general in the field need not obey the sovereign's every command. If something unexpected should happen, Dr. Glasses might well change tactics on the spot; after all, he now genuinely had the strength to do so.
The Relay Archipelago. As day followed day, whether it was those newly admitted quasi-disciples or the veteran trial disciples who had long since been skilled at the Foundation Establishment stage, everyone cultivated diligently—only the former did so in order to remain, while the latter did so for the Primordial Trial.
Watching the tense atmosphere of everyone's daily, painstaking cultivation, Wei Zhao felt as though he had returned to the days when he first arrived at North Island. It had been the same back then; scene after scene, matter after matter, all still vivid before his eyes, and thinking back on it, he felt a certain nostalgia.
Of course, given Wei Zhao's present circumstances, he had no need to undertake routine cultivation like the others. He was merely a primordial spirit projected over; until he found a way to return to the Golden Core stage, no amount of cultivation would do any good. Better, then, to seize the opportunity to familiarize himself with the various abilities of his primordial spirit form.