Chapter 5172 — Asking for Secret Manuals
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Just as Lin Dongfang had said, the reason Qiu Lingshan and the others had all succeeded in breaking through to Foundation Establishment one after another within a mere half month was not entirely due to their own efforts. More than anything, it was because of Wei Zhao's covert guidance behind the scenes. Otherwise, even if a few of them managed to succeed, it would at most have been a small minority; there was no way they could all have surged through at once like this.
After all, assailing Foundation Establishment was an exceedingly difficult affair. Unless Wei Zhao simply elevated their strength directly as he had done before, there could be not the slightest distraction throughout the entire process, much less any interference or disruption. So even though he knew perfectly well that every one of them was just one step short of the goal, Wei Zhao had always been unable to help.
Even though he understood the entire Foundation Establishment process inside and out, and even though he had already devised a way to use the five-element killing qi to guide them through that final, crucial step, he was still helpless. The moment Wei Zhao drew near, they would inevitably be affected and lose that do-or-die breakthrough state, and then it would no longer be merely a question of being one step short; no matter how much Wei Zhao helped at that point, it would all be for nothing.
Fortunately, through this period of exploration and cultivation, Wei Zhao had already come to master the half-primordial-spirit state with practiced ease. This state had an enormous range of uses. Not only could it evade physical attacks, as it had when he subdued Bing Wushuang, it had another unexpected benefit: he could freely manipulate true qi at a distance.
This was an entirely different matter from controlling the five-element killing qi after releasing it. Remote control of the five-element killing qi after it left his hand amounted to nothing more than crude control at best; to rely on that to guide the others through Foundation Establishment was utterly impossible.
This guiding process demanded surgical precision. Even if Wei Zhao physically laid hands on them, he might not be able to manage it, let alone do so remotely. Yet the half-primordial-spirit state he had recently mastered made the impossible possible.
For in that state, so long as something fell within the range of his primordial spirit's perception, the five-element killing qi was as easy to control as if it were inside his own body. And in that state his primordial spirit's perception was far more acute than usual. Using it to guide the others through the final, crucial step was no longer a wild fantasy, but a living reality.
"This is the fruit of months of hard work. If I couldn't even manage a little thing like this, I'd weep myself to death," Wei Zhao said with a faint smile, looking at the others who were still completely in the dark.
"Go on, show off," Lin Dongfang said, rolling his eyes. He had watched the whole thing from beginning to end and knew it was purely an unexpected delight. This brat Wei Zhao was getting more thick-skinned by the day, bragging to the heavens without so much as a blush.
Wei Zhao could not help but smile, and said with some relief, "Good thing everyone broke through in time. Otherwise we'd have missed the upcoming Trial Grand Tournament."
Xin Yi'an had long since briefed him on the Trial Grand Tournament. If he meant to take the others to the Primordial Trial for a share of the spoils, then naturally he had to have them take part in the Trial Grand Tournament. The tournament itself had no threshold; even those with only Heaven-rank strength could sign up. But that would place them at the very bottom of the pack. Not only would they have no hope of a satisfactory ranking, they might well be unable to guarantee their own safety. That would be a loss outweighing any gain.