Chapter 5174 — Those Who Came Together
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"The Trial Tournament isn't far off. Relax while you can, but from here on you need to get thoroughly familiar with the Foundation Establishment stage. Don't set your sights on anything beyond that for now—the main thing is to adapt as quickly as possible. Understood?" Wei Zhao instructed.
"Boss, even if we all adapt, we'll still be nothing but the weakest, lowest tier of early Foundation Establishment. Going into the Trial Tournament with that little strength—I'm afraid it won't cut it," Yu Bing said, frowning despite herself.
High-spirited as they all were, following Wei Zhao as they did, the thought of facing Ancient Alliance disciples in the Trial Tournament set their hearts pounding in spite of themselves. This was, after all, an entirely different league.
"It is a bit difficult, true. But I got this from Tian Chan on Cloud Terrace Island—it should come in handy just in time." Wei Zhao smiled faintly.
"What is it?" Curious, the others took the thick stack of letter paper from his hand, passing it around and clicking their tongues in amazement: "A compendium of introductory cultivation methods from every sect on Cloud Terrace Island?"
"That's right. I asked Tian Chan to put this together. With this, you'll at least have one more fighting chance in the Trial Tournament," Wei Zhao said with a nod.
"How are we supposed to use these? Are you telling us to cultivate these methods? There's no time for that now, is there?" The others were still completely baffled. It was true that after reaching Foundation Establishment one had a chance to change cultivation methods, but that was hardly the work of a day and a night. Even with outstanding aptitude, without several months there would be scarcely any result; those of ordinary aptitude would need years of bitter cultivation just to achieve a little success. What use was a few days at this point?
"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not telling you to cultivate these methods—they're for cramming at the last minute for the Trial Tournament. As for exactly how, wait until I've finished studying them over the next few days and I'll explain in detail." Wei Zhao shook his head with a smile. If he had truly been looking for cultivation methods for them to practice, he would never have chosen these common, run-of-the-mill introductory methods; at the very least he would have had to find profound methods suited to each person's characteristics.
The others still didn't quite understand, but since Wei Zhao was bent on being mysterious, they had no choice but to wait. After all, they were the ones who would be competing in the Trial Tournament, and sooner or later Wei Zhao would have to give them some guidance.
"By the way, Brother Wei Zhao, how many of our own people have you found on Cloud Terrace Island over the years? You still haven't told us properly," Ying Ziyu asked.
At these words everyone pricked up their ears. Wei Zhao had told them something of his experiences on Cloud Terrace Island before, but it was impossible to recount every last detail; he could only tell it as far as he got. And Ying Ziyu's question was indeed something they were all curious about.
"That, let me count." Wei Zhao mused for a moment, then counted off on his fingers: "Tian Chan, Xue Li, Han Jingyi, Wang Xinyan—those four for now. Beyond that, at most you could count Zhong Yongliang and Xiao Che. Zhong Yongliang defected earlier on, and Xiao Che only grew close to me after I reached Cloud Terrace Island."
"What about Chen Xi?" Ying Ziyu asked, eyes wide with expectation.
"That I don't know either." Wei Zhao sighed. Chen Xi had originally gone with Tian Chan and Tian Die'er, but he had only found Tian Chan on the Central Island; there had been no sign of Chen Xi or Tian Die'er.