護花近衛 - 第94章 早睡早牛了 - 墨香閣

"Then where am I right now?" Wei Zhao had ruled out the possibility of a dream, yet he was still puzzled. Where exactly was he? A moment ago he had been lying on the bed in Gu Mengyao's villa, and the next instant he was in this inexplicable place.

"This is the fourth-dimensional space of the jade pendant." Having said this, Jiao Yazi could not help but give a cold snort. "I truly never imagined there could be anyone in this world as stupid as you. I waited inside the jade pendant for so many years, and you have finally come in..."

"What? I'm inside the jade pendant?" Though Wei Zhao was no coward, at these words of Jiao Yazi's his face could not help but show an expression of shock.

"Yes." Jiao Yazi frowned. So this was the fated one? This fated one was a bit too pathetic...

"Then how did I get in?" A very important question suddenly occurred to Wei Zhao. And Jiao Yazi had said earlier that he had waited inside the jade pendant for years, and that Wei Zhao had only just entered...

"The moment you fall asleep, you naturally come in," Jiao Yazi said flatly.

"Huh?" Wei Zhao was dumbstruck. "It's that simple?"

"How difficult did you think it was?" Jiao Yazi rolled his eyes. "But I have nothing left to say to you. All these years, and you have never once slept. You... you... you... To borrow a phrase from my martial grand-uncle, you are simply too amazing. Amazing enough to sparkle."

Wei Zhao was somewhat speechless. When he obtained this jade pendant, he had also obtained a cultivation manual, the Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Formula. From then on he had cultivated according to its methods, replacing sleep with cultivation, and in the blink of an eye several years had passed...

"I... I have been cultivating the Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Formula all along..." Wei Zhao scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Of course I know you have been cultivating the Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Formula. I can see it from inside the jade pendant." Jiao Yazi snorted coldly. "But I really do admire you. Years of useless effort, and you still kept at it. You are even more impressive than the Foolish Old Man of the Mountains."

"Uh... I wouldn't call it useless effort... I have already cultivated to the late stage of the first level..." Wei Zhao smiled wryly.

"Oh?" This time it was Jiao Yazi's turn to be puzzled. He suddenly stretched out a hand and laid it on Wei Zhao's arm. Wei Zhao tried to dodge, but never expected Jiao Yazi to be so much faster than he had imagined. It was practically teleportation. What puzzled Wei Zhao, however, was that although Jiao Yazi seemed to touch him, in truth he felt nothing at all, as though a phantom figure had brushed against him.

"In that harsh environment outside, you actually managed to break through to the late stage of the first level? So you are quite a talent?" Jiao Yazi was somewhat surprised.

"Heh—" Hearing Jiao Yazi's praise, Wei Zhao finally revealed a trace of a smile. This Jiao Yazi, from the very moment they met, had either called him an idiot or sneered that he was "amazing," which was really just sarcasm... This time, at last, he had praised him once.

"But... what a pity." Jiao Yazi shook his head with regret. "You could have reached this level in just a few months, yet you took nearly ten years. Even a talent is wasted. You have squandered the best age for cultivation..."

"Uh..." Wei Zhao had not expected Jiao Yazi's final words to be another blow aimed at him, and for a moment he was speechless. Still, Jiao Yazi's words left him somewhat disappointed. Was he destined never to break through? He could not help feeling dejected. "You mean I cannot break through the first level and advance to the second?"

"Break through the first level? Is breaking through the first level all you aim for?" Jiao Yazi was startled. He had not expected this fellow's ambitions to be so low.

"You mean I can keep breaking through?" Wei Zhao was startled as well.