Chapter 5032 — Two More Ghosts
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Thinking it over and over, Wei Zhao suddenly realized there was no one else he could learn from but those fools. How had Ren Zhongyuan and Bao Zuoliang chased after Huo Yudie and Wang Xinyan back in the day? And Xu Lingchong, how had he curried favor with Shangguan Lan'er?
On reflection, apart from all manner of attentions and getting his face known, those men had done little more than give gifts. Of course, at the level of Shangguan Lan'er and her like, ordinary spirit jade would hardly be fit to offer. The most that remained were rare spirit medicines of every kind. If one pursued a girl with a seventh-grade beautifying pill, with any other girl that would surely hit the mark every time, wouldn't it?
Whatever those fools had, Wei Zhao had too, and even what they could not get their hands on, Wei Zhao had as well. His jade pendant's space was crammed with fine things, and if something was lacking he could refine it on the spot. His stockpile of spirit medicines had long since begun to take shape.
But the problem was how to give these things away. This was not like flowers and breakfast; giving a gift required a suitable excuse. He could hardly produce them out of thin air. After all, ordinary people would never have such things in hand, much less casually make a gift of them. And the little ice queen had no idea that Wei Zhao was himself a cultivator, and a figure of heaven-reaching power at that.
If he suddenly brought them out, shock was certain, but what her reaction would be after the shock was hard to say. She might well take him for an enemy of unknown origin, and then things would stop being fun.
For the moment Wei Zhao could think of no suitable approach. After all, this was not a matter of simply breaking someone's light bulb. Finding the right opening would not be easy. With no better option, he could only keep to the old method, still bringing the little ice queen flowers and meals every day. He knew well enough it was useless, but at least he could keep his face familiar, and it might have some gradual, imperceptible effect.
Sure enough, the little ice queen would have none of this stale, fawning routine. From first to last, not once did she fail to shut the door in his face.
Wei Zhao paid it no mind. Every day he persisted in paying his respects morning, noon, and night, immovable as thunder and constant as stone.
Given how cold the other party's temperament was, to be honest, Wei Zhao still felt a little unsure at heart. If he truly wore her patience thin and she flew into a shamefaced rage, would he not have outsmarted himself?
Yet what surprised Wei Zhao somewhat was that although the little ice queen remained unmoved by his attentions, her attitude seemed to have softened a little. At least she was no longer as icily forbidding as at the start. The look she gave him each time had changed from indifference to resignation.
Wei Zhao did not know whether such a change was good or bad, but having decided on this course, he could not abandon it halfway. Even if it was bad, he could only grit his teeth and see it through.
Still, carrying on this way forever was no solution. From the time his primordial spirit had been projected here, a full ten days had passed. The strength of his primordial-spirit body had recovered from the late Heaven rank at the start all the way to the early Foundation Establishment stage it now held. The results were not as good as he had hoped, but they were at least passable.
If the Southern Heavenly Aurora knew of it, he would surely vomit blood in frustration. Damn it, recovering to early Foundation Establishment in ten days, what more did he want? But then, this was only possible because Wei Zhao had the jade pendant. Anyone else would not have found it so easy.