Chapter 5058 — Starmoon Charcoal
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
In cultivation there is no count of years; Wei Zhao sat thus, and how long passed he did not know. Only when he faintly sensed several auras entering the residential compound's bounds—auras that made him wary—did Wei Zhao abruptly open both eyes, sharp light shooting forth in all directions!
Originally his spirit-body had been on the verge of collapse, liable to dissolve into nothingness at any moment, but now his spirit-body had unknowingly become solid and weighty once more. Not only that, his whole body radiated an intimidating presence—compared to before, he had actually grown even more powerful!
"Truly a rare treasure hard to find in this world—this feeling is genuinely fine!" Wei Zhao put away the Starmoon Charcoal and, clear-headed and refreshed, flexed his fists and feet. Facing those several powerful auras drawing ever closer, he was utterly unconcerned, and simply remained in the room waiting.
Through his divine sense Wei Zhao could clearly probe the newcomers. There were three in total—as expected, Sun Baimei and Fei Yangnian. As for the other, he was a cold-faced middle-aged man whose aura faintly resembled Sun Baimei's; to Wei Zhao's senses, he was likely cast from the same mold.
In the blink of an eye the three had arrived downstairs from the compound. Sun Baimei's and Fei Yangnian's injuries appeared to have healed seven or eight parts, while the middle-aged man they had brought along possessed an even stronger presence than Sun Baimei—a peak expert of the late Foundation Establishment stage.
"Senior Brother Yin, I truly feel bad calling you all this way from so far off, but I, your junior brother, have really run into trouble and had no choice but to ask for your help," Sun Baimei said as he walked.
Originally, with his and Fei Yangnian's strength—one late Foundation Establishment expert plus one mid Foundation Establishment expert—dealing with Wei Zhao and Leng Leng ought to have been more than enough. But last time they had suffered a heavy loss and nearly forfeited their lives; even now, recalling it, their hearts still quailed.
In their view Wei Zhao and Leng Leng were simply reckless madmen, and the two of them alone would find it hard to deal with this pair—to retreat unscathed was sheer delusion. Especially since last time Sun Baimei had lost his prized Blood Spirit Cat, his strongest means of restraining spirit-origin entities; thus, facing Wei Zhao, he felt even less sure.
So after long deliberation, for safety's sake, he had finally invited this Senior Brother Yin. Though this inevitably meant letting the other take a share, at most he would have to split Wei Zhao's spirit-origin with him. As for that treasure on Leng Leng's person—so long as Sun Baimei did not speak of it, how would Senior Brother Yin ever know?
"You said in your letter that you encountered a powerful spirit-origin, and that this spirit-origin could materialize, with strength comparable to a peak early Foundation Establishment expert?" Senior Brother Yin asked gravely, a hint of indescribable excitement at the corner of his eyes.
He and Sun Baimei had studied under the same master and cultivated the same method; spirit-origin entities were of great use to Sun Baimei, and naturally to him as well. Otherwise, why would he have traveled a thousand li to come here specially? One must know that between these senior and junior brothers there existed both open and hidden rivalry—they were not so intimate and harmonious as they appeared.
"Indeed, and the thing has even taken up with Leng Leng. Last time it was the two of them joining forces to ambush me and Brother Fei; we were badly wounded and nearly fell into their trap!" Sun Baimei complained bitterly.