Chapter 3291 — Setting His Sights on the Enemy

At this thought, Wei Zhao turned to Yang Qiqi. "Little Seven, can you get your hands on Gathering Qi Pills?"

"Gathering Qi Pills..." Yang Qiqi was briefly taken aback. "Brother Wei Zhao, you need Gathering Qi Pills? But once you take them, aren't you unable to advance on your own anymore?"

Though Yang Qiqi was no master of the internal school, she still knew a few of the most basic facts.

"Heh, I'm a special case. I can still advance after taking them." Wei Zhao did not bother to hide it—after all, it was no secret anyway, and everyone around him knew. "Little Seven, doesn't the Overseas Cultivators Association supply pills to members of the Cultivators Association for free? Are you qualified to claim one?"

Wei Zhao had set his sights squarely on the Overseas Cultivators Association. If Tang Yuqi could claim a Gathering Qi Pill from them, then surely Yang Qiqi could claim one too, no?

"Anyone who's a member of the Overseas Cultivators Association is qualified. As long as your strength reaches the corresponding grade, you can apply to claim one," Yang Qiqi explained. "But I'm an external-school expert—there's no way I'd go claim a Gathering Qi Pill!"

"That doesn't matter. You can cultivate both the internal and external schools," Wei Zhao said. "If your internal-school strength reached the peak of the late Earth Rank, would you be able to claim a Gathering Qi Pill then?"

"That would definitely be possible," Yang Qiqi said with certainty. "But after claiming it, if I successfully advanced to Heaven Rank, I'd also have to become an elder of the Overseas Cultivators Association. Wanting to leave the Association like Tang Yuqi did would be impossible. There are pros and cons to this. It's free, but it's also an indenture."

"And if the advancement fails?" Wei Zhao asked. After all, a Gathering Qi Pill could raise an expert at the peak of the late Earth Rank to the early Heaven Rank, but it was not a hundred percent success—there was a certain failure rate, just a rather small one.

"If it fails, you can apply again after half a year, but that's the last chance," Yang Qiqi said. "There have been cases in the Overseas Cultivators Association where the first attempt failed, but the second time, they all succeeded."

"I see... Then could you help me apply for a Gathering Qi Pill?" Wei Zhao was immediately excited by Yang Qiqi's words—it was as if he had wished for something and it had come straight to him. Counting on that Gathering Qi Pill of Kang Zhaoming's was unrealistic, especially now that Wei Zhao's true strength had been exposed. A snob like Kang Zhaoming would probably turn on him outright and no longer think anything of him. So Wei Zhao would have to figure something out himself.

"But... cultivating both schools is easy to say and a thousand times harder to do. My father did leave me the internal school's mental cultivation formula back then, but I still put all my energy into the external school. I've got no foundation in the internal school at all!" Yang Qiqi smiled bitterly. "Even if I started cultivating now, I don't know when I'd ever reach the peak of the late Earth Rank. Brother Wei Zhao, I'm afraid I can't help you with this..."

"Heh, don't worry. You can start right now," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "That internal school formula—do you remember it? Can you recite it from memory? If you can, we can begin this very moment!"

"Now? What do you mean—cultivate here?" Yang Qiqi's eyes went wide, not quite understanding what Wei Zhao meant.

"Yes, right now. But I'll be helping you!" Wei Zhao said. "I can rapidly raise someone else's strength. It's just that last time we parted in such a hurry, I didn't help you improve yours. But now is the perfect opportunity."

"You'll help me raise my strength?" Yang Qiqi was even more astonished. "Brother Wei Zhao, you mean you can raise my strength—all the way to the peak of the late Earth Rank?"

"Exactly. That's it." Wei Zhao nodded, then said, "All you have to do is circulate the formula. Leave the rest to me!"

"Really?" Yang Qiqi was surprised, but she still said, "Still, there's no need to rush. If I suddenly became an expert at the peak of the late Earth Rank right now, the Overseas Cultivators Association would probably get suspicious of me. I need to advance gradually, so the best thing for now would be to raise me to the early Earth Rank, then let me make an appearance at the Overseas Cultivators Association so they have some psychological preparation."

"You're right." Wei Zhao nodded solemnly. Earlier he had only thought about getting a Gathering Qi Pill from the Overseas Cultivators Association, but he had not considered whether the Association might grow suspicious of Yang Qiqi.

Of course, if Yang Qiqi could advance step by step, that was something the Overseas Cultivators Association would be glad to see. After all, one more expert meant one more measure of strength—otherwise they would never have gone to such lengths to keep Tang Yuqi back then.

So, as long as it was handled properly, obtaining two Gathering Qi Pills was not impossible! But the second pill would absolutely have to be taken by Yang Qiqi herself. Otherwise the Overseas Cultivators Association would surely grow suspicious. Yang Qiqi's rapid advancement before was enough to show her talent was quite good. If one pill failed to advance her and two pills still failed, there would be a problem!

And though, if Wei Zhao took two Gathering Qi Pills in succession, he would have no reason to fear the Overseas Cultivators Association—it was impossible for Wei Zhao to linger overseas long-term anyway. But Yang Qiqi's home base was still overseas, and Wei Zhao did not want to land her in trouble.

"Then let me first raise your strength to the early Earth Rank!" Wei Zhao nodded and said.

"All right. So I just need to circulate the formula?" Yang Qiqi asked.

"Yes. Leave the rest to me," Wei Zhao said. As long as he did not forcibly use compressed true qi to break through, helping someone raise their strength would not blow their clothes to shreds, so Wei Zhao did not have to worry that Yang Qiqi would end up streaking.

Yang Qiqi began circulating the formula, and Wei Zhao directly pressed his fingers to the pulse gate at her wrist and began circulating his own formula as well. Under everyone's curious gazes, Wei Zhao's true qi poured in an unending stream into Yang Qiqi's body!

Xu Shilan and Cheng Yiyi were a little more composed—after all, they had witnessed Wei Zhao's marvels back at the orphanage. Still, raising someone with no internal-school foundation at all straight to the early Earth Rank left them rather shocked.

Cheng Yiyi especially. She thought that Feng Tianhu's opposition to Wei Zhao was practically suicide—if Wei Zhao could raise an ordinary person to the peak of the late Earth Rank, then in the future, couldn't he raise someone to Heaven Rank as well? (Follow WeChat yuren22 for the latest news from Yuren!) RS

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