Chapter 380 - 187: You Are Not to Blame
Chapter 380: Chapter 187: You Are Not to Blame
"Fang Shuwen..."
Zhao Wuji softly murmured the two words, then chuckled.
"So, the Demon Evil God has arrived..."
His gaze then fell upon Long Qingzhi, a complex look in his eyes.
"Then, you must be Long Qingzhi?"
"Long Qingzhi greets Sect Leader Zhao."
Long Qingzhi had already risen to her feet, giving Zhao Wuji a slight bow.
Zhao Wuji nodded slowly, seemingly lost in thought as if recalling the past.
Neither Fang Shuwen nor Long Qingzhi spoke, simply watching the man in silence.
This world-renowned Sect Leader of the Heaven-Slaying Sect truly looked ordinary.
If one were to meet him elsewhere, they would likely mistake him for a common farmer, never imagining he was Zhao Wuji, the Sect Leader of the Heaven-Slaying Sect.
A martial artist’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit are different from an ordinary person’s, as are their physical characteristics.
Those who practice Horizontal Training are often powerfully built, while those with profound Inner Strength conceal their divine radiance.
Others have temples that bulge prominently, revealing their extraordinary Inner Strength.
But Zhao Wuji had none of that.
His Martial Arts had likely reached the realm of returning to true simplicity. His divine radiance was contained, his gaze placid.
His temples showed no abnormalities either.
The Zhao Clan was famous for their saber techniques, yet Zhao Wuji’s hands didn’t seem to have a single callus.
Of course, his hands didn’t look like a normal farmer’s either. They weren’t rough, merely stained with a bit of dirt.
Zhao Wuji snapped out of his daze and smiled sheepishly.
"Please, both of you, have a seat. I’m just going to wash my hands."
"A new batch of Blue Ice Flowers has ripened. I just went to take a look and dug up a couple of stalks, so my hands are a bit dirty."
He gestured for them to sit and couldn’t help but glance at Fang Dabao before heading into the house.
He came out again shortly after, wiping his damp hands haphazardly on his clothes as he said with a smile:
"You’ve come here about the Glazed Saint Body, haven’t you?"
Long Qingzhi remained silent, looking toward Fang Shuwen.
The White-robed Saintess had given them the Glazed Holy Heart Scripture. Long Qingzhi had spent the first few days memorizing it and, with Fang Shuwen’s help, had achieved her initial breakthrough just yesterday.
The blood of a Glazed Saint Body could be used in alchemy to concoct Divine Pills that enhanced Inner Strength.
However, the person with the body itself had no way to cultivate.
But once they obtained a cultivation Technique, the progress of a Glazed Saint Body would advance by leaps and bounds.
Therefore, even though she had only just made her breakthrough with the Glazed Holy Heart Scripture yesterday, a single night of cultivation had already allowed Long Qingzhi to accumulate a fair amount of Inner Strength.
And as long as she continued to practice this Martial Art, her future would surely be a smooth and open road.
’But since Fang Shuwen hadn’t mentioned it, Long Qingzhi had no intention of telling Zhao Wuji about this.’
This wasn’t just because she trusted Fang Shuwen; she also harbored her own doubts about Zhao Wuji.
Although she didn’t know the specific details of the entanglement between her family and Zhao Wuji, her father had once told her that Zhao Wuji owed them an immense debt of gratitude.
Yet throughout her entire ordeal, Zhao Wuji had remained completely indifferent to her plight.
Logically speaking, since he owed a debt, he should have found a way to protect her, especially now that she was the sole survivor of the Long Clan. That would have been a way to repay it.
If he were an ordinary person without such capabilities, it would be understandable.
But Zhao Wuji was the Sect Leader of the Heaven-Slaying Sect. Even a single Cyan Sheep Order from the Cyan Sheep Sect was not something the people of the Jianghu would take lightly.
So how could they ignore the mighty Heaven-Slaying Sect, one of the Five Great Forces?
While Long Qingzhi wouldn’t go so far as to resent Zhao Wuji over this matter, she couldn’t help but feel suspicious.
Fang Shuwen, however, smiled and said:
"Senior Zhao is right. As long as the matter of Qingzhi’s Glazed Saint Body isn’t resolved, those people will never give up."
"I can protect her for a time, but not for a lifetime."
"So, in the end, she must gain the ability to protect herself."
"We heard that Senior Zhao possesses a Technique that can enable a Glazed Saint Body to cultivate, which is why we traveled thousands of miles to find you."
Zhao Wuji smiled faintly.
"This matter is both simple and difficult."
"Enabling a Glazed Saint Body to cultivate requires going through a certain ordeal."
"The process is quite painful. I wonder, young lady of the Long family, if you can endure it?"
The color drained from Long Qingzhi’s face.
’Zhao Wuji... seemed to be lying.’
Her experience with the Glazed Holy Heart Scripture had taught Long Qingzhi that enabling a Glazed Saint Body to cultivate wasn’t so complicated at all. All one needed was the right Technique.
But Zhao Wuji’s explanation didn’t match this fact.
Yet she could only think he *seemed* to be lying, as she couldn’t be certain whether what he said was true or false.
What if there really was a Technique to alter her constitution and allow her to walk the path of cultivation? If so, it would only mean that the Glazed Holy Heart Scripture was even more incredible.
Zhao Wuji saw her expression change but simply assumed she was afraid and paid it no mind.
Fang Shuwen then asked:
"Senior Zhao, could you please explain in detail what exactly she must endure?"
Zhao Wuji nodded.
"The reason a Glazed Saint Body cannot cultivate is that the constitution is like glazed glass—untarnished and pure."
"True Qi cannot be stored, and Inner Strength cannot be gathered."
"To enable a Glazed Saint Body to cultivate, the first step is to change this."
"It requires medicinal baths and the aid of various drugs, accumulating their effects over a long period, to succeed."
"This is the first trial."
"The second trial requires a corresponding Martial Arts technique."
"This constitution has existed since ancient times. Though rare, one or two people with it tend to appear every few hundred years throughout the long river of time."
"Among them were many astonishingly talented individuals who created suitable Martial Arts from nothing, which were then passed down."
"As far as I know, there are three such supreme techniques: the Formless Glazed Divine Technique, the Glazed Holy Heart Scripture, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Technique."