Chapter 1356 — Isn't It Obvious?

Although Qiu Lingshan was not a simpering, bashful sort—her profession in particular had long since cured her of any concern for such things—in Wei Zhao's presence she somehow, for no reason at all, found herself sliding toward little-girl behavior.

Wei Zhao could not spare the attention to deal with Qiu Lingshan. He hurried to Chen Yutian's side and began stripping off his clothes; otherwise, at the instant of breakthrough, Chen Yutian's clothes would likely be blasted to shreds, and when Old Hei and the others returned it would be hard to explain.

Besides, even if no explanation were needed, they could hardly let Chen Yutian walk on through the tomb stark naked. So Wei Zhao had no choice but to undress him first; once he broke through, he could put his clothes back on himself.

Though Chen Yutian's breakthrough was imminent, he could still hear Wei Zhao's words, and as Wei Zhao stripped him he cooperated of his own accord.

The heaven-and-earth spiritual qi in the tomb was not so abundant as in the jade pendant space, but compared with the city it was far richer; and since Chen Yutian had already absorbed from Wei Zhao enough true qi to advance, the abundance of external spiritual qi hardly mattered.

Even so, the spiritual qi in the tomb was stirred into motion, swirling around Chen Yutian...

Wei Zhao had been through this before, so he was in no hurry; having stripped the clothes off, he simply sat quietly to one side and waited...

Several hours passed, and the fluctuations of spiritual qi around Chen Yutian grew stronger and stronger, until at last the breakthrough succeeded!

In truth, although this outcome was within Wei Zhao's expectations, the instant Chen Yutian broke through, Wei Zhao still let out a long breath and a relaxed smile spread across his face. It seemed his plan had worked; if Chen Yutian could advance, then Qiu Lingshan could as well.

"I broke through! Wei Zhao, I really broke through—I'm a Mystic Rank expert now!" After a brief spell of regulating his breath, Chen Yutian leapt up and ran toward Wei Zhao and Qiu Lingshan. "Lingshan, I really am an early Mystic Rank expert now!"

"Really?" Qiu Lingshan turned her head in delighted surprise, but one look at Chen Yutian's naked body and her face fell dark. "What are you doing? Are you trying to streak?"

"Huh?" Chen Yutian was stunned, then realized that he had not a stitch on him. Excitement had earlier clouded his head, and only now did he come to his senses, and he grew rather embarrassed. "Sorry... I'll go put my clothes on..."

Though Qiu Lingshan could not see very clearly, she was still thoroughly annoyed—especially at having to look at another man in front of Wei Zhao, which made her feel awkward. She gave a huff, turned her head away, and ignored Chen Yutian.

"All right, since the experiment proved fine, go put your clothes on over there. I'll upgrade Qiu Lingshan next..." Now that Wei Zhao had confirmed the method worked, he was ready to start on Qiu Lingshan.

Building up Chen Yutian had taken about five hours, and Wei Zhao could not estimate when Old Hei and the others might return, so time was of the essence. He was not afraid that Old Yu would launch a sneak attack at such a moment; the real problem was that Qiu Lingshan would have to undress too. Chen Yutian was one thing, but Qiu Lingshan was a girl—it would not do for others to see her.

"Do I... have to take my clothes off too?" Qiu Lingshan glanced at Wei Zhao, a flush rising on her face.

"Mm, this time you really do." Wei Zhao joked with a smile. The last time he raised her strength, he had not asked her to undress—yet she had offered to.

Recalling that earlier incident, Wei Zhao could not help but smile.

"You're mocking me..." Qiu Lingshan shot him a glare. "Fine, I'll take them off. What's the big deal? It's not as if you haven't seen it all before!"

In the dungeon of the kidney-harvesting syndicate, Qiu Lingshan had long since been seen bare by Wei Zhao, and had even shamelessly called out his name, so she did not much care—her only reservation was Chen Yutian.

Though she did not mind Wei Zhao and would let him look at her freely, that did not mean she was an open woman; on the contrary, Qiu Lingshan was especially conservative—otherwise she could never have gone all the way to meeting Wei Zhao without ever having had a single boyfriend.

"Let's go a little way into that passage..." Qiu Lingshan glanced at the mouth of the other passage and suggested to Wei Zhao.

"Just turn off the flashlight." Wei Zhao stood up, picked up the flashlight, and switched it off.

It was only an upgrade, after all, nothing else; whether he could see made no difference.

Qiu Lingshan was instantly a little disappointed. She had wanted to show Wei Zhao her proud figure. She was a girl who practiced martial arts, so she kept her figure exceptionally well—not only well-proportioned, but with skin firm and elastic to the touch. This was the one thing she felt proud of, and she was sure she far outdid Tang Yun and Feng Xiaoxiao.

Otherwise, judged on looks alone, Qiu Lingshan held no great advantage; neither Tang Yun nor Feng Xiaoxiao was any less than she.

"You can look..." Qiu Lingshan said, unwilling to give up.

"..." Wei Zhao was left speechless. Was this not seduction in its most blatant form? But he was used to Qiu Lingshan's behavior by now, and he snapped impatiently, "Stop talking so much. Time is short—if Old Hei comes back, you'll be seen bare, and don't blame me if I dump you then."

"Ah... all right!" Wei Zhao's words carried real weight; Qiu Lingshan, afraid that if others saw her bare Wei Zhao would not want her, hurriedly and obediently stripped off her clothes in the dark and waited for Wei Zhao to upgrade her.

Wei Zhao was such an extraordinary man that Qiu Lingshan had sworn to hold on to him—not only because he was the type she liked, but because he was simply too formidable. That meant that as Wei Zhao advanced in rank, she would rise with him.

If Wei Zhao truly reached the Heaven Rank one day, then her own Heaven Rank would be no dream either. And to advance so effortlessly was the dream of every martial artist!

Qiu Lingshan quickly stripped, puffed out her chest, and stood straight, thinking: I'll just face in your direction; when you come to feel me, you'll more or less touch my breasts, and once you've had your fill of that, maybe after this you'll ask to feel them on your own...

It must be said that, to seduce Wei Zhao, little Miss Song had begun to play at schemes...

"Wei Zhao, I'm dressed..." At that moment, Chen Yutian spoke up.

"All right, just stand there and don't move. You're right at the entrance of the passage Old Hei took, so when he comes out you'll spot him first—tell me right away." Wei Zhao instructed Chen Yutian.

"Got it." Chen Yutian nodded and answered, but in his heart he was still caught up in the excitement the upgrade had brought. He was early Mystic Rank now?