Chapter 2428 — The Seventh Form of the Wildfire Fist

"All right." Qiu Lingshan had relatively easy access to such investigations, though she still added, "But if she comes from one of the great families, or a hidden family, or something even higher up — then there's no way I can look into her."

"So you've noticed she's out of the ordinary too?" Wei Zhao was a little surprised.

"For an ordinary person, you wouldn't need to come to me for an investigation, would you?" Qiu Lingshan said with a smile.

"True enough." Wei Zhao nodded, and the two of them went into the villa together.

"So this is your new home? I haven't been here even once." Qiu Lingshan looked around Wei Zhao's new residence with some curiosity. "I'm so jealous of Yaoyao and Xiaoshu..."

Wei Zhao could only answer that with a bitter smile, unsure whether she envied Yaoyao and Xiaoshu for living in such a big villa, or for living with him.

"All right, where's the Small Qi-Gathering Pill?" Qiu Lingshan could see Wei Zhao's awkwardness and stopped teasing him.

Romance had to be taken one step at a time — you couldn't get fat off a single bite, could you? Qiu Lingshan was somewhat envious of Wang Xinyan: Wei Zhao's classmate, and his deskmate besides. She had the near water and the first moon in the pavilion, as they say.

These two had had hardly any dealings before university — Wei Zhao hadn't even been as close to Wang Xinyan as he was to her, Qiu Lingshan. Yet in the few short months since term began, their relationship had nearly blossomed into that of boyfriend and girlfriend, which filled Qiu Lingshan with envy.

But Qiu Lingshan had no such innate advantage; she could only resign herself to taking it step by step.

"Here are three Small Qi-Gathering Pills — one for you, one for Chen Yutian, one for Jun-ge. You can bring them to them for me, so I won't have them come collect them one by one. Taking them carries no danger; apart from some discomfort, there are no other side effects. Just tough it out and you'll be fine." As he spoke, Wei Zhao handed a small medicine bottle to Qiu Lingshan.

"All right..." Qiu Lingshan took the small bottle, feeling both elated and a little disappointed.

In the past, receiving a Small Qi-Gathering Pill to help her break through to the Earth Rank would certainly have delighted her! The Earth Rank was a level of strength she had never even dreamed of.

But now, Qiu Lingshan's thoughts were all on Wei Zhao. The moment he arrived, he had handed her the medicine bottle. Now that she had it, wouldn't that mean she would have to leave very soon?

At that thought, Qiu Lingshan's expression dimmed a little.

"What is it?" Wei Zhao had noticed the despondency in her mood as well.

"Nothing. I'd better head back first — the kidnapping case isn't closed yet, and I have things to take care of..." Qiu Lingshan did not want to put Wei Zhao in a difficult position, so she made ready to leave first.

Wei Zhao could see that Qiu Lingshan's spirits had sunk, and after a moment's thought he understood why. Still, he truly had never before considered the matter between him and Qiu Lingshan. It was not that he disliked her; it was simply that they had too few chances to spend day and night together. He did indeed have feelings for her, but no opportunity had arisen for those feelings to develop, and so their relationship had remained stuck where it was.

To say that Wei Zhao could accept Qiu Lingshan all at once would be somewhat deluding himself.

"Mm, then I won't keep you, silly girl. Things have been rather busy lately, and in a few days I have to take part in a trial. Once I'm back, I'll look you up for a get-together," Wei Zhao said.

Hearing this, Qiu Lingshan felt much better. It seemed Wei Zhao still cared about her; though the two of them had not yet reached that stage, there was still plenty of hope, and so she cheered up again.

She realized that when she was with Wei Zhao, she really did act a little like a silly girl — because she felt she really had become rather foolish.

After seeing Qiu Lingshan off, Wei Zhao went to the villa's back courtyard, intending to try unleashing the sixth and seventh forms of the Wildfire Fist. By rights, he was now a top expert at the peak of the late Earth Rank, and ought to be able to unleash the sixth or even the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist.

And if the Wildfire Bagua Palm could unleash its sixth and seventh forms, that would be truly heaven-defying — equivalent to a martial technique of the early Heaven Rank, or even the peak of the early Heaven Rank.

He had only just broken through yesterday, and then the matter with Xiaoshu had come up, leaving Wei Zhao no mind to study martial techniques. Now that he happened to have the time and nothing else pressing, Wei Zhao naturally began to ponder them.

Wei Zhao circulated the mental cultivation formula of the Wildfire Fist. This was a martial technique he relied on deeply; though the more powerful Wildfire Bagua Palm had come later, Wei Zhao had still never abandoned the Wildfire Fist. It was the foundation!

Without the sixth and seventh forms of the Wildfire Fist, where would the integrated sixth and seventh forms of the Wildfire Bagua Palm come from?

As for Old Sixth Pu's Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw, Wei Zhao had no intention of continuing to practice it. Its power was not great, and it had only worked for Old Sixth Pu. Old Sixth Pu was already dead, so there was no point in Wei Zhao cultivating it further.

"The sixth form of the Wildfire Fist!" Wei Zhao unleashed the sixth form of the Wildfire Fist according to its method, and it came easily — one try and it succeeded! Yet Wei Zhao was not satisfied with merely the sixth form, because the sixth form had been within his expectations.

One could unleash the fifth form of the Wildfire Fist at the mid Earth Rank; if at the peak of the mid Earth Rank one could not unleash the sixth form, that would truly be a case of going backward!

Wei Zhao's main goal today was to unleash the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist. If he could unleash the seventh form, then he would surely be able to unleash the seventh form of the Wildfire Bagua Palm as well. So after unleashing the sixth form, Wei Zhao did not pause, but in one continuous breath went on to unleash the seventh form!

"The seventh form of the Wildfire Fist!"

Unfortunately, although Wei Zhao circulated the mental formula of the seventh form and followed the seventh form's method of unleashing, he stalled at the very moment of release and failed. The seventh form of the Wildfire Fist was not successfully unleashed.

Wei Zhao shook his head, but was not discouraged. After all, for any other cultivator, being able to unleash a new form of a martial technique within ten attempts was already quite impressive; to succeed after only one or two failures would make one a genius among geniuses.

And Wei Zhao had failed only once. There had been similar situations before, so after resting a moment, Wei Zhao once again set about unleashing the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist!

"The seventh form of the Wildfire Fist!" Wei Zhao shouted again.

To Wei Zhao's slight regret, this attempt also failed. Though Wei Zhao was a "martial arts genius," he had not succeeded in unleashing it this time either — a regrettable thing, to be sure.

Wei Zhao gave a faint sigh and frowned, but he did not give up.

Two failed attempts in a row — it seemed Wei Zhao could only use his old method of one continuous breath, deducing it from the first form of the Wildfire Fist onward!

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