After comforting Zhu Zhuqing, Wang Zhao sat in the carriage compartment, leaning against a corner with his eyes half-closed as though resting. Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing did not disturb him further.
What she did not know was that Wang Zhao had immersed his consciousness at this moment in order to carefully sense the changes brought about by the reward settlement for the Space-Time Second Trial.
Not long ago, at Shrek Academy's training grounds, while Zhao Wuji was continuing the practical assessment for the five of them, Tang San had failed to fight back against Zhao Wuji during the assessment because he did not have the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle in hand. Well, he had simply failed to show off.
Afterward, at the moment Tang San was slapped straight out of the arena by Zhao Wuji, a divine voice announcing Wang Zhao's completion of the Space-Time Second Trial rang out in his mind.
Though Wang Zhao had initially found it somewhat sudden, after carefully calculating the pranks and sabotage he had inflicted upon Tang San's talent over the past six years, along with indirectly damaging Tang San's public appeal, it indeed seemed that he had more or less fulfilled the Space-Time Second Trial's requirement: reducing Tang San's fortune by 5%.
Wang Zhao did not waste much thought on the reason. He quickly turned his attention to the rewards granted by the Space-Time Second Trial's settlement—Space-Time Affinity +5%, and the second Soul Ring of his primordial Martial Soul, the Golden Scale Martial Soul, gaining 3,000 years.
He had not claimed either of these rewards at the time. Now that he was sitting in the carriage with Zhu Zhuqing, Wang Zhao was preparing to officially receive them.
With that thought, Wang Zhao closed his eyes, and his consciousness drifted as though