Chapter 2161 — Bidding Farewell to the Spirit Beast

"Yes, Elder Yu, Elder Zhao—leave your business aside for now. Can we deal with Wei Zhao first?" Master Wo of the Qianshan Sect was anxious too, thinking along the same lines. This chance, once missed, would never come again!

"I say, Master Jin, Master Wo—if you two want to go, then go yourselves. Elder You absolutely cannot!" Elder Pi deliberately avoided the matter of Elder Yu and Elder Zhao, steering the conversation toward Elder You instead, so that no one could find the slightest fault with him—and everyone would even think he truly cared for Elder You and did not wish him to come to harm!

"Leave it aside? Today's business can't be left aside—it must be made clear. Otherwise, will you give me a Qi-Gathering Pill?" Elder Yu looked at Master Wo and Master Jin with a cold smile. "In all fairness, if such a thing happened in your own houses, would you not be anxious? Would you still have the mind to look into other matters?"

"That..." Master Jin and Master Wo exchanged a bitter smile. Wei Zhao truly knew how to seize his moment—saying nothing earlier or later, but choosing precisely now. Anyone could see that Elder Yu's attention had shifted entirely to Elder Zhao; he had no intention whatsoever of pursuing the matter of Wei Zhao any longer. This put them in a genuine quandary.

"Elder Zhao, will you admit it or not?" Connecting this with all the earlier signs, the more Elder Yu thought, the more he felt something was wrong with Elder Zhao. He could hardly blame Wei Zhao for saying what he had—there was sound reasoning in it!

"Elder Yu, calm yourself first... This matter..." Elder Zhao truly did not know how to explain it, and the situation left him helpless. He knew that unless he laid everything out clearly, Elder Yu would never let it rest. "Our pressing business now is to surround and destroy Wei Zhao—can we discuss other things later?"

"The matter of destroying Wei Zhao can wait. The pressing business now is the Qi-Gathering Pill!" Elder Yu waved a hand and frowned. "This matter must be made clear!"

Master Wo and Master Jin were at their wits' end. These people had already agreed to join forces against Wei Zhao—who could have foreseen such a turn of events, reducing things to this state?

"Ah, Master Jin, it looks like no one is going. Do you mean to give up as well?" With no other choice, Master Wo could only turn his gaze to Diamond and ask.

"And what good would refusing to give up do?" Master Jin shook his head helplessly.

"I do have an idea we could try," Master Wo said. "It's a bit risky, though. I wonder if Master Jin would be willing to attempt it?"

"What idea? Let's hear it!" Diamond was bent on killing Wei Zhao, so naturally he would not let any opportunity slip by.

"Now only the two of us remain. We can't act rashly—we can only use cunning!" Master Wo said. "In a moment, you and I will leave the manor together and block Wei Zhao's way. I'll pretend to be seeing off the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast, and then take the chance to persuade it to become our ally. While I'm persuading it, all you need to do is stand guard and keep Wei Zhao from attacking me!

Once I've won the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast over, we won't need to do a thing—just let it fight for us. With it dealing with Wei Zhao, we can sit back and reap the rewards."

"Hmm... your approach is worth a try." Having heard Master Wo's plan, Diamond judged it to carry little danger and decided to attempt it. "Then let's go now, before that Wei Zhao slips away!"

"Indeed!" Master Wo nodded as well. The two of them strode quickly out of the council hall and flew off together in the direction of the manor gates.

Watching their departing figures, Elder Pi let a faint, cold smile flicker at the corner of his mouth. So long as those Heaven Rank elders did not move, these two could never amount to anything—so Elder Pi had no worries.

After Wei Zhao left the council hall with Han Xiaohu and Han Tianba, they first returned to their temporary lodgings, then brought the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast along to the parking lot and got into the Mercedes S600 they had arrived in. The beast was too large to ride in the car, but its speed rivaled the wind itself, so there was no problem letting it run alongside the vehicle!

Moreover, it was night, and from the outside the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast looked like a large horse, so it would not draw too much attention. They passed out of the Zhao family manor and reached the private road at its gate. They had not gone far when the road ahead was blocked by barricades!

Wei Zhao frowned. So they had made their move after all. Had his little ploy of sowing discord failed to achieve the intended effect? Had Elder Zhao and Elder Yu not fallen to quarreling?

But when Wei Zhao had Han Xiaohu stop the car and looked carefully at the two figures behind the barricade, he laughed. The two who had come were, unexpectedly, the two least threatening of them all: Master Wo of the Qianshan Sect and Diamond of the Jinzhong Sect.

"What fine spirits you two masters are in—not going home to rest so late at night, but coming here to see us off?" Wei Zhao stepped out of the car, glanced at the two men ahead, and asked in a flat, indifferent tone.

"Indeed, we've come precisely to see you off!" Master Wo had long since prepared his story. "This Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast is the guardian spirit beast of our Qianshan Sect. Though it goes with you now, our bond runs deep. Am I not permitted to come and bid it farewell?"

"Bid the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast farewell?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback and furrowed his brow, unable to fathom what Master Wo was up to. If he had said he meant to block them here and finish Wei Zhao off, Wei Zhao would have believed it—but saying he had come to bid the beast farewell, why did it sound so very odd?

"Indeed. We've been old companions for many years. But I said before, didn't I, that whatever troubles befall this Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast are its own affair. Since it has chosen you and will return with you, I must at least say goodbye to it, mustn't I?" Master Wo nodded as though it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Oh—well, suppose you have come to see it off. What about you, Master Jin? Surely you haven't come to bid farewell too?" Wei Zhao turned to Diamond and asked.