Chapter 3006 — Sister Yaoyao Says I Should Go

So she had this ability too? To an ancestor like Xuanchen, secular families existed on the very lowest rung—he simply did not care about them, and even matters of the Hidden level hardly interested him. That was precisely why he had overlooked the business of the secular Sun family.

"By my guess, it must be so. After all, only Sun Jingyan had that ability back then—no one else could have done it. And Wei Zhao's dantian is ruined; he can't take elixirs either!" An Liwen nodded and said.

"An Liwen, after all this talk, are you telling me to go find that Sun Jingyan and heal my grand-disciple?" Xuanchen asked.

"Sun Jingyan is definitely out of the question. The Sun family's mental cultivation method can only heal one person—once it has healed someone, it can never heal anyone else for the rest of that person's life. So snatching her away would be useless." An Liwen waved his hand and said, "What I mean is, you should just pick any other member of the Sun family and give it a try."

"Hmm... that is a good idea!" Xuanchen nodded. As for going to seize Sun Jingyan, he was rather unwilling—after all, he had already struck an agreement with Chief Bai. Sun Jingyan was not Chief Bai's student, true, but she was someone Xiao Yi and Xiao Shiyi had already moved against last time. To move against her again would be to slap Chief Bai in the face, and that would be hard to explain away.

So finding someone else to take her place would be the best outcome of all.

"Anyway, I'm just tossing out an idea—the actual work will have to be done by you, Ancestor Xuanchen." An Liwen said, "Still, isn't my idea worth as much as those two test subjects?"

"Oh... that is true. In that case, those two test subjects are yours to modify!" Xuanchen had originally intended to trade Zhao Guangyin and Mian Huatang for some profit, but he had to admit that An Liwen's suggestion was indeed very valuable.

Miss Luan glanced at An Liwen with approval, feeling that he had prospects—he was a deft hand at both raking in money and negotiating terms with others. The two test subjects that should have cost them something had been smoothed over by a single piece of information from An Liwen.

"Yin Siren, find an opportunity to check whether those two test subjects meet the requirements," Miss Luan said to Dr. Yin beside her.

"Yes, Ancestor Luan!" So Dr. Yin's name was actually Yin Siren—except that he actually addressed Miss Luan as Ancestor! Miss Luan was in fact the master of Dr. Yin's master!

An Liwen, however, seemed to have known this all along and was not surprised in the least. Xuanchen, on the other hand, was somewhat astonished—in his view, even if Miss Luan knew these scientific techniques, she would at most be on par with Dr. Yin. He had never expected that, as the leader of the Center, she was actually the teacher of Dr. Yin's teacher!

Miss Luan took An Liwen and Dr. Yin off to rest first, waiting for the two test subjects to arrive, while Ancestor Xuanchen went off to investigate the matter of the secular Sun family...

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Once Wei Zhao learned that Chen Xi was temporarily out of danger, he decided to set off for West Star Mountain Village. He had gone next door to ask Han Xiaochao when Han Jingyi would be able to leave her seclusion, but Han Xiaochao said it would take at least a month or so. So Wei Zhao decided to return to West Star Mountain Village first and open the third stone gate.

After all, there was no telling how long Han Jingyi's seclusion would last—at least a month or so meant it might not even be over in a month, by which time Wei Zhao would long since have returned from West Star Mountain Village.

That evening, Wei Zhao gathered Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and all his underlings together, preparing to tell them about his trip to West Star Mountain Village.

The solemn atmosphere made them all understand that Wei Zhao was about to announce some decision.

"Tomorrow, I'm planning to make a trip back to West Star Mountain Village," Wei Zhao told them all.

"Huh? Wei Zhao, aren't you recovered? Why do you still need to go back to West Star Mountain Village?" Gu Mengyao was slightly taken aback and asked in puzzlement.

"There's nothing much going on lately. Mainly... I'm short on money. After I go back, I want to discuss with the old man whether I can take up my old trade again and earn some quick cash," Wei Zhao said, a little embarrassed.

This was in fact one of Wei Zhao's secondary aims. Lately, though Lai the Fatty had said nothing, Wei Zhao could sense how hard-pressed he was—the family villa at Qianhua Waterside had been sold, and the car he went out in had been swapped for a secondhand commercial vehicle. That was enough to show just how difficult things were for Lai the Fatty.

So Wei Zhao, as the true power behind the scenes at Guan the Doctor Pharmaceuticals, had to do something! Besides, though Yu Xiaoke had not said anything, Wei Zhao could well imagine how hard things were for her orphanage. Taking in orphans was one thing, but most of the orphans she took in had congenital illnesses—if they were not disabled, they were cerebral palsy—and the medical bills were a bottomless pit!

As for the task on Gu Mengyao's side, that had come to a pause for now. Even if Wei Zhao were to hand in the task now, he could not possibly abandon the young lady and Xiaoshu.

But while carrying out this task, he could still take on other assignments on the side—it would not get in the way.

Wei Zhao had also come to see that these Hidden families were terribly snobbish. When he was uninjured, no matter how far away he was—even if he went off for over a month to take part in the Xuandan Sect trials—none of them dared come knocking to make trouble. But the moment he was injured, even if he was inside his own villa, they would still come to bully him at his door.

So even if Wei Zhao went off midway to handle other tasks, as long as he himself was unharmed, these Hidden families would not dare make any rash moves against Gu Mengyao and the others. The last time he went to the Xuandan Sect, Zhao Qibing had been beaten bloody by Shen Yushu and still dared not say a word of protest; only when Wei Zhao was injured did he jump out and start baring his fangs.

"Huh? Short on money?" The young lady was slightly startled, and only then did she recall the matter of Wei Zhao's pharmaceutical company. Earlier, because of Wei Zhao's injury, she had forgotten all about it. Now that she thought about it, Wei Zhao really was short on money!

These underlings actually had no way to help. Though if they gritted their teeth and scraped together everything they had, they might manage a hundred million, for the operation of an entire pharmaceutical company that was a drop in the bucket—it would not make the slightest difference. Wei Zhao had no choice but to find some unconventional path if he wanted to get his hands on a large sum of money quickly!

"Yes. There's no shame in it. The fallout from the Liu family business this time has brought far too much trouble in its wake. Now that my injuries are no longer a problem, the next step is to get my hands on some money," Wei Zhao said.

"Then... how about having Xiaoshu go back with you?" the young lady said after a moment's hesitation.

In truth, she wanted to go herself, but was too embarrassed to say so. Given the young lady's temperament, she naturally pushed it onto Xiaoshu.

"Oh, Arrow-Shield Bro, Sister Yaoyao says Xiaoshu should go with you—and bring Sister Yaoyao along too," Shen Yushu translated. La la la (to be continued)