Chapter 3190 — Scared Away

"Tang Yuqi once showed disrespect to the Mad Dragon Patriarch of our Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect. I was ordered to kill him. Even if you are from Snow Valley, you had best not meddle in this. This is an order handed down by our Patriarch. If you insist on interfering, then you will be locked in a fight to the death with our Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect!" Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable had come on a mission, so naturally he could not easily back down.

"What? You are from the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect?" Mother Tang frowned. She had mingled in the ancient circles long enough to know what the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect represented. Though she could throw her weight around in Snow Valley, when it came to the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect, she truly had no confidence to stand on.

Snow Valley was powerful, but compared with the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect, it was still far inferior. So at this moment, Mother Tang did not know whether she should intervene or not. If she did not, Tang Yuqi was Tang Jucheng's nephew—how could she possibly stand by and watch him be killed?

But if she did intervene, it would be the same as bringing a powerful enemy to Snow Valley's door. Mother Tang was not afraid of making trouble for Snow Valley; her fear was that the trouble would spread to Tang Zhi. So at this moment, Mother Tang was truly caught in a dilemma.

When Wei Zhao heard that the newcomer was from the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect, he hesitated for a moment, then got out of the car. Though it was somewhat risky, Wei Zhao had also seen Mother Tang's predicament. One should repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring. Back when Wei Zhao was in Snow Valley, Mother Tang had helped him greatly. Now it was time for him to repay her.

Though Tang Yuqi could be called Wei Zhao's rival in love, the man was still decent, and he was Mother Tang's nephew besides. So Wei Zhao had no choice but to step in.

Pushing the car door open, he got out. Wei Zhao glanced at the dark figure and unleashed his early Heaven Rank cultivation without reservation. Then he said calmly to the dark figure, "Tang Yuqi was just about to spar with me. You wound him—what is that supposed to mean?"

"Where did you pop out from, you brat?" Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable was slightly taken aback. Seeing that Wei Zhao was an early Heaven Rank expert, he did not take him to heart. It was just that Mother Tang had said she was from Snow Valley, and this expert Wei Zhao, in Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable's view, should also be from Snow Valley. Though he felt he could kill Wei Zhao, his purpose in descending the mountain was to kill Tang Yuqi, not to make an enemy of Snow Valley. So he did not strike at Wei Zhao, only snorted coldly. "What, do you have a problem with that? Let me tell you, don't meddle in others' affairs. The business of the Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect is not something you people can handle!"

Seeing how arrogant Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable was, Wei Zhao was instantly amused. He smiled and said, "The Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect, is it? I really do have a problem with you—and not just since today!"

"Oh? Brat, so you want to make trouble?" Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable looked coldly at Wei Zhao. He did not want to create complications, but that did not mean he would tolerate things again and again. Both his gaze toward Wei Zhao and his tone had turned unfriendly.

"That's right!" Wei Zhao nodded calmly. "Your Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect is really something. First you set Zhang Naipao against me—fine, I accept that. Who told me to have a grudge against his leader, Zhong Yongliang? But a few days ago, you sent some Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable to make trouble for me. I killed him, and now another one comes? Don't tell me you want to die too?"

"You... you... you are..." Cold sweat burst out on Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable with a "swoosh." Every piece of clothing on his body was soaked at this moment. His face turned incomparably pale, and he nearly sat down on the ground!

At any other time, if an early Heaven Rank expert had dared to spout such nonsense before him and even threaten that he wanted to die, he would have struck long ago. Most likely he would have killed the man first!

But now it was different, because Wei Zhao's words had made his identity unmistakable. He was the very person the Mad Dragon Patriarch had warned him again and again never to provoke, the one to hide from on sight—the expert who had traumatized Zhang Naipao and instantly killed Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable and Eastern Silver Star: Wei Zhao!

"You are what?" Wei Zhao looked at Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable with a half-smile.

"That... Senior Wei Zhao... I was wrong. I did not know you were here. If I had known, would I have come? Wouldn't that make me an idiot? I don't want to die! I was just joking—right, just joking!" Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable could hardly speak smoothly. "I have a Small Return Pill here. Give it to him, and after he takes it he can recover and get back on the market. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now..."

"You come when you say come, and leave when you say leave?" Wei Zhao asked. "What was your purpose in descending the mountain this time?"

"I... I came out to buy soy sauce..." Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable had a sudden flash of inspiration and said, "We ran out of soy sauce at the sect gate, so I came out to buy soy sauce! Yes, buying soy sauce!"

He had heard people say "buy soy sauce" before, but he did not know its true meaning, and thought it really meant buying soy sauce. So he hurriedly said this, and after saying it, he even praised himself: I really am so damn witty!

"Who are you fooling?" Wei Zhao asked lightly. "If you don't want to die, tell the truth."

"Yes... all right. Actually, it was the Mad Dragon Patriarch who sent me to kill Tang Yuqi," Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable said.

"Why?" Wei Zhao asked. He truly could not figure out what virtue or ability Tang Yuqi had that would make a sect's patriarch take note of him and send someone to kill him.

"This... it is said that he once humiliated our Patriarch. I don't know anything else..." Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable naturally did not dare casually leak Zhong Yongliang's identity. That was the sect's great secret.

Fortunately, Wei Zhao did not ask further, because it was impossible for Wei Zhao to guess what connection there could be between the Mad Dragon Patriarch and Zhong Yongliang.

"Enough, scram. I am taking Tang Yuqi under my protection. Go back and tell that so-called Patriarch of yours that if he sends anyone else, I will come straight to his door and kill him," Wei Zhao said. "Even if I have to pay a price, I will cut you all down!"

"Yes... I'll scram right now..." Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable nodded hurriedly. He did not even have the courage to look Wei Zhao in the eye as he spoke. He pulled a Small Return Pill from his bosom, placed it on the ground, and then swiftly vanished from the spot.

Watching Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable's retreating figure, Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he had successfully deceived the man. After a while, Wei Zhao no longer had that feeling of being followed and watched. It looked like Pure Cold Heavenly Venerable had truly left.

It was only then that Tang Yuqi crawled out of the unfinished building. It was not that he had not wanted to come out earlier—he truly had not dared. He was terrified!