Chapter 3297 — Asking for Minor Qi Gathering Pills

"That definitely won't do. Even the Overseas Cultivators Association can't do anything about Wei Zhao. If we go after him, we'd just be courting death. With Dafeng's ability, picking a fight with Wei Zhao would be suicide." The general manager waved his hand as he spoke.

"Then what about this matter... are we just going to let it go?" Fanny had been made a fool of, and she was understandably unwilling to accept it.

"For now, we'll let it go." The general manager shook his head. "Our current business is only drug trafficking, and we're weaker than the Fire Wolf Gang. We'd better report the matter to our superiors truthfully and let the boss behind the scenes decide what to do."

"Ah... you mean Miss Lan?" Fanny was startled, and her expression shifted slightly.

The general manager nodded slowly. Some matters had already exceeded the scope of what he could decide, so naturally he would not force his way to the front.

Fanny was quite sensible. She knew that when the general manager called Miss Lan, it was best for her to avoid the area. That was one of Red Conch's rules.

Once Fanny had left, the general manager dialed Miss Lan's number.

"What is it?" Miss Lan answered the call almost immediately.

"It is like this..." The general manager truthfully reported everything concerning Wei Zhao and He Dantou to Miss Lan.

"Wei Zhao? I understand." Miss Lan frowned. Wei Zhao again. That man really did know how to stir up trouble! But Miss Lan's thoughts were not focused on Wei Zhao at present. In truth, as far as she was concerned, whether it was the Fire Wolf Gang or Red Conch, they were merely incidental by-products. Her ultimate purpose was to find someone, and that was what mattered most.

Hearing that Miss Lan had offered neither an opinion nor an answer regarding the matter, the general manager did not dare ask anything further. After hanging up, he dialed He Dantou's number once again.

"President He, I am sorry. I have looked into it, and this matter was indeed Wei Zhao's doing. Therefore, my previous promise still stands. I will have someone deliver the drugs to you," the general manager said.

In truth, the general manager already felt that providing one shipment of drugs was a considerable loss. But since He Dantou had not made the matter clear, he simply pretended not to know.

"Oh? Very well, then. Thank you!" Both men were harboring their own schemes. Each believed that Wei Zhao had acted against him personally, so neither pressed the matter. Both thought they had come out ahead.

It was not that either of them did not want revenge against Wei Zhao. They simply had no opportunity for the time being. Miss Lan, the power behind the general manager, had made no comment, while He Dantou was now gravely wounded. If he wanted revenge, he could only wait for the right moment.

As for Wei Zhao, after refining the essence necklace, he waited for Yang Qiqi to bring him the Minor Qi Gathering Pills. Yang Qiqi did not go to the Overseas Cultivators Association immediately. Instead, she waited for more than half a month before appearing at the Cultivators' Association once again.

This time, Yang Qiqi appeared as an expert at the peak of the late Earth-rank. That astonished both the elders of the Overseas Cultivators Association and President He. They had never realized that Yang Qiqi was a cultivation prodigy!

"Yang Qiqi, you have already reached the peak of the late Earth-rank?" He Dantou stared at Yang Qiqi in shock. He felt rather fortunate that he had not made things difficult for her over Wei Zhao's affair. Otherwise, Yang Qiqi might already have left the Overseas Cultivators Association!

Leaving aside whether Yang Qiqi's background gave her the power to do so, her family was an enormous force overseas. Unlike Tang Yuchi, if Yang Qiqi wanted to leave, President He truly could not treat her the way he had treated Tang Yuchi.

Moreover, over the past few days, He Dantou had vaguely received some news from his elder brother, Patriarch Xuanchen. Yang Qiqi's younger sister, Xiao Jiu, was very likely an earth-element inheritor named Tu Ranran.

After all, Patriarch Xuanchen had personally overseen the Inheritors and Cloud Stair Island plan. Although the Yellow Earth Heights Sect was a sect from the Western Regions, if it wanted to participate in the Cloud Stair Island plan, it could not possibly go around Patriarch Xuanchen. It had no choice but to tell him about the inheritor.

That was how the news had reached He Dantou's ears. During the days he had been injured, He Dantou had also contacted Patriarch Xuanchen and mentioned Wei Zhao. But Patriarch Xuanchen had told him to set his mind at ease. Once Wei Zhao returned, someone would naturally deal with him!

"Yes, President He." Yang Qiqi nodded politely.

"Elder Wang, go and fetch a Great Recovery Pill and bestow it upon Yang Qiqi. This is the tradition of our Overseas Cultivators Association. Yang Qiqi, you must not refuse." After speaking to Elder Wang, President He turned to Yang Qiqi.

"Then thank you, President He!" Yang Qiqi said in delighted surprise.

"Qiqi, I heard that your younger sister, Xiao Jiu, is an inheritor of the Yellow Earth Heights Sect?" He Dantou asked tentatively.

Yang Qiqi was immediately startled. She had not expected He Dantou to know about this. But after thinking it over, she decided not to conceal it. Xiao Jiu's identity being exposed could only benefit her, not harm her.

No matter how capable He Dantou was, he would never dare oppose the entire ancient world. Xiao Jiu's identity as an inheritor was equivalent to a protective talisman. Anyone who dared lay a hand on Xiao Jiu would be declaring war on the entire ancient world. Of all those experts at the peak of the late Heaven-rank and those at the consummate peak, who would not want to participate in the Cloud Stair Island plan and advance to Heaven-Dao rank?

"Yes. She is the long-lost younger sister of Tu Bawang, the young sect master of the Yellow Earth Heights Sect." Yang Qiqi nodded and answered truthfully.

"Heh heh, so both of you really are cultivation prodigies. But Qiqi, how did I fail to see it before? How did your cultivation advance so quickly? Did you encounter some fortuitous opportunity?" He Dantou asked tentatively. Naturally, he was not suspicious of Yang Qiqi. He simply wanted to know whether she possessed some special secret.

"President He, the truth is that I did not practice internal cultivation before because I could never calm my mind. As you know, internal and external cultivation are different. One requires stillness, while the other requires motion. Because of Xiao Jiu, I used to travel everywhere seeking medicine to cure her illness, and I simply could not settle down to cultivate. But now that her problem has been resolved, I have finally been able to cultivate at home during this period." Yang Qiqi continued, "However, because of the special nature of the Assassins' Group, we are generally not permitted to disclose our strength to outsiders. I had merely reached a bottleneck before, and because I trusted the Overseas Cultivators Association, I chose to tell the Association about these matters."

"I see!" After listening, President He nodded. Everything Yang Qiqi had said was perfectly reasonable. It seemed that she truly was a cultivation prodigy. "Very well, Qiqi. Go home and continue cultivating diligently. And give Xiao Jiu my regards!" To be continued.