Chapter 3476 — Plundering Qi-Gathering Pills

Wei Zhao nodded and said, "Then this time, just tell him I knocked you out before you could succeed. Don't say you were exposed either. As for your parents' matter, I'll help you investigate."

"Thank you, Brother Wei Zhao!" He Meiyue said gratefully.

"Wei Tuo, He Meiyue had no choice in this. Let's just let this matter drop—don't blame her," Wei Zhao said. Since He Meiyue had already admitted her mistake, there was no need to pursue it any further.

"Fine. As long as you don't blame her, Brother Lin, then of course I have no problem with it," Bai Weituo said. "From what Meiyue said, she's a pitiful soul too—it was all forced on her by that Old Ancestor Xuanchen. Meiyue, I'm sorry about earlier. I was rash, hitting you like that."

"It's all right... it was my fault. You were right to hit me. I should have come clean from the very beginning instead of resorting to such desperate measures!" He Meiyue said.

"All right, Meiyue, give Xuanchen a call and explain things to him. Then we'll go eat!" Bai Lingtou waved his hand dismissively. The matter was, for now, over and done with.

"Mm..." He Meiyue nodded. This time she held nothing back, and right there in front of everyone, she dialed Old Ancestor Xuanchen's number.

"Little Ten, how did it go?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen picked up, asking with some urgency.

"I'm sorry, Master. Wei Zhao is a very wary man. The moment I tore my clothes and revealed my intentions, he knocked me unconscious!" He Meiyue said.

"Oh? That doesn't sound right. According to Zhaoming, Wei Zhao is a lecherous glutton—he has all those beautiful girlfriends, and you threw yourself at him, yet he wanted none of it?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen frowned at once. Then again, it was quite possible that Wei Zhao had reacted in an instant and knocked her out; after all, Wei Zhao was now a fighter nearing Great Perfection, so such reflexes were only natural.

But still—why wasn't Wei Zhao the least bit tempted? A delicacy served up on a platter, and he didn't want it?

"That..." He Meiyue smiled bitterly. "Maybe I'm just not as pretty as his girlfriends?"

"That's not it either. His girlfriends are all Inheritors—fine to look at, but not to be tasted. He shouldn't be uninterested in you!" Old Ancestor Xuanchen was still puzzled.

"Never mind the distant ones—take my classmate Wang Xinyan. Do you really think, given Wei Zhao's strength now, that he'd let her have anything to do with Kang Jinglong? Maybe Wei Zhao has long since had something going on with her... of course, that's just my guess." To win Old Ancestor Xuanchen's trust, He Meiyue was not afraid to talk nonsense.

"What you say does make sense!" Old Ancestor Xuanchen sighed. He truly had no other options left—only a cornered dog would resort to such a trick. Originally he hadn't planned to have He Meiyue expose herself so quickly, but as it turned out, it had failed; Wei Zhao was not as stupid as he had imagined!

If there had been any other way, Old Ancestor Xuanchen would never have stooped to such a scheme. Now that Wei Zhao's participation in the Heaven Rank trial was unstoppable, he would simply have to let him take part—otherwise, there really was no good reason to refuse him!

Still, when you thought about it, what did it matter if Wei Zhao went? One more person would just be an eyesore, nothing more! Having him protect those Inheritors as they received the final Five Elements inheritance was a good thing too—after all, they were all his girlfriends. How could he let anything happen to them?

When the time came, at the final Heaven Rank assembly, they could simply find some excuse to strike Wei Zhao from the list.

At that thought, Old Ancestor Xuanchen felt somewhat reassured, and continued, "So, did Wei Zhao suspect anything? Or did he report you to the others?"

"No, he didn't. Wei Zhao probably really believes I fell for him when he rescued me in Southeast Asia. After all, lots of his girlfriends fell for him after he saved them from danger—he probably thinks I'm the same," He Meiyue said. "And he may have held back out of consideration for his friendship with Bai Weituo. When I woke up and went out to look, I found everyone acting perfectly normal..."

"Mm, good. Then you keep working undercover. I don't blame you for this either! True, you're not as pretty as the likes of Wang Xinyan—but that's nothing to fret over." Old Ancestor Xuanchen was a man who did great things; since it couldn't be helped, he didn't keep brooding over such trivialities.

"Understood!" He Meiyue said hurriedly.

And so the matter passed, for the time being. No one brought up again the things that made He Meiyue uncomfortable—after all, she was a victim too.

Armed with the letter of introduction Bai Lingtou had written, Wei Zhao began preparing for the Heaven Rank trial. And with Wei Zhao's current abilities and strength, he was more than capable of supporting Han Jingyi's alchemy!

So, before the Heaven Rank trial officially began, Wei Zhao sought out Han Jingyi, intending to refine a batch of Qi-Gathering Pills with her. Over this period, Wei Zhao had once again contacted the several ancient clans he knew and scoured up a great haul of Qi-Gathering Pill ingredients.

Granted, some ancient sects did not have good relations with Wei Zhao and were quite displeased by his bandit-like behavior, yet they dared not speak their anger aloud! The Dongfang family, for instance!

"Old Master Dongfang Badao? This is Wei Zhao!" Wei Zhao came straight to the point. "I've just recently advanced to peak late Heaven Rank strength and am now pushing for Great Perfection. Your family should have ingredients for refining Qi-Gathering Pills, right? Send me some so I can make my push for Great Perfection! Right then—send someone to deliver them to me. Don't make me come fetch them myself!"

From start to finish, Dongfang Badao never got a word in before the call was hung up. He was stifled with resentment, but truly had no recourse! They were both peak late Heaven Rank fighters, both nearing Great Perfection, yet Wei Zhao's strength was simply greater than his!

Perhaps even if he himself broke through to Great Perfection after participating in the Heaven Rank trial in a few days, he still wouldn't be a match for the current Wei Zhao. Hadn't word already spread through the ancient circles? Wei Zhao could **instantly kill a peak late Heaven Rank Great Perfection expert**—unless several Great Perfection experts joined forces to hunt Wei Zhao down, there was simply no dealing with him!

But where would one find so many Great Perfection experts to surround Wei Zhao? A completely unrealistic notion—even if he wanted it, the others might not agree! Only someone with the pull of Old Ancestor Xuanchen, the initiator of the Cloud Rank Island plan, had the standing to do such a thing!

So Dongfang Badao had the family's Qi-Gathering Pill ingredients brought out. There weren't many—just two portions—and he sent someone to deliver them to Wei Zhao!