Chapter 4095 — Furious Beyond Measure, He Wants to Kill

For the better part of a year, she had spent nearly every day trying to discreetly inquire after Wei Zhao's whereabouts, but no matter which channels she used, the result was always the same: not a trace of news. No one even knew who Wei Zhao was.

She had never expected that now, just as she was on the verge of complete despair, the man she had yearned for day and night would appear, and she would finally feel once more the real warmth of an embrace.

Fate had played a cruel joke on her, but at least it had not abandoned her entirely.

Xue Li's reaction caught Wei Zhao somewhat off guard. He did not know what she had endured over the past six months, but as a man, what he had to do at this moment was simply hold her quietly and let her pour out all her grievances to her heart's content.

Gently stroking Xue Li's somewhat thinned back, Wei Zhao felt a faint surprise. In his memory her figure had once been quite full, yet after only a few months apart she had grown so thin. The bitterness and suffering revealed in that change stirred an ache of pity in him that he could not suppress.

Buried in Wei Zhao's embrace like that, Xue Li wept for a long while before she finally gradually recovered. She lifted her face, tears streaking her cheeks like rain on pear blossoms, and gazed at Wei Zhao in a way that could not help but intoxicate.

"There now, Xue Li, tell me—what on earth happened to you these past six months? How did you grow so thin?" Wei Zhao could not help asking.

"Mm." Xue Li nodded obediently and at once began to recount everything to Wei Zhao in full detail. A bellyful of bitterness and grievance was exactly what needed a listening ear.

Meanwhile, Sima Qian—no, Situ Qian—who was watching every movement in the room through the MP4, saw the two of them locked tightly in each other's arms and was beside herself with delight.

Though there was only picture and she could not hear a word of what they were saying, in her view this was already entirely enough.

Originally, according to her plan, once she had drugged this Ling Yi she would send him in to forcibly push Xue Li down, and that would be that. When the time came she would simply claim this was Xue Li's lover; whether Senior Brother Wei believed it or not, the rice would already be cooked, and all he could do was kill the pair of adulterers to vent his fury.

And none of it would have anything to do with her, Situ Qian. She could shift the whole blame by saying the lover had sneaked in on his own, and that she had only learned of it afterward from the surveillance footage.

But the scene before her eyes now completely exceeded her expectations. The two of them had gone straight into each other's arms the moment they entered, billing and cooing with not the faintest trace of coercion. Now there was even foreplay—it was simply too perfect, too lifelike!

"Just as I thought—that shameless woman looks pure as ice and jade, but she is nothing but a wanton slut who will take even a coarse, vulgar wild man like this. She really is wanton beyond all bounds! Hmph, and she still dares to compete with me for Senior Brother Wei—does a cheap wretch like her deserve such good fortune?" Situ Qian cursed to herself, her face full of smug satisfaction.

From her angle she could not see that Xue Li was crying; she could only see the two of them tightly entwined. So whether they went further afterward no longer mattered—this passage alone was proof enough that Xue Li had a wild man on the outside, and Senior Brother Wei would never want a filthy, unclean woman like that.

Her scheme had succeeded, and with unexpected smoothness. Situ Qian instantly grew impatient and at once sent someone to call Xiao Qiuhua back—the next step could begin right away!

In the secluded bedchamber, Wei Zhao quietly finished listening to Xue Li's miserable tale. Even he felt wronged on her behalf, and he ground his teeth and said, "So Situ Qian really is no good sort. But now that I am here, Xue Li, you need not live in fear any longer. I will repay this debt a hundredfold, a thousandfold, for you!"

"Mm, mm." Xue Li nodded happily, but then said with concern, "She is already a consummate expert of the Foundation Establishment stage now—not someone we can contend with. Better to wait for a more opportune time."

To see Wei Zhao again today had already made her very happy. She did not want him to lose his life in a moment of rashness—that would turn a comedy into a tragedy.

"It may not necessarily take that long. Still, we do need to find the right opportunity." Wei Zhao shook his head noncommittally. He had the strength to kill Situ Qian; the biggest problem was that he was a stranger in a strange land. What was he to do after killing her? He could only first get a clear picture of the situation.

"By the way, Xue Li, are you still at the consummate Heaven Rank, unable to break through to Foundation Establishment?" Wei Zhao asked instead.

"No. In the past six months I have not even seen the method for breaking through to Foundation Establishment, and I have had no cultivation resources at all, let alone any chance to attempt the breakthrough," Xue Li said helplessly.

Hearing this, Wei Zhao could not help feeling a pang of pity. Even Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai and the others who followed him had long since become early-stage Foundation Establishment experts, while Xue Li, the honored Valley Master of the Snow Valley—in talent and in foundation, she surpassed all of them by far—had still not managed to reach Foundation Establishment. How perverse fate was; it truly left one sighing in speechless dismay.

Fortunately, for Wei Zhao as he was now, obtaining a few Foundation Establishment Pills to help Xue Li attempt her breakthrough was simplicity itself. As long as Xue Li adjusted her condition, she could make the attempt at any time.

"Xue Li, I can—" Wei Zhao was about to tell her about this when he looked down and discovered that Xue Li had already fallen asleep in his arms, sleeping exceptionally sweetly. In all her time on the Cloud Terrace Island, she had never slept so peacefully and securely as she did now.

"Sleep well. Have a beautiful dream. When you wake tomorrow, I will take you away from here." Wei Zhao gently patted Xue Li's back and held her close, the two of them nestled against each other.

On the other side, although Situ Qian had not been able to see the two go any further, she could no longer restrain herself. The moment Xiao Qiuhua returned, she at once had her take the video to Senior Brother Wei, so that he could properly enjoy this fine show.

An hour later, Senior Brother Wei came storming over in a towering rage. The first words he said upon seeing Situ Qian were steeped in killing intent: "Where are those two adulterers? I am going to kill them!"

"Senior Brother Wei, don't be angry—it is not worth ruining your health over this cheap woman. I will take you there right now!" Situ Qian was immensely pleased with herself. As she led the way she said, "I told you long ago that this cheap woman had a lover on the outside, and you did not believe me back then, Senior Brother Wei. Thank goodness we caught them in bed together now—otherwise, if you had truly been deceived by this cheap woman into becoming her dual-cultivation partner, your lifelong reputation would have been ruined. See? I, your junior sister, am the one who is good to you..."

At these words, Senior Brother Wei said nothing, his face dark, but the killing intent radiating from his body grew ever more intense.

In the Snow Sword Sect, he was regarded as a core disciple and the future backbone of the sect; his every move drew attention. As Situ Qian had said, if he truly married Xue Li and was unwittingly cuckolded, he would become a laughingstock for everyone. Not only would his reputation be destroyed at a stroke, but even his originally boundless prospects would suffer.