Chapter 433 — An Liwen Comes Calling Again
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"An early-stage Yellow Rank expert isn't formidable? For ordinary people like us, that's a height we could never reach in a lifetime—not to mention early-stage Yellow Rank, we couldn't even reach late-stage Body Refining or Qi Cultivation!" An Liwen clearly knew a great deal about ancient martial arts; he knew there were two paths to the Yellow Rank: Qi Cultivation and Body Refining.
"Heh, that's true enough. But Wei Zhao is no ordinary man," Li Cihua said faintly. "If he were merely an ordinary man, would I have kept him around?"
Now that he and An Liwen had established a cooperative relationship and their initial collaboration had gone smoothly—Li Cihua had even pocketed a hefty windfall he had never expected; who would have thought trafficking in human organs could be so lucrative! No wonder the An family, once so obscure, had vaulted into the ranks of the newly wealthy. So Li Cihua did not want any rift to open between himself and An Liwen at this juncture, and thus he told the truth about Wei Zhao.
"Not an ordinary man? What do you mean?" An Liwen was taken aback. "Isn't he just Gu Mengyao's imperial guard?"
"You think anyone can serve as an imperial guard? If he had no real skill, would Gu Pengzhan have brought him in and placed him at Gu Mengyao's side?" Li Cihua shook his head. "What sort of man is Gu Pengzhan? Even the shareholders of his company have experts guarding them; Uncle Qing at his own side must certainly be a Yellow Rank expert or above. Would he find a worthless piece of trash to put beside his most beloved daughter?"
For all that Li Cihua's analysis now sounded thoroughly reasoned, he too had once underestimated Wei Zhao! Many people were like that—until they truly suffered a loss, they could never see the reality before their eyes.
An Liwen's expression changed. "Wei Zhao is a Yellow Rank expert too?"
"Hmph—one early-stage Yellow Rank, one late-stage Yellow Rank, and he killed them both!" Li Cihua roared, his face savage. "Do I hate him? Do I want him dead? Of course I hate him, of course I want him dead! But there's nothing I can do—I have no way to deal with him!"
"What? What did you say? Brother Cihua, you're saying an early-stage Yellow Rank and a late-stage Yellow Rank—both of those experts were killed by Wei Zhao?" An Liwen's eyes went wide, and he stared at Li Cihua in horror. In that instant he felt his scalp about to burst open, a chill crawling all over it.
"Whether he killed them, I can't say for certain—it looked like a car accident!" Li Cihua sighed and steadied his emotions. "But I don't believe two Yellow Rank experts would die in a car accident. Besides, I had that early-stage Yellow Rank expert test Wei Zhao before, and he came away with nothing to show for it!"
"This..." An Liwen was utterly dumbfounded this time. He had assumed Wei Zhao was just a small fry with a bit of fighting skill, but now it seemed that was not the case at all! Wei Zhao was not merely formidable—he was terrifyingly formidable!
"So if he poses no threat to you, then for now, let him be—it benefits us both." Li Cihua smiled bitterly. "I, Cihua, have roamed Songshan City for five years, yet I'm helpless against a greenhorn who just arrived. Do I feel wronged? Of course I do! But this, I can endure!"
An Liwen knew Li Cihua could not be lying to him; there was no need to lie about such a thing, especially now that they were partners—Li Cihua certainly would not want anything to happen to him and upset their cooperation.
"As for threats, there really aren't any..." An Liwen shook his head. "He's only Gu Mengyao's imperial guard, not her boyfriend. And from what I've investigated, he has a girlfriend named Tang Zhi, one of the school belles of Songshan City No. 1 High School. Her looks are no inferior to Gu Mengyao's, so he and Gu Mengyao shouldn't have any relationship... It's just that I can't swallow this humiliation!"