Chapter 1128 — It's Not Convenient for You to Come Along. An Liwen Had Always Believed That Love Is Something Cultivated—Only After Two People Have Spent Long Enough Together Can Feelings Grow! And So He Never Stopped Creating Opportunities for Himself.
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"Let's go upstairs. I'm sleepy," Gu Mengyao said, and without another word turned toward the staircase.
Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao signed each other good night, then ran up the stairs after Gu Mengyao.
Wei Zhao shook his head and went off to Uncle Qing's room; he wanted to speak with Uncle Qing about An Liwen. On this road trip, if An Liwen kept to himself, well and good—but if he was still bent on stirring up trouble, Wei Zhao had no intention of letting him off either.
The particulars, though, still had to be discussed with Uncle Qing.
When Wei Zhao pushed open the door to Uncle Qing's room, Uncle Qing was cultivating. Seeing Wei Zhao enter, he opened his eyes and smiled. "Xiaoyi, you're here!"
"Uncle Qing, how goes it? Any progress?" Wei Zhao was asking about Uncle Qing's strength.
"Though I am a single step from the Profound Rank, the heaven-and-earth spiritual energy in these parts is far too thin. True qi is absorbed with great slowness. I won't be breaking through for some time yet." Uncle Qing shook his head.
Wei Zhao had in fact guessed as much; he had only asked in passing.
This was something Wei Zhao understood well. Back then it had taken the heaped heaven-and-earth treasures of Elder Wei to push him up to the Yellow Rank, so of course he knew how thin the spiritual energy of the natural world was—a world apart from the jade pendant space!
That was also why, after more than a decade, he had reached only the Yellow Rank—and why, once he discovered the secret of the jade pendant space, he had advanced several ranks in succession.
"By the way, Uncle Qing, An Liwen came by just now." Wei Zhao changed the subject. "I keep feeling he's up to no good. What do you make of it?"
"An Liwen has long harbored a secret love for Yao Yao. He's a man who stops at nothing and never rests until he gets what he wants." Uncle Qing understood An Liwen's character well; he had struck the mark exactly.
"Then what do you suggest, Uncle Qing?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Xiaoyi, how much do you know about the Fire Wolf Gang?" Uncle Qing did not answer Wei Zhao's question, but put one of his own.
"The Fire Wolf Gang... I don't know much." Wei Zhao shook his head. "And precisely because I don't, I haven't made any rash move against An Liwen. These are troubled times, and I don't care to invite more enemies."
"Quite right!" Uncle Qing nodded. "Your thinking is correct. The Fire Wolf Gang is a gang, yes, but its power is not to be underestimated! It was established long ago. In the days when I was Young Sect Master, the name of the Fire Wolf Gang rang like thunder in the ears of hidden families and minor sects alike! You might say the Fire Wolf Gang is no weaker than a hidden family or a minor sect!"
"Oh? The Fire Wolf Gang is that formidable?" Wei Zhao was startled.
"Yes. An Liwen is one of the Fire Wolf Gang's people, but I am not clear on the An family's standing within it, so for the present it would be best not to touch him!" Uncle Qing nodded. "A lesson is permissible, but he absolutely must not be killed."
"I'll know how to keep the measure." Wei Zhao nodded. Uncle Qing's advice was much the same as his own thinking: if An Liwen did not cross Wei Zhao's bottom line, then for the time being Wei Zhao would not do anything to him.