Chapter 1346 — I Don't Believe You
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"What is it you want?" James asked instead. Since Old Yu had already made his stance clear — that they stood in a cooperative relationship — there was no longer much need to fear that he would turn on them.
"That is none of your concern," Old Yu said indifferently. "Just say yes, or no. My patience has its limits!"
"Fine!" Old Hei smiled bitterly, thinking: And what choice do we have? If we refuse, we will most likely all die here. An Earth-rank expert — we wouldn't even have the room to resist.
"Good. Then this matter is settled." Old Yu nodded. "You two are sharper than that Little Hao. At least you don't go in for all that hiding and concealing..."
"Did I agree?" At that moment, Wei Zhao suddenly cut in.
"Huh?" Both Old Hei and James were startled.
"Boy, do you want to die?" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Old Yu felt as though he had been grossly insulted. He turned his head and glared at Wei Zhao in fury. "Don't imagine I don't dare kill you!"
"You can't kill me. At worst, I'll play my true-qi bomb trick once more and blow you straight to death," Wei Zhao said lightly.
"True-qi bomb?" Old Yu was taken aback. "That thing you used just now was a true-qi bomb, not explosives?"
"Are you brain-dead? Who carries explosives around with them?" Wei Zhao curled his lip.
"I never expected it, boy — you've got some skill!" Old Yu frowned. "I don't believe you can pull it off a second time..."
"Feel free to try," Wei Zhao said indifferently. "Why waste so many words?"
"What exactly do you want?" Old Yu had been blown up badly enough by Wei Zhao before, and he was still somewhat wary of that true-qi bomb of his; he did not dare test it lightly. In Old Yu's eyes, he himself was fine porcelain, while these tomb robbers were madmen — who knew whether they might do something that harmed others without benefiting themselves, a business of mutual death? So Old Yu truly did not dare try it a second time.
"First tell me what exactly it is you want," Wei Zhao said.
Old Yu's expression shifted slightly; he looked rather aggrieved. But after brooding for a long while, he said, "It is said that Zhang Lifeng was highly skilled in medicine, and that he once refined Qi-Gathering Pills for certain cultivators. Very likely, finished Qi-Gathering Pills still remain in his tomb!"
"Qi-Gathering Pill?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled. He seemed to have heard that name before — seen it in some record of strange tales — but it had left no great impression on him. He only remembered that it seemed to be of benefit to cultivators.
"If there is one, I will take it. If there is not, I will take nothing at all," Old Yu said.
"What is this Qi-Gathering Pill used for?" Wei Zhao asked.
"There is no harm in telling you. It can help an expert at the peak of the late Earth-rank break through their bottleneck and step into the ranks of Heaven-rank!" Old Yu said. "Even if you obtained it, it would be of no use to you!"
"Whoa—" Even Old Hei and James, who were no cultivators, showed expressions of astonishment. To be able to help a cultivator at the peak of the late Earth-rank break through their bottleneck and enter Heaven-rank — what manner of formidable medicine was that?
If this pill were placed on the market, it would be no wonder if it fetched an astronomical price; it would not be an exaggeration to call it a priceless treasure! Surely those hidden clans and sects would break their heads trying to obtain this pill, willing to pay any price, however great, to get it in hand.
One might say that the value of all the antiques in this ancient tomb together was not equal to that of a single Qi-Gathering Pill. But this Qi-Gathering Pill — even if you had the luck to get it in hand, you would not have the luck to sell it! The affairs of hidden clans and sects were not something a band of tomb robbers could handle.