Chapter 1524 — Playing the Rogue: "So There Is No Room for Negotiation?" Wei Zhao Asked with a Bitter Smile
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"No!" Xiao Qing shook her head and said with iron finality.
"My girlfriend... needs the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit to save her life..." Wei Zhao hesitated a moment before saying: "If you can provide me with the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, I can promise you, two years, two years at most, I will find an alchemist of the third rank or above to refine pills for you!"
"Who are you? Why should I believe your promise?" Xiao Qing frowned and sneered: "Who do you think you are? Is your promise worth anything?"
"This..." Wei Zhao was left speechless by Xiao Qing's words. Indeed, before the colossal beast that was the Ice Palace, Wei Zhao seemed exceedingly small!
"Enough. Seeing that you are a loyal and righteous youngster, I can promise you this. Two years from now, if you find an alchemist of the third rank or above, I will plead with the Palace Master on your behalf for one Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit!" Xiao Qing waved her hand, stopping Wei Zhao's words.
"Two years..." To be honest, Wei Zhao truly did not want to wait! Who knew what changes might occur after two years? Wei Zhao himself would keep his promise, for he was by nature a man who honored his word, but would the Ice Palace still keep its promise two years later?
"Very well, you may go!" Xiao Qing waved her hand and said: "The reward for this trial should be that Snow Lingzhi. Come to claim it tomorrow!"
"The Snow Lingzhi... I do not want it. I only hope Elder Qing can make an exception and give me the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit first..." The Snow Lingzhi was of no use to Wei Zhao, so Wei Zhao gave it up outright.
Xiao Qing frowned: "I had a fairly good impression of you. Say no more! With mere words you wish to obtain the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit. Even if I agreed, the Palace Master would absolutely never agree!"
"Then... Elder Qing, you have agreed?" For Feng Xiaoxiao's sake, Wei Zhao had no choice but to be thick-skinned and climb up along her words.
"What have I agreed to?" Xiao Qing was taken aback.
"You just said it. You agreed, but the Palace Master would not agree..." Wei Zhao said: "A Heaven Rank expert like you, Elder Qing, surely keeps her word? Since you have already agreed, please help me discuss it with the Palace Master. In the future, I will surely repay you!"
"You little brat!" Xiao Qing did not know whether to laugh or cry at Wei Zhao's words, and said: "When did I ever say I agreed? I said even if!"
"Elder Qing, I beg you!" Wei Zhao said: "As long as you are willing to give me one Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, whatever I can do, you need only name it. I will do anything!"
"Then go and die, will that do?" No sooner had Wei Zhao finished speaking than an icy voice sounded behind him! The voice was melodious, yet too cold, giving one a chilling sense of dread.
Wei Zhao was badly startled. When had someone come to stand behind him? Wei Zhao had not noticed at all!
Yet judging from the voice, the speaker must be the Palace Master of the Ice Palace.
"Yes, I can!" Wei Zhao pondered for a moment, then said.
On the one hand it was out of his feelings for Feng Xiaoxiao, and on the other he had been provoked by the Ice Palace Master. If Wei Zhao said no, the Ice Palace Master would likely tell him to take Feng Xiaoxiao and get out at once, so no matter what, Wei Zhao had to say yes!
"Aunt Qing, let us go! Let him go and die." The Ice Palace Master said faintly.
"This..." Xiao Qing had not expected the Ice Palace Master to suddenly appear here. To be honest, Xiao Qing felt some fondness for Wei Zhao, of course the fondness of an elder for a junior. Xiao Qing was already past thirty, nearing forty, and in her eyes Wei Zhao was little more than a child!
And she could feel Wei Zhao's devotion to Feng Xiaoxiao, so she had not spoken too many harsh words to Wei Zhao. In Xiao Qing's view, for a rogue cultivator to possess Wei Zhao's strength today was truly not easy; he must have endured great suffering!