Chapter 1636 — Yu Shan Returns
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"All right." Wei Zhao hung up the phone, turning over in his mind whether Zhao Qilei could ever truly become his own man. Still, this was precisely the moment that tested a man's loyalty; Wei Zhao had only to wait patiently.
In the conference room of the Hidden Zhao family, this was the first time Zhao Qibing had attended a family council as a core member of the Zhao household, and among those gathered in the room were also Zhao Guangyin, Elder Bi, Zhao Qilei, and others.
Old Master Zhao was in seclusion, so the Zhao family's council had naturally taken in a few extra members—even Leader Zhu had come back to attend the meeting.
"By now Wei Zhao must be crippled. Dealing with him will be as easy as turning over my hand! Elder Bi, Young Patriarch, give the order and send men to finish Wei Zhao off in one stroke!" Leader Zhu said. He had administered the poison with his own hands, so naturally he was utterly certain of it.
"Grandfather is in seclusion, and before he went in he told us to keep our heads down and make no great moves. Leader Zhu, did you not know this?" Zhao Qilei gave Leader Zhu a glance and said evenly. He was no match for Leader Zhu in prowess, but he was a core scion of the Zhao family, and he knew perfectly well that Leader Zhu was Zhao Qibing's man, so he did not trouble himself to be polite.
"Wei Zhao has been poisoned and every scrap of his strength is gone—this is an opportunity that comes once in a thousand years. You have never suffered at Wei Zhao's hands, so naturally you feel no hurry!" Leader Zhu snorted coldly, showing Zhao Qilei little in the way of face. He was, after all, an Earth-rank expert now and counted among the core figures of the Hidden Zhao family; and being Zhao Qibing's man, he would hardly humor this rival of his master's.
"I have indeed never suffered a loss—but during this very trial I watched with my own eyes as someone else did!" Zhao Qilei said coolly. "The ancient sects: how formidable is the Tomorrow-and-Tomorrow Sect? Its disciples know a fearsome divine art, the Bee-Sucking Divine Art, which can drain a cultivator's true qi dry and reduce him to an ordinary person. And Wei Zhao fell squarely into it..."
"What? Wei Zhao has already fallen for it? Then you are telling me Wei Zhao is no longer a cultivator at all? But that makes no sense—when Wei Zhao fought that fake Wei Zhao earlier, he plainly had strength!" Zhao Qibing asked in some puzzlement.
"That is exactly the point I wish to make! Wei Zhao may have lost his strength, but he recovered it before long—and not only recovered it, he broke through as well!" Zhao Qilei said evenly. "Everything that happened during the trial is supposed to remain a secret. Still, privately, I will warn you all: if any of you consider himself more capable than the disciples of those ancient sects, then by all means go after Wei Zhao. Otherwise, do not go and throw your lives away!"
"This... is that true?" Elder Bi frowned as he looked at Zhao Qilei. He knew Zhao Qilei had coveted the leadership of the Zhao family for a long time, so he believed his words only by half.
"Why would I have any need to lie about such a thing? Members of the Hidden Yu family and the Hidden Pi family were both present at the time. Leader Bi, you may go and ask them—are we not on good terms with the Hidden Yu family? One question will tell you whether it is true or false!" Zhao Qilei said evenly. "I too am a son of the Zhao house. Though you all know what ambition lies in my heart, I could never harm the Zhao family or let it lose strength for nothing."