Chapter 1638 — Zhao Qilei's Words
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"That Wei Zhao is formidable!" To drive home just how formidable Wei Zhao was, Yushan held nothing back about the Zhang Naipao affair, recounting to the Yushan family patriarch how Wei Zhao had been drained of his true qi by Zhang Naipao, only to recover and even break through to a new level.
"So miraculous? His strength was gone, and yet he could recover it?" For the first time, the Yushan patriarch began to take real notice of Wei Zhao. It was not his cultivation method that drew the old man's attention—such a wondrous method, capable of swiftly restoring one's strength, was indeed formidable, but the Yushan patriarch knew well that cultivation methods had to match one's constitution. No matter how powerful the method, without the right constitution, it was useless even if handed to you. Worse, if you forced yourself to cultivate it, you would likely suffer qi deviation and die when your body burst apart.
Thus the Yushan patriarch had no interest whatsoever in seizing another's cultivation method. The Yushan family still had several formidable methods locked away in its coffers, but those required special constitutions. No one in the Yushan family met the requirements, so they simply could not cultivate them.
What made the Yushan patriarch take Wei Zhao seriously was the question of whether there was some backing behind him. To be able to take part in the Ice Palace's trial meant that Wei Zhao was not as simple as his outward appearance suggested. An ordinary person—even one from an ordinary great clan—would scarcely know of the Ice Palace's trial, yet Wei Zhao knew of it and had gone to participate.
That meant either a powerful force stood behind Wei Zhao supporting him, or a formidable master did. Of course, both could be true, because Wei Zhao also possessed the ability to swiftly restore his strength—and that could not help but set the imagination racing.
What astonished the Yushan patriarch even more was that Wei Zhao dared to oppose a disciple of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect, and had even crippled that disciple. This Wei Zhao was either recklessly bold to the extreme, or he had backing equal in strength to the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect.
"Yes! Otherwise, even if your grandson were utterly worthless, he could not have lost so miserably!" Yushan said with a bitter expression.
"Xiaochen, investigate Wei Zhao's background for me! By whatever means, dig it out!" the Yushan patriarch ordered Yu Xiaochen.
"Father, whether this matter is true or false has yet to be confirmed..." Though Yu Xiaochen had no particular feelings about investigating Wei Zhao, did his father's order not amount to believing Yushan's words?
"Whether it is true or false can be confirmed in time. Investigating Wei Zhao does not necessarily mean moving against him," the Yushan patriarch said. "Let the matter rest for now. The Great Clan Arbitration Association is about to re-elect its grand elders, and I will see whether I can rise to that position. Do not come to me with trifling family matters."
"Yes!" Yu Xiaochen's expression turned grave as he hastily assented. He too understood the weight of the old man's words. If the Great Clan Arbitration Association truly re-elected its elders, then many of the rules constraining the hidden clans could be broken, and when that time came, it would be far easier for the Yushan family's Earth-rank experts to go out and get things done.
Even as they spoke, the door of the meeting room was knocked open, and in came Yu Liu, one of Yu Xiaochen's subordinates.
"Patriarch, a call has come in from the young patriarch of the hidden Zhao family!" Yu Liu said as he walked. Had it been an ordinary person calling, he would not have attached such importance to it, but a call placed personally by the young patriarch of the Zhao family, itself a hidden-world clan, carried a different weight entirely—so Yu Liu had to deliver it at once.