Chapter 1674 — Conflict at the Birthday Banquet, Part Two
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The Mystic Elixir Sect envoy's words were insufferably arrogant, yet the truth was indeed so. Given the Mystic Elixir Sect's standing, it had no need to fear the Ice Palace in the least, which was also why the young sect master of the Mystic Elixir Sect had dared to demand outright that Bingtang become his concubine!
It was precisely because the status of alchemists was so exalted that the Mystic Elixir Sect possessed such grounds for pride!
"Oh, are you finished?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Finished, but boy—" Before the Mystic Elixir Sect envoy could finish that "but," Wei Zhao cut him off!
"Since you're finished, then go where you belong and die!" Wei Zhao hurled a true-qi bomb straight at the Mystic Elixir Sect envoy, save that this true-qi bomb was wrapped in a layer of water-attribute elixir fire, making it look just like the alchemist-exclusive martial skill the Mystic Elixir Sect envoy had used moments before, Blazing Fury, except that Wei Zhao had swapped the fire-attribute elixir fire for the rarer water-attribute elixir fire!
The elixir fire was merely a disguise; what truly carried force was the energy bomb Wei Zhao had unleashed! It was only that time was short and the energy Wei Zhao had condensed was limited, so it could not inflict too great an injury on the Mystic Elixir Sect envoy!
But neither did Wei Zhao mean to slay the Mystic Elixir Sect envoy on the spot. Wei Zhao was no fool; even the Heaven-rank girl did not dare kill him outright then and there. With Wei Zhao's background, to kill this Mystic Elixir Sect envoy would be to court death, would it not?
Yet though he could not kill him, a lesson was absolutely necessary, and by employing a specious version of Blazing Fury, Wei Zhao was also building up the legend of his "origins"! Already, all sorts of rumors were circulating through the jianghu about the vast power standing behind Wei Zhao, saying he was a scion groomed for tempering by some great clan or great sect...
Only Wei Zhao himself knew best whether that was true. Wei Zhao was of thoroughly humble stock; what great power or grand background stood behind him? So the more varied his methods, the more these ancient sects and hidden clans would be wary of him, and this bought Wei Zhao time to breathe. By the time they truly came to their senses, Wei Zhao would already be prepared.
"Boom!" The Mystic Elixir Sect envoy was blasted flying backward by Wei Zhao, crashing to the ground and violently spewing a mouthful of blood, while the clothes on his upper body were entirely burned away by Wei Zhao's elixir fire, leaving his torso bare and scorched, a rather sorry sight!
Of course, it only looked sorry; in truth, he had not suffered too grave an injury! This was Wei Zhao's handling, measured to the precise degree!
The enmity with the Mystic Elixir Sect, the Hidden You Family, and the Hidden Tang Family was already sealed. Though the two sides stood implacably opposed, the Mystic Elixir Sect, because of the connection that the Ice Palace stood behind Wei Zhao, would not act rashly either!
Wei Zhao could also see that, with its present strength, the Mystic Elixir Sect was not enough to swallow the Ice Palace whole. So long as Wei Zhao did not kill this Mystic Elixir Sect envoy, he believed the Mystic Elixir Sect could not fly into a rage and come making trouble for him!
And now, since the enmity was sealed in any case, Wei Zhao naturally had to teach this Mystic Elixir Sect envoy a lesson!
"Alchemist this, alchemist that, as if anyone isn't one?" Wei Zhao curled his lip and said, "First you lay hands on my little wife, then you wag your finger in front of my chief wife—do you really think you're such a somebody? You're nothing but an envoy of the Mystic Elixir Sect, and you fancy yourself the young sect master?"