Chapter 1720 — Where the Qi-Gathering Pill Went
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"It should be no lie. He has no need to lie about this, and there is no conflict of interest between him and Yu Huoxing," the Yu family's Old Ancestor said. "That he is on close private terms with Wei Zhao, however, is true enough. If we fall out with the secular Yu family over this and do not stand up for them, then naturally we need not make an enemy of Wei Zhao. I expect that is precisely why Yu Bing brought the matter up!"
The Yu family's Old Ancestor had a keen eye, and saw through the hidden design at once.
"So that's it..." Yu Xiaochen said in sudden understanding. He had not considered this deeper motive. "Then this Wei Zhao..."
"This Wei Zhao is truly a talent. A lone cultivator, and in just a few short years he has become an early Earth-rank expert — it is almost unbelievable!" the Yu family's Old Ancestor said. "At the time of the trial, he had only just broken through to the late Mystic rank. How long has it been since, and he has already broken through to early Earth rank? This man is a rare talent indeed!"
"Father is right!" Yu Xiaochen had not expected his father to praise Wei Zhao so highly. But in Yu Xiaochen's eyes, Wei Zhao was no simple figure either — that he could wipe out the secular Yu family showed as much. To think he could beat Yu Shuixing, who had taken elixirs — that was fighting above his own rank!
"A pity that we have no chance of recruiting Wei Zhao!" The Yu family's Old Ancestor sighed. "With little Ning in the picture, Wei Zhao could never be made to serve our Yu family — unless little Ning were given to him in marriage..."
"And why not?" Yu Xiaochen was slightly taken aback. "Wei Zhao is so young, and already an Earth-rank expert. Even among the hidden families that is rare, let alone in a lone cultivator!"
"The heir must be an untouched woman, or she cannot receive the inheritance!" the Yu family's Old Ancestor said. "That is also why I forbade little Ning to take a lover. These young people — if one of them acts on impulse, the consequences would be unthinkable! This is a death order from our Yu family's backers! Little Ning absolutely must not take a lover!"
"So that's how it is!" Yu Xiaochen said, the truth dawning on him. "If little Ning cannot be married to Wei Zhao, then our Yu family truly has no way to recruit him..."
"But for the time being, there is no need to make an enemy of him either!" the Yu family's Old Ancestor said. "The Grand Elder of the Hidden Families' Arbitration Council has not shown himself for a long time. Everyone else is stirring, all of them poised to break the rules. But before the rules are broken, our Yu family must not be the one to stick its neck out!"
"Oh? The other hidden families want to break the rules of those years as well?" Yu Xiaochen asked.
"Apart from that man of those years and the Grand Elder, the other elders are all the old heads of their respective families, and I am one of them. Breaking the rules of those years would benefit us all!" the Yu family's Old Ancestor said. "It is only because the lingering authority of that man and the Grand Elder still holds that these people dare not lightly break the rules. But now... that man vanished years ago along with those Heaven-rank experts, and the Grand Elder has not shown himself for many years either. So..."