Chapter 1833 — The Yu Family Makes Its Move
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Led by Yu Yi, Yu Xiaochen once again came before the Yu family patriarch.
"Father, Yu Bing's reply has arrived!" Yu Xiaochen wasted no time on pleasantries and came straight to the point.
"Oh? What does Yu Bing say in the letter?" The Yu family patriarch opened his tightly shut eyes and asked.
"Yu Huoxing was not lying. Wei Zhao did indeed take part in the tomb robbery, and the Qi-Gathering Pill is truly in his hands!" As he spoke, Yu Xiaochen handed Yu Bing's letter to the patriarch.
The patriarch took the letter and read it in silence, seemingly with great care, while Yu Xiaochen dared not disturb him, standing solemnly to one side and waiting for him to finish.
It was plain to see that the patriarch still held Yu Bing in great affection—otherwise he would never have read the family letter he had written with such attention.
After a while, the patriarch set the letter down and let out a sigh too faint to be heard. "I had intended to let those other hidden families break the rules first and send their Earth-rank experts out into the world, but... I never imagined that the first to act would still be our Yu family!"
"Father, are you preparing to move against Wei Zhao?" A flicker of delight rose in Yu Xiaochen's heart, though he asked without betraying a thing.
If his father supported him, then the Qi-Gathering Pill might yet be recovered—and his own advancement to the Heaven rank would be all but assured! Naturally, it never occurred to him that Wei Zhao had already swallowed the pill, for it produced its greatest effect only when taken at the peak of the late Earth rank, at the very threshold of breaking through to Heaven. To take it any earlier was nothing short of squandering a treasure of heaven.
"If you too become a Heaven-rank expert, then our Yu family will have nothing to fear for a hundred years!" the patriarch said. "This is your hope, and I will naturally give it my all! Since it is confirmed that Wei Zhao took the Qi-Gathering Pill, then let us grant Yu Huoxing his wish—kill Wei Zhao and take the pill back!"
"Kill Wei Zhao?" Yu Xiaochen's brows lifted slightly. "And what of Yu Bing...?"
"Sooner or later he will understand that the interests of the family outweigh all else!" the patriarch said. "This time, let Yu Liu make the trip. Though rumor has it that Wei Zhao has suffered a qi deviation in his cultivation, who knows whether it is true or false. Yu Liu possesses the strength of a peak mid-stage Earth rank—even if Wei Zhao is feigning weakness, he can still crush him!"
"Yes!" Yu Xiaochen nodded again and again. "Then I will go make the arrangements at once..."
"Mm. Go and speak with Yu Huoxing as well. You know what to say?" the patriarch asked.
"Of course I know!" Yu Xiaochen said. "This time, in avenging the Yu family, I will make Yu Huoxing remember the debt he owes us. Consider it recompense for the injustice of blaming him before, when we thought the Zhao family had stolen the Qi-Gathering Pill!"
"Good. Go, then!" The patriarch waved a hand.
After Yu Xiaochen left the place where the Yu family patriarch cultivated, he sent someone to summon Yu Huoxing.
"I pay my respects to the Yu family head!" Yu Huoxing said respectfully. Though he did not know why Yu Xiaochen had suddenly summoned him, he was not afraid; ever since he had been made to feign that the Zhao family had stolen the Qi-Gathering Pill, he had known that the whole affair was settled. No one would pursue it any further!
And even if someone did, Yu Huoxing could deflect it all with ease—truth and falsehood alike.
"Huoxing, Yu Bing has written. He confirms your account—Wei Zhao did take part in the tomb robbery, and it was he who stole the Qi-Gathering Pill!" Yu Xiaochen said.