Chapter 1857 — A Fall into the Pit, a Gain in Your Wit
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The ancient sects would never permit Heaven-rank experts to meddle at will in the affairs of the mundane world—that was the covenant among the great ancient sects! The hidden families were not ancient sects, but if even the ancient sects abided by it, what were the hidden families?
"Enough. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. Wei Zhao likes to play the pig to eat the tiger; for now, we will simply not provoke him." Though the old master Zhao said this, it was a choice forced by circumstance. If he could, he would have come out of seclusion and finished Wei Zhao himself—but that was impossible.
"Qibing, for a time, go home to the family and cultivate in earnest. Do not meddle in the matter of Wei Zhao!" Elder Bi concurred. Since Wei Zhao had annihilated three Earth-rank experts in one move, even Elder Bi, an expert at the peak of late Earth-rank, would not dare claim he could kill Wei Zhao.
"Yes..." Zhao Qibing was likewise somewhat helpless.
"Yu Huoxing, Kang Jingming, the Zhao family will take no part in the matter of Wei Zhao for the time being. Whether your families continue to make an enemy of him is your own affair..." the old master Zhao said decisively.
"Very well, Old Ancestor Zhao. I too must return and report to my family head..." Yu Huoxing said with a bitter smile. At this moment he knew that revenge against Wei Zhao was all but hopeless. To kill three Earth-rank experts in one move—Yu Shuixing had not died unjustly!
"I will be going too... Old Ancestor Zhao, farewell..." Kang Jingming was even more dejected. The Zhao family would not take part; the Yu family, it seemed, was also beating the retreat. What virtue or ability did the Kang family have to dare stand against Wei Zhao?
While the Zhao family was cautiously studying Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao had already brought Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu to Songshan City First People's Hospital.
"Xiaoyi!" Uncle Qing, who had been weighed down with worry, sprang to his feet the moment he saw Wei Zhao, excited as if he had been injected with a stimulant. "You... you are well?"
"I am well!" Wei Zhao nodded heavily and said to Uncle Qing, "These past days, I have put you to great trouble..."
Uncle Qing was slightly taken aback, then understood at once: Wei Zhao meant that after Gu Pengzhan went bankrupt, Uncle Qing had stayed resolutely by Gu Pengzhan's side despite drawing no wages and risking the vengeance of enemies. Such kindness Wei Zhao would naturally be grateful for.
But Uncle Qing felt both amused and exasperated. "Xiaoyi, I have shared more than ten years of friendship with Mr. Gu. Talk like that is far too distant."
"Heh... true enough." Wei Zhao nodded. He had known the young lady for only half a year or so, while Uncle Qing's time with them was far longer. So Wei Zhao said no more. "I will go see Uncle Chu."
"Of course!" Uncle Qing hurriedly stepped aside and invited Wei Zhao into the intensive care ward.
"How is it, Wei Zhao? Can you save Daddy..." Though Gu Mengyao knew there was a ninety percent chance Wei Zhao had a way, her father's life was at stake, and she was still anxious.
"Not a big problem." Wei Zhao glanced at Gu Pengzhan's condition and said, "So long as he has not breathed his last, it is nothing serious..."