Chapter 2092 — The Conspiracy Behind It, Part One
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
With the strength of the Fire Wolf Gang's northern branch, they could naturally stand on equal footing with the hidden families, so his presence here was hardly surprising! What was more, the Fire Wolf Gang was one of the local powers of Donghai City; to hold the Hidden Family Summit here, by reason and by custom alike, they could not be bypassed.
In his heart, An Mingyue loathed Wei Zhao with a passion and wished the brat dead as soon as possible. Earlier he had wanted to second Diamond Kong of the Golden Bell Sect, but Diamond Kong's proposal had been rejected, so he had said no more. Now that Sect Master Wo of the Qianshan Sect had spoken up, An Mingyue was happy to add fuel to the fire.
"Heh heh, in this competition, the final hidden round is a challenge my Qianshan Sect has devised: a contest against an ancient spirit beast, and whoever holds out the longest wins!" Sect Master Wo said with a sinister smile. "I could drop a hint to that ancient spirit beast—it would be far from impossible to have it take Wei Zhao's life!"
"Oh?" Everyone present felt their eyes light up! Yes—if something went wrong in such a contest and a man died, that would have nothing to do with anyone else. Killed by a spirit beast and killed by the scion of another family were two entirely different matters!
A spirit beast was not a person; for it to fly into a rage and go mad now and then was perfectly normal. When the time came and Wei Zhao, lacking in strength, was done away with by the spirit beast, that could only be blamed on his bad luck. Even if the ancient sects came asking, they could deflect it cleanly!
After all, no one had lifted a hand—it was the spirit beast that did the deed. Surely no one could hold a grudge against a dumb animal? True, the spirit beast was reared by the Qianshan Sect, but to put it plainly, it was only kept there temporarily; spirit beasts had minds of their own and might run off any day. If it killed a man, that had not the slightest thing to do with the Qianshan Sect!
"Sect Master Wo, are you confident?" Elder You's eyes lit up. The enmity between the You Family and Wei Zhao ran deep, so naturally he took keen interest in this matter.
"Yes, Sect Master Wo, is what you say true?" The one who spoke was Elder Zhao; the hatred between the Hidden Zhao Family and Wei Zhao was no small thing either.
"I am somewhat confident, but... to carry this out would bring my Qianshan Sect not a single benefit," Sect Master Wo said mildly. "My Qianshan Sect bears no grudge against this Wei Zhao. And however formidable Wei Zhao may be, he cannot win the contest my Qianshan Sect has set!"
What Sect Master Wo said made sense: Wei Zhao had no dealings with the Qianshan Sect, and the Qianshan Sect had no fear of losing the contest!
Elder You and Elder Zhao exchanged a glance, then looked toward the Yu Family Ancestor. "Old Yu, your Yu Family has a feud with Wei Zhao as well, does it not? What say you?"
"I think I shall stay out of this," the Yu Family Ancestor said mildly.
"Old Yu, that Wei Zhao has even slain an expert of the late Earth rank! The experts of your Hidden Yu Family are formidable—I do not deny it—but even so, can they beat Wei Zhao when they step into the individual arena?" Elder Zhao, at this moment, naturally wanted to drag as many people into the water as possible. Only by offering the Qianshan Sect enough benefits would its sect master possibly help do away with Wei Zhao!
"Heh heh, the competition rules do not permit the taking of life. I have studied them. Most of Wei Zhao's techniques are lethal moves—a single strike to kill. If he is not allowed to use those moves, he may not necessarily beat our Yu Family's experts." The Yu Family Ancestor was a cool-headed man. His earlier trouble with Wei Zhao had been an attempt to "snatch back" the Qi Condensation Pill, not to take Wei Zhao's life.