Chapter 2099 — The Second Contest
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"What's the next contest?" Wei Zhao asked.
"We don't know yet..." Han Tianba smiled bitterly in resignation. "The other hidden families have likely all found out and made their preparations early. But our hidden Han family won't know until the very eve of the contest. These people all guard against us—especially after Mr. Lin appeared..."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Zhao had only asked casually. Since there was no news, after dinner he simply closed his eyes to rest and cultivate...
At seven that evening, a disciple of the hidden Zhao family hurried over. "Is Old Master Han present?"
"Envoy, the contest is about to begin again, I take it?" Old Master Han hurried out of the guest room and asked.
"Yes. The second contest is the Hidden Weapon Evasion Contest. Please, Old Master Han, bring your family's participating juniors to the council hall!" said the Zhao family disciple.
"Very well!" Han Tianba answered, then looked to Wei Zhao. After all, whether to take part in this Hidden Weapon Evasion Contest was not his decision but Wei Zhao's. "Mr. Lin..."
"Let's go!" Wei Zhao said calmly. "Just take any one of those treasures we won earlier and stake it."
"That... very well!" Han Tianba had meant to say that these things all belonged to Wei Zhao now, that he needn't worry about the stakes—the Han family had already prepared them. But since Wei Zhao had spoken, so be it. The hidden Han family could compensate Wei Zhao in other ways anyway; one or two treasures made no difference.
In truth, the things won from the racing stakes were of little great use to Wei Zhao, so naturally he was not stingy about putting them up as stakes.
On the way, Wei Zhao asked, "This hidden weapon contest—is the winner predetermined too? Is there another family particularly skilled at this?"
"Indeed!" Han Tianba nodded and explained, "The ancestors of the hidden Tang family were a branch of the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect excels in hidden weapons and poisons, so the hidden Tang family is naturally most adept as well. This Hidden Weapon Evasion Contest is a hundred percent arranged for the hidden Tang family, and they are certainly confident of victory!"
Wei Zhao nodded and said nothing more.
It was still the three of them—Han Tianba, Han Xiaohu, and Wei Zhao—who made their way to the Zhao family's council hall. As expected, it was the same as before: apart from the three of them, the old masters and juniors of every other hidden family had already arrived. They were once again the last.
"Old Master Han has arrived as well, so I won't waste words. We'll proceed directly to today's second contest!" Old Master Zhao announced. "This contest is the Hidden Weapon Evasion Contest. As the name suggests, it is a trial of evading hidden weapons. Within the fixed time, whoever is struck fewer times by hidden weapons wins!