Chapter 2125 — The Astonished Wei Zhao
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"Regret? Heh heh..." The You family disciple shook his head. "What use is regret?"
"If I could make you whole again, would you be willing to serve as my piece within the hidden You family?" Wei Zhao glanced at the disciple, and his heart stirred as he asked.
"A piece... you want a cripple like me to be your piece... What? You say you can make me whole again?" The You family disciple froze for a moment. "You have the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Lesser Restoration Pill?"
"Naturally!" Wei Zhao nodded. The Meridian-Opening Pill and the Lesser Restoration Pill—though he had never sought them out, after so many matches he had still come away with a few of each. "Have you not heard how many rounds I have won?"
"That... why would you want to save me?" The You family disciple was puzzled. "And why make me a piece inside the You family? Do you have some grievance with the hidden You family?"
"Not for now—in the future, who can say." Wei Zhao spoke calmly. True qi could heal this disciple's wounds, but the man was not yet one of his trusted confidants, and Wei Zhao could not treat him as such.
Besides, this matter of planting a piece in the You family was merely a passing thought. If the man agreed, well and good; if not, nothing would be lost.
"Not for now? Then why save me..." The disciple grew even more bewildered. If Wei Zhao bore the hidden You family a deep and deadly grudge, then saving him and sending him back to infiltrate their ranks would make sense—with his strength, so long as he did not go after the Heaven Rank experts, he could assassinate the other Earth Rank hands with ease. Yet Wei Zhao had said plainly that there was no grievance for the time being!
"Nothing much. Perhaps it is fellow feeling—I too have known moments of despair like yours." Wei Zhao sighed. "Truth be told, I may not even need you to do anything for me. How things stand between me and the hidden You family rests entirely on a single thought in Old Man You's head."
"Forgive me, but for now I cannot agree!" The disciple hesitated a moment, then refused Wei Zhao's offer.
Wei Zhao was both startled and curious. Did this disciple not wish to be whole again? To refuse his offer outright—what did that mean?
"You do not wish to be whole again?" Wei Zhao asked, baffled.
"I am a man who repays kindness with kindness. The You family may have treated me unjustly, but after all these years they gave me a place to stay, and gave me spirit medicines to aid my cultivation. Though they cast me aside this time, coming to this contest was my own proposal, for the rich rewards awaiting the victor—the You family did not force me!" the disciple said. "So unless the You family does something truly unforgivable to me, I cannot move against them, nor help you do so!"
"I never took you for such a blindly loyal fool!" Wei Zhao shook his head.
"This is not blind loyalty. If you can save me today and make me whole again, I will repay you richly another day!" the disciple said. "That reward—I had meant to give it to the You family, but I have changed my mind."
"A rich reward?" Wei Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly. "What do you mean?"
"A treasure map!" the disciple said. "As for what it leads to, once you have saved me I will tell you. After this contest ends, I will return to the You family, fetch that treasure map, and hand it to you at a fitting opportunity!"
"A treasure map... never mind whether it is genuine—even if it is, there is no telling whether the treasure still remains," Wei Zhao said mildly, showing little excitement. "Besides, even if the treasure is there, why not go looking for it yourself?"
"I went once, but the place is utterly desolate and I could not find the exact spot." The disciple did not conceal it. "Afterward, I meant to present it as a contribution to the You family, so that the hidden You family would help me obtain a Qi-Gathering Pill and advance to the Heaven Rank, that I might avenge my family!"