Chapter 2125 — The Astonished Wei Zhao
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"Are you certain you will not help me move against the You family?" Wei Zhao asked.
"If I feel that there is no longer any need for me to remain with the You family, I will surely come to you, my lord, to repay the debt of saving my life today!" the disciple said firmly. He had not answered Wei Zhao's question directly, but his meaning was plain enough.
"Very well, come with me." Wei Zhao waved a hand. The disciple was somewhat blindly loyal, but once he returned and gradually came to see Old Master You's true face, his mind would likely change. Wei Zhao counted it as planting a seed of goodwill—even if he could not use the man against the hidden You family, at the very least he could pass along word of things.
"Thank you for saving my life, my lord!" Overjoyed, the disciple rose to his feet and clasped his hands. "Once I return to the hidden You family, I, Yu Dake, will surely keep my word and deliver that treasure map into your hands with both of mine!"
"Pff... cough cough cough..." Wei Zhao was struck dumb by the disciple's name. "What did you say your name was?"
"Yu Dake. Why?" Yu Dake stared at Wei Zhao in bewilderment, unable to see what was so wrong with his name that it should astonish Wei Zhao to such a degree.
"Then... what is your sister's name?" Wei Zhao asked.
"My sister... why do you ask?" At Wei Zhao's question, Yu Dake's expression turned suddenly wary. "Who are you?"
"What is Yu Xiaoke to you?" Wei Zhao paid no heed to Yu Dake's expression and asked directly.
"Yu Xiaoke..." Yu Dake's face turned uglier still, and he seemed to regret having told Wei Zhao his true name. He had seen Wei Zhao act righteously and offer him the Lesser Restoration Pill and the Meridian-Opening Pill, and so he had given his real name!
He was a man who repaid kindness without fail and did not wish to hide anything from his benefactor, so he had spoken his true name outright—a name he had never used even within the You family. In the You family he went by the name You Jiu, a designation for You family disciples, much like You Shisan before him.
The man before him had begun to look strange the moment he heard the name—and that was not all. He even knew his sister's name. Could it be that this man was his enemy?
At that thought, Yu Dake's hopes crumbled to ash! He knew Wei Zhao's strength well; a full-force blow from a Heaven Rank expert had left him utterly unfazed, and the very fact that he could stand here trading jokes was proof enough!
Never mind that he was already injured—even at his peak, before the wounds, he could not possibly have beaten Wei Zhao, nor escaped being slain. So as he thought it through, Yu Dake could only look at Wei Zhao with helpless regret, cursing himself for having trusted Wei Zhao too readily.
"So then, she is your sister?" Wei Zhao stared at Yu Dake, somewhat shaken!