Chapter 2152 — Striking a Pact
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Only, among the cultivators of today, who still knew of the Heaven-Thunder Pig? Like the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast itself, the Heaven-Thunder Pig was an ancient spirit beast of divine-blood lineage, long since vanished from the world. That Wei Zhao should know of it—this was likely no fabrication, but proof that a Heaven-Thunder Pig truly was in his keeping!
So the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast harbored no further doubt and nodded hurriedly, declaring itself willing to follow Wei Zhao!
What a joke—with a boon as vast as this, would the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast be a fool not to follow Wei Zhao? It was no contract spirit beast of the Qianshan Sect and had no ties to them whatsoever. True, over the years it had eaten no small share of their spirit herbs and rare treasures, but it had likewise served as their guardian spirit beast and protected the Qianshan Sect for just as many years—so neither side owed the other anything!
If debts were to be counted, it was the Qianshan Sect that had built its sect upon the very ground where the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast cultivated—it was the Qianshan Sect that owed it!
"Good. Then when that Qianshan Sect disciple comes in, you may slap him dead." Wei Zhao said to the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast: "That can serve as your pledge of allegiance."
"Hou!" The Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast nodded, signaling its assent.
It was no fool, and it well knew that to follow a new master it must offer up some show of sincerity. Yet betraying the Qianshan Sect put no pressure on it at all—the two had always been partners in a bargain. Master Wo borrowed its might to put on airs before others; if it no longer wished to cooperate, it could naturally dissolve the accord.
"Then amuse yourself. I will cultivate here a while." With that, Wei Zhao sat down cross-legged upon the ground, circulated the second tier of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, and began to cultivate. He had only just broken through to the middle Earth rank, and he must needs consolidate his cultivation and realm properly.
The Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast naturally would not disturb Wei Zhao—it could not curry favor with him fast enough. Here was a figure of great divine powers who could raise its rank; the boons it had just received were enough to sustain its cultivation for a very, very long time!
And by the look of it, Wei Zhao had not yet exerted his full strength and had merely given it a taste of sweetness. So the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast had all the more reason to perform well, that Wei Zhao might think highly enough of it to grant it further benefits.
Yet Wei Zhao sitting cross-legged in cultivation inside the cage made those outside stare wide-eyed!
What was going on here? Why had the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast not attacked Wei Zhao? Not only that, but Wei Zhao was cultivating there as bold as could be—was he not afraid of the beast?
At this, Old Master Zhao, Old Master Yu, Old Master You, Old Master Tang and the rest all turned their heads toward Master Wo of the Qianshan Sect. But with Han Tianba and Han Xiaohu nearby, they could not ask outright.
After all, using a spirit beast to do away with Wei Zhao was no honorable business. The Hidden-Household Summit must on its surface maintain a show of proper justice—who knew whether those of the ancient stratum were watching? Should those figures catch wind of it, none of them could escape implication.
Master Wo was in truth just as puzzled. What had come over the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast? Had they not agreed that it would help do away with Wei Zhao? Why, now that the moment had come, did it pay him no heed at all?
"Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast, what are you doing? Go and finish off Wei Zhao!" Master Wo spoke to the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast in beast tongue.