Chapter 2153 — A Shocking Scene
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Wei Zhao circulated his inner art the whole way, and found it a little regrettable—he was not as fast as he was when Wang Xinyan was at his side. Wang Xinyan was like a walking hoard of heaven-sent treasures; now that he had to cultivate on his own, he felt rather out of sorts.
"I'm going. I'll leave the rest to you in a moment." Wei Zhao opened his eyes and gave the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast an instruction, then walked toward the mouth of the cage. "Sect Master Wo, open the cage. This Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast is terrified of me—I've been cultivating for ages and it hasn't even twitched. Being champion of this contest is far too dull!"
"Hmph. Such wild boasts—you've only been in there half an hour. Don't go thinking the championship is already yours!" Wo the sect master was puzzled, unable to guess where things had gone wrong, but he still gave a cold snort. "The one who laughs last is the champion!"
"Oh." Wei Zhao answered faintly and walked off toward Han Xiaohu.
Wo the sect master frowned. Wei Zhao was treating him as though he did not exist—it infuriated him, yet there was nothing he could do about it.
"In the fourth match, the Hidden Han Family held out for thirty-one minutes and twenty-five seconds, temporarily in the lead. Now let us welcome the final contestant—the disciple of Qianshan Sect." Elder Zhao announced with a blank face, though inwardly he was seething. Wo the sect master had talked such a fine game beforehand, and now, with the moment at hand, he had dropped the ball!
Still wanting treasures? Wanting squat! Elder Zhao had decided he would give him nothing—Wei Zhao had not died, so what was there to give?
Elder Yu, Elder You, Elder Tang, and the others shared the same thought: Qianshan Sect would get nothing more from them. Wei Zhao was completely unharmed; even if he failed to take first place, he had still secured second. This Hidden World Family Summit truly had been a fiasco!
One of Qianshan Sect's disciples stepped into the arena. This was the disciple who normally tended the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast. Though he had no contract with it, he was the disciple in all of Qianshan Sect most familiar with the beast, so sending him in was safe—he could stay as long as he liked. Even a full day, and the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast would never attack him.
"Once you're inside, question that Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast—ask it why it didn't kill Wei Zhao!" Wo the sect master instructed the Qianshan Sect disciple as he opened the cage.
"Yes, sir!" The disciple agreed readily and swaggered into the cage. Somewhat displeased, he barked at the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, "Hey, Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, why didn't you kill Wei Zhao? Is this how Qianshan Sect is repaid for its kindness? All these years—letting you cultivate, feeding you well—and you can't even do a small thing when asked?"
Had the disciple spoken politely, the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast might have remembered old ties and merely crippled him instead of killing him. But the moment this fool opened his mouth it was to interrogate, and the beast was thoroughly displeased.
Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a petty disciple of Qianshan Sect, and even the food you gave me was on Wo the sect master's orders—did you imagine you had earned credit? And besides, it was your Qianshan Sect that built its gates on the ground where I cultivate. I never made trouble for you; instead I served as your sect's guardian spirit beast for all these years. Without me here, how would Qianshan Sect ever have become a sect of any renown? With strength like yours, you're no better than a secular family—you don't even have a Heaven-rank expert, not even one at the peak of the late Earth rank!