Chapter 2195 — Where Has Zhao Qilei Gone
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"This Wei Zhao goes too far!" After hearing Zhao Qibing's account, Old Bi gave a cold snort. He was famously protective of his own, and once he had accepted Zhao Qibing as his disciple, he naturally shielded him with all his might. Even if it was the Zhao family's own younger generation who had started the trouble, he would still lay the blame at Wei Zhao's feet.
"You can't really blame Wei Zhao for this one. It's just Qibing's bad luck that he ran into him out there. Send any hidden family's younger generation out and have them run into Wei Zhao, and I reckon the result would be the same!" Old Master Zhao waved a hand and said mildly. "Even the Fire Wolf Gang comes off second best before Wei Zhao, don't they? Never mind how high and mighty they act in front of us."
"That's true. A while back something big happened with the Fire Wolf Gang. They didn't breathe a word, but word still got out—Wei Zhao broke An Liwen's leg right in front of one of the Fire Wolf Gang's guardians, a late-stage Earth-rank peak expert, and extorted a hefty sum besides..." Old Bi nodded and said, "So, Qibing, you haven't exactly lost face!"
Of course, if they had known that the Fire Wolf Gang had also recently paid out another two million and a car, they would no doubt have felt even more balanced about it all.
"By the way, Wei Zhao did ask me about one thing!" Zhao Qibing said. "Wei Zhao asked me about Zhao Qilei. He said Zhao Qilei was his enemy and that he hadn't seen Zhao Qilei at the Hidden World Families Summit, but I got the feeling he was lying to me..."
"Just as I thought!" Old Master Zhao nodded. "If Wei Zhao hadn't asked, I still wouldn't be sure whether Qitan was tipping Wei Zhao off that day. But the fact that Wei Zhao asked about him settles it!"
"Indeed. That boy Zhao Qilei was born with a rebellious streak. If he's close to Wei Zhao and grows up, he'll surely become a mortal threat to our Zhao family!" Old Bi agreed.
"Exactly. If Zhao Qilei really were Wei Zhao's enemy, would Wei Zhao have nothing better to do than ask after him?" Zhao Qibing said. "Wei Zhao isn't the sort with that much idle time on his hands. The man's a nobody—out of all those people in the Ice Palace trial, he didn't ask about any of them, but he just had to ask about Zhao Qilei. That says something..."
"Old Bi, what's your read on this?" Old Master Zhao sighed. "Qitan is, after all, a child of our Zhao family. It's possible he's on good terms with Wei Zhao, but he hasn't admitted it himself, and we can't very well force him..."
"Old Master, I do have a good idea!" Old Bi said after a moment's pondering.
"Oh? What idea?" Old Master Zhao asked.
"Before long, it'll be time for the Xuandan Sect's trial. When the time comes, we can have Zhao Qilei take part in the Xuandan Sect's trial. Whether he admits it or not, we simply send him off to the trial—a permanent solution in one stroke..." Old Bi said.
"The Xuandan Sect's trial..." Old Master Zhao's expression shifted slightly. He knew of this trial. Compared with the Ice Palace's trial, the rewards were far richer, but so were the dangers! That was why many hidden families would rather take part in the Ice Palace's trial than the Xuandan Sect's.
And even when they did take part, they sent only disciples who were not of the direct line or not marked for key cultivation, because in recent years the Xuandan Sect's trial had been held frequently, and the disciples sent to it by and large never came back!