Chapter 2269 — A Visitor from the Wu Family
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"Mm, by the way—as my strategist, you shouldn't be showing your face so much. It invites trouble. Do you have anyone you trust? Recommend someone to me, let them take some of the work off your hands." An Liwen said, "Once the plan to rob the great families gets underway, you won't be able to handle it all yourself."
"Hmm... I have a cousin back home, goes by the nickname Little Pure. Sharp fellow. How about I bring him in to try?" Big Mule thought it over and said.
"Fine, have him come. But don't bring him before me just yet—give him some tasks to do, and we'll talk once he's done well." An Liwen remained wary of strangers. Even though the man's background was well known, he would not entrust him with anything important right away.
"All right, I'll call him in and have him handle some trivial matters first." Big Mule nodded... The night passed without incident, and dawn broke calm and uneventful.
Qiu Lingshan, Wang Xuben, and Xiao Qinlin had barely slept a wink, all waiting for the kidnappers' call. But apart from that first call, the kidnappers never rang again.
Big Mule was not like those kidnappers who frantically demand their money. He had nothing to fear, and he knew full well that it would take Wang Xuben some time to raise the ransom—pressing too hard would do no good. This unhurried approach, in fact, put even more pressure on Wang Xuben.
So after leaving An Liwen's place, he went back to sleep, utterly unconcerned about the Wang Xinyan affair.
With Test Subject No. 02 standing guard, Wang Xinyan could not possibly escape, even on wings. And should anyone come to stir up trouble, they had best worry whether they would leave alive.
Old Master Wu Gonggao arrived first. He had received good news from Wu Chengtian: Wei Zhao thought highly of him, had promoted him to an early Earth-Rank expert, and had given him the body-tempering medicine for outer-path cultivators, not to mention establishing ties with the hidden Pi family. Wu Gonggao was both astonished and delighted.
The Wu family had risen steadily ever since Wu Chengtian fell in with Wei Zhao. Wu Chengtian's strength had soared from a mere early Yellow-Rank to early Earth-Rank—several levels above even Wu Gonggao, the family head himself. And he cultivated both inner and outer arts, making him stronger than before by no one knew how many times.
This time, Wu Chengtian had not only brought news of a breakthrough but had also obtained the body-tempering medicine from Wei Zhao. Most importantly, there was even a bottle for himself. Wu Gonggao thought that the cleverest member of the family was, after all, his own grandson.
Back when Wu Chengtian first acknowledged Wei Zhao as his leader, Wu Gonggao had been none too pleased, feeling it a disgrace to the family name. But now it seemed Wu Chengtian had been remarkably wise. Among the great families, Wei Zhao stood as the highest power, and even at the level of the hidden families, two of them had acknowledged Wei Zhao as their leader!
Compared to that, what did the Wu family amount to? Of course, since the Wu family's Wu Chengtian had been the first to submit to Wei Zhao's banner, those who came later—Han Xiaohu, Pi Zhifeng, and the rest—had to step aside and become Wu Chengtian's juniors! (To be continued.) RQ