Chapter 2270 — The Pi Family Sends Word Too
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As for Wu Chendi, Wu Gonggao no longer suppressed him the way he once had. The boy was not his grandson by blood, but a grandnephew of sorts—and that was precisely why he had been unwilling to cultivate him in the first place. Wu Chendi's father was not Wu Gonggao's own son at all, but the adopted son of Wu Gonggao's younger brother. The younger brother had died young, and few knew of it—not even Wu Chengtian, nor Wu Chendi's own father.
Now Wu Gonggao had come to understand. This stage called the Wu family was far too small. To Wu Chengtian it could only ever be a home, a roost to return to now and then, while his true aim was to follow Wei Zhao all the way to the very summit of the martial way...
Perhaps one day, to contend for the Heaven Rank—even for that realm said to lie beyond Heaven Rank—would be no dream at all.
But that dream had been shattered the moment Wu Gonggao saw the state his grandson was in... Gazing at Wu Chengtian, bruised all over and unable to stir from the bed, Wu Gonggao was seized by shock and dread alike. His grandson was already an early Earth-Rank expert, an early Earth-Rank who cultivated both inner and outer arts—by rights, no inner or outer expert of the same rank should have been able to wound him. Yet wounded he was. What did that mean?
It meant the enemy's power had grown to a height Wu Gonggao could only look up at.
"Chendi, what on earth happened? How did it come to this?" The joy with which Wu Gonggao had arrived turned to nothing in an instant. He asked, urgently.
"Grandfather... I am fine." Wu Chengtian smiled bitterly. He had not expected his grandfather to come now of all times—the timing really was a little unfortunate. He had meant to share his joy with the old man, and instead it had become a sharing of pain. "The enemy did not come for me or for the leader. It is a complicated business. But the leader is back, so I will be fine. A few wounds like these are nothing."
"Oh?" Wu Gonggao was briefly taken aback—but then he recalled how gravely Wu Chengtian had been hurt last time, and how he had still turned up hale and hearty at the Great House Assembly. Clearly Wei Zhao had his ways. At that thought Wu Gonggao's expression eased considerably. "If the enemy did not come for the two of you, then what was it about?"
Wu Chengtian was about to explain in detail when Grandma Sun knocked and came in. "Mr. Wu, outside the villa there are two people, an old man and a young one, who say they come from the hidden Pi family and ask to see you. Shall I?"
"Ah! Ask them in at once—bring them straight to my room!" Wu Chengtian said hurriedly.
Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had already gone off to school. Wang Xinyan had been kidnapped, but life had to go on; at home Wu Chengtian kept watch, waiting for the hidden Pi family to arrive. There was no use in the two women staying.
As for Wei Zhao, he was still unreachable; the phone gave out only the same cold message that the number could not be connected at present.
"The villa is not the same one, but what happened last time, at the villa of Wei Zhao's leadership, is still fresh in my memory!" Pi Zhifeng sighed. "In the blink of an eye, I never thought I would become a follower of Wei Zhao's leadership myself... In truth, back then our hidden Pi family should have made our decision."
Thinking of that follower of Wei Zhao's called Er Goudan, who had slain Jin Wudi with a single punch, Pi Zhifeng was overcome with feeling. Wu Chengtian had decided on the spot back then and straightaway acknowledged Er Goudan as his leader, and so indirectly become Wei Zhao's follower—while the Pi family had lagged a full several months behind.
"Perhaps even now it is not too late," Old Master Pi said with a grave nod. The Pi family had always conducted itself with caution and circumspection. That Old Master Pi should personally bring Pi Zhifeng to the secular world to aid Wei Zhao marked an unprecedented step in the Pi family's history.