Chapter 2318 — Sun Jingyan's Call
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What Big Feng said was true enough. Here, every day was a feast of wine and pleasure, while the drug-cooking base was dull and flavorless. Who would want to go back?
"Take me to your Third Boss," Wei Zhao said. "Once we're there, I'll give you a clean death. Or—you can put your trust in me, stake your life on me, and help me wipe out the Third Boss and his men. I'll take you away with me, but from then on you'll be my man, working from the inside to help me find that drug-cooking base!"
"Hiss..." Big Feng was startled by Wei Zhao's words. He had not expected him to say such a thing!
On what grounds did Wei Zhao claim he was sure he could wipe out the Third Boss? Was he truly a Heaven-rank expert? Or did he have some hidden card to play?
In truth, Wei Zhao was not sure at all. He was merely making a gamble. If he wiped out the Third Boss and his men and got Big Feng out alive, so much the better; but if he proved no match for the Third Boss, then before fleeing, he was still confident he could finish Big Feng off first.
After all, the Third Boss was no Heaven-rank expert. Even if Wei Zhao could not beat him, he could still escape from his grasp.
Besides, Wei Zhao had not been very confident before, but ever since he had created the "Frenzied Fire Eight-Trigram Palm," he had genuinely wanted to test its power—and the Third Boss would make a perfect sparring partner!
Hearing Wei Zhao's terms, Big Feng's expression began to waver. If one could live, who would want to die? As the saying goes, a wretched life is better than a glorious death. Big Feng had been bent on dying only because he feared the Red Conch would turn him into one of those living machines, worse off than dead. But if he could go on living, working for Wei Zhao and keeping his own mind intact, then of course he no longer wished to die.
After hesitating for a long while, Big Feng said, "Are you... confident you can finish off the Third Boss?"
"I am. But anything can go wrong, and before I flee, I will certainly take you out along the way. I don't want my identity or the things I've come to ask about to leak out. I know your secrets—and likewise, you now know some of mine." Wei Zhao said this deliberately, though in truth it was also meant to bolster Big Feng's confidence.
Sure enough, Big Feng remembered that he had already memorized Wei Zhao's face and knew that he had come to the Red Conch looking for someone—and immediately he was filled with confidence! Indeed, even if Wei Zhao meant to leave, he would surely finish him off on the way out. In that case, he might as well take the gamble. If Wei Zhao did not die and actually wiped out the Red Conch, then what difference did it make whom he worked for?
"All right, I'm with you!" Big Feng said. "I'll take you to the Red Conch headquarters right now to kick up a storm."
But just as Wei Zhao and Big Feng were preparing to set out, Wei Zhao's phone rang!
Wei Zhao found it strange. Logically speaking, no one should be calling him. He picked up the phone and looked—it was actually Sun Jingyan calling, which puzzled him all the more. Still, he answered quickly: "Jingyi, what's wrong? Has something happened?"