Chapter 2343 — Picking a Fight
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"The hidden Pi family has a few. I asked them for some—one for each of the people close to me," Wei Zhao said.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Qing Bo nodded and put away the Small Qi Gathering Pill, intending to consume and refine it as soon as he got back.
"By the way, Qing Bo, have you ever heard anything about the essence prime necklace?" Wei Zhao wanted to ask him about it.
"No. When you mentioned it to me, I was rather curious myself—that a spirit beast's essence prime inner core could be made into such a necklace is something I never knew before." Qing Bo shook his head. "But even if I had known, it would be of no use. Essence prime inner cores are very rare. Most spirit beasts, when they die, choose some secluded place; they do not easily let anyone find their corpses and inner cores. So you were lucky this time—you came away with two spirit beast essence prime inner cores at once."
"It seems... most people don't know this secret. The Tagan family is becoming more and more extraordinary..." Wei Zhao said with some feeling.
The group was still talking when suddenly footsteps came from the stairs outside. Wei Zhao and Qing Bo were both cultivators and noticed at once. They exchanged a glance and dropped the subject.
"Let's go out and have a look. It's probably Mr. Gu coming down," Qing Bo said, rising to his feet.
"All right." Wei Zhao had finished what he came to say, and he was not going to fret over the rest. As for Sun Jingyan's origins, that could wait—there was no rush.
When Wei Zhao, Qing Bo, and Granny Sun came out of the room, they saw Gu Pengzhan coming downstairs with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Seeing Wei Zhao and the others also emerging from their room, Gu Pengzhan was slightly taken aback. "Have you finished your talk as well?"
"Yes. It was nothing important to begin with—I just found some clues about matters long past and wanted to tell these two about them." Wei Zhao nodded. "Uncle Chu, why don't you stay for lunch?"
"Gladly. It's been a long time since our family sat down to a meal together. You and Yao Yao are at university now, so far away—back then we used to eat together every weekend," Gu Pengzhan said with a nod.
"Mr. Gu, it won't be long before our business sets up a branch here in East Sea City. Then we'll be able to meet often!" Qing Bo put in quickly.
"That's true." Gu Pengzhan said, "But East Sea City is a place where tigers crouch and dragons hide—there are too many business rivals here, and too powerful. The commercial landscape is nothing like Songshan City's. To gain a firm foothold here will not be easy at all!"
Wei Zhao nodded. He knew nothing about business, so he had no say in the matter. Surely he could not ask Gu Pengzhan to point out who the competitors were so that he could go and eliminate them? That would completely violate the order of normal commercial competition, and Wei Zhao could never do such a thing.
"Daddy, I believe you and Qing Bo can do it," Gu Mengyao said, taking Gu Pengzhan's hand and encouraging him.
"Heh heh, I hope so," Gu Pengzhan said, though in his heart he was not very optimistic.
At first he had been full of grand ambition, wanting to move the company to the provincial capital, to achieve the next leap toward his goals and double the company's scale. This was his dream—and his father Chu Sanwa's as well.
"Mr. Lin, shall we eat out at noon, or shall I prepare the meal?" Granny Sun asked.
"Let's eat out—come along, all of you. Cooking for so many people would be too much trouble," Wei Zhao said.
"Very well." Granny Sun nodded. "Then I'll change my clothes and get ready."
Ten minutes later, Wei Zhao's Grand Cherokee carried Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, while Qing Bo's Bentley carried Granny Sun and Gu Pengzhan. The party of six headed for the Arctic Ocean Seafood Restaurant, one of the largest hotels in East Sea.