Chapter 2360 — The Trial Matters
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"What did you say to that?" Wei Zhao asked Han Xiaohu once he had worked all this out.
"I said that if you were to lend a hand and look after him, you couldn't be expected to do it for nothing—there would have to be some token of gratitude. I seized the chance to demand some benefits from the hidden Zhao family, and Zhao Qibing did not refuse," Han Xiaohu said.
"Well done!" Wei Zhao smiled faintly. "Since I'm fated to look after Zhao Qilei, I may as well make the Zhao family pay through the nose for it!"
"Right. Boss, am I to join this trial as well?" Han Xiaohu asked.
"It's too dangerous. You'd better not go." Wei Zhao pondered a moment. "Protecting one Zhao Qilei will likely be hard enough for me. Add you to the mix and my hands will be tied."
"I understand. Then I won't sign up." Han Xiaohu knew Wei Zhao was speaking the truth and took no offense; after all, the gulf between his strength and Wei Zhao's was as vast as heaven and earth.
"I have some Minor Qi Gathering Pills here. I forgot to give them to you today—come fetch them whenever you need them," Wei Zhao said.
"Heh, no need to worry. My family doesn't need any for the moment." Han Xiaohu smiled faintly, unconcerned.
After hanging up, Wei Zhao fell into deep thought. One thing was certain: this Xuandan Sect trial was by no means simple—which was precisely why the hidden Zhao family meant to use it to dispose of Zhao Qilei.
Yet this trial was very important to Wei Zhao. His hopes for color-refined steel, blue crystal powder, and pure yellow jade all rested on the trial's rewards. The Xuandan Sect certainly had color-refined steel, and the other two materials might well be found there too.
So Wei Zhao would have to take part in the trial no matter what. That Zhao Qilei was now going as well merely gave him firmer resolve—and in any case, he could not ignore Zhao Qilei's plight.
Of course, if Wei Zhao had not needed to obtain certain things from the trial, he might have gone straight to the Zhao family to demand the man. He believed that with his present strength, even if he could not defeat Old Master Zhao, he would still stand a chance of escaping with Zhao Qilei.
Wei Zhao was confident now that ordinary experts at the peak of the late Earth rank were no match for him, but there is always a higher mountain and a farther sky. Experts of the caliber of Tagan Long and the Five Guardians had once given him a hard time, and that said everything.
Even now, if Wei Zhao were to face the Five Guardians and Tagan Long again, he might not come off as badly as before, but to slay them with ease was still utterly beyond him.
To say nothing of facing unknown Heaven rank experts! How strong a Heaven rank expert truly was, Wei Zhao had never tested in combat. So even though the gap between the great perfection of the late Earth rank and the early Heaven rank was but half a step, Wei Zhao was not foolish enough to think that an early Heaven rank expert was only slightly stronger than one at the great perfection of the late Earth rank.
The peak of the late Mystic rank and the early Earth rank were entirely different concepts—Wei Zhao knew this from deep experience! Every leap to a higher major tier was a qualitative transformation!