Chapter 2382 — This Isn't Realistic
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Wei Zhao nodded, then left the casino together with Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Old Master Pi, and the others. Brother Gambling finally let out a breath of relief—though what gave him a splitting headache was how to deal with the corpses of Pu Huotai and Pu Laoliu, and how he was supposed to explain it to the Right Miao Sect, to which Pu Huotai belonged.
At that thought, Brother Gambling's head swelled to bursting. Truly, this was an unlucky year!
After Wei Zhao got home, he shut himself in his room. Once inside the jade pendant's space, he began rapidly healing the remaining injuries within his body. Pure, refined heaven-and-earth spiritual energy poured into him, and through the transformation of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, it swiftly nourished the damaged meridians and internal organs inside his body.
This time the injuries were truly severe—even more severe than when he had fought the Grand Protector. Back then, when Wei Zhao had been hurt so badly he could barely stand, he had not been forcibly pulled into the jade pendant's space; but this time, he was injured beyond any further injury, and the jade pendant's space had dragged him in by force.
It was just like when he had saved Guan Xin—this sort of thing happened beyond his own control.
Fortunately, after being injured, the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art could swiftly repair the meridians, which kept Wei Zhao from worrying too much…
Meanwhile, outside in the villa's living room, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were listening with rapt attention as Wu Chengtian recounted what had happened earlier in the private room. Much of it, of course, had been told to him by Brother Gambling and Old Master Pi—he had not witnessed it with his own eyes. Nor had he seen the perilous battle between Wei Zhao and Pu Huotai and Pu Laoliu; Brother Gambling did not know the details either, knowing only the cause and the result, while the course of events remained unknown.
Even so, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu listened with their hearts in their throats. They had never expected that a casual trip to the casino would turn out to be exactly the right move—they had actually brought Chen Xi back! As for Chen Xi, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were not especially close to her, but neither were they strangers. Yet when they heard that she had been given to Pu Huotai by the Hidden Zhao Family as a hostage to lure Wei Zhao, both of them were furious!
"Sister Yaoyao, the Hidden Zhao Family is really too wicked, trying to kill with a borrowed knife. Xiaoshu curses that Zhao Guangyin and Zhao Qibing get struck dead by lightning," Shen Yushu said angrily.
"It's all over now, Xiaoshu. You don't need to fret about it—Wei Zhao will deal with it," Gu Mengyao said, comparatively calm. Sooner or later Wei Zhao would have to move against the Hidden Zhao Family, but certainly not now.
In the room, Wei Zhao had already healed most of his injuries, and was now replenishing the true qi he had expended in his body. Very quickly, under the transformation of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, the pure and refined heaven-and-earth spiritual energy in the jade pendant's space became true qi that entered Wei Zhao's meridians and finally surged into his dantian!
Gradually, the true qi within Wei Zhao's body grew fuller and fuller, yet it showed no sign of stopping—the true qi kept on growing. That sensation instantly delighted Wei Zhao!
He knew this sensation all too well: it was the prelude to every breakthrough! It was the sign of having touched the barrier of his rank. Wei Zhao did not dare be negligent now; he reined in his mind, focused his spirit once more, and quickened his pace in circulating the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, using this as the opportunity for a breakthrough!