Chapter 2417 — Xiao Shu's Excuse
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But the ways of the world are always so hard to foresee. Even as Kang Jinglong sighed inwardly at his younger brother's good fortune, he also breathed a little easier. His status as the Kang family's future young heir was secure, and the family might well rise to even greater glory through Kang Jingming!
"Fine by me!" You Panhu nodded as well. In the old days, when he was still a son of the You family, he had never really courted any women — they had always thrown themselves at him. So his experience in that regard was rather thin, and with a chance to make contact with Kang Jingming, he could not possibly let it slip by...
And so, back in their corner, these two villains of the closest stripe reached a preliminary accord. They exchanged a look and shared a sly, ugly grin. One had to admit that, now that the rivalry between them was gone, Kang Jinglong had started down the sleazy path too.
At school, in a secluded corner, a Mercedes-Benz R350 — a luxury MPV — was parked. Shen Yushu pulled the door open with great trepidation and climbed inside.
"You've come?" An old man in the vehicle looked at Shen Yushu and spoke. "Why isn't Wei Zhao dead yet? Didn't you lift a hand against him?"
"I..." Shen Yushu let out a helpless sigh. "It isn't that I didn't try. Wei Zhao is simply too formidable — the Resting Grass had no effect on him at all..."
"Impossible!" The old man slammed his hand on the armrest box between the seats, flying into a rage. "This Resting Grass was given to us by the Xuan Dan Sect for the hidden Yu family! It works on any cultivator **. How could it possibly have no effect on Wei Zhao? I say you've developed feelings for him and don't want to do the deed!"
This old man was none other than Yu Yi — a favorite in the confidence of the Yu family's ancestral elder, and the very same mysterious elder who had appeared at the mall and the teahouse. And that young girl, naturally, was Shen Yushu.
"It really had no effect..." Shen Yushu said carefully. "Wei Zhao is too powerful — the Resting Grass truly did nothing to him... And I very nearly gave myself away... So let's not move against Wei Zhao. If we stir up something we can't put down, and Wei Zhao turns his wrath on the Yu family..."
"The Yu family has... backing. Why should we fear him?" Yu Yi gave a cold sniff.
"Wei Zhao crippled Elder Bi of the hidden Zhao family in a single move. I believe you would last two, at most." Though her voice trembled a little, Shen Yushu said her piece.
"..." At the mention of Elder Bi, Yu Yi fell somewhat silent. He was only an early-stage Heaven-rank cultivator, and could be said to be a hair's breadth from Elder Bi's level. Though the gap between the Earth rank and the Heaven rank was not considered great, it was by no means small either. So Yu Yi was wary.
He had heard, moreover, that the Yu family's ancestral elder himself had spoken of Wei Zhao's astonishing exploits at the Clan Assembly. Even the ancestral elder was not confident of beating Wei Zhao outright and would need several Heaven-rank cultivators to gang up on him. So naturally, Yu Yi was no match either!
If Heaven-rank cultivators really could have settled Wei Zhao, the Yu family would never have risked exposure by activating a pawn like Shen Yushu — they would simply have sent Yu Yi directly. But the ancestral elder did not dare. Elder Bi was the precedent!
He himself would not have dared to claim he could cripple Elder Bi in a single move, yet Wei Zhao had done it. Did that not mean Wei Zhao was even a step above the old ancestral elder himself?
"Are you speaking up for him?" Though Yu Yi was wary at heart, he also knew there seemed to be a great deal of unspoken, ambiguous tension between Shen Yushu and Wei Zhao. Naturally, he would not take her words at face value so easily.
"I have a recording here. Listen to it yourself..." Shen Yushu did not argue much further. Instead, she took out her phone and pulled up a recording, which began to play...