Chapter 2722 — You Go Back First
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Mother Tang had stuffed all of it into his hands in one go, and she had not explained what most of it did—could not have, in truth. She simply grabbed whatever looked good and hauled it back, and as for what the things were called or what they were for, she was no cultivator and no alchemist; even when the disciples told her, she could not tell them apart or remember them.
"All right." Wei Zhao looked over the other treasures in the car—and there, astonishingly, were the ingredients for refining the Ice-Heart Jade-Bone Pill, which left him thoroughly startled. Whom had Kang Xiaofeng bought these herbs from? The more he looked, the more it seemed the man had looted the storehouse of some great ancient sect or cultivators' guild.
Otherwise, these things were far too precious—could they really be bought with mere money? And so much of it all at once?
Had Wei Zhao not known that Kang Xiaofeng was no cultivator at all and had no strength to speak of, he might truly have believed it. But now he knew he was overthinking; if Kang Xiaofeng really had gone robbing, he likely would not have come back alive!
Of course, Wei Zhao was overlooking Mother Tang's part in it. In truth, this was Kang Xiaofeng robbing the ancient sect of the Snow Valley—only with Mother Tang as his accomplice, and a barefaced robbery at that, leaving the Snow Valley to swallow a mute loss and dare not breathe a word!
"Arrow-Brand Bro, go take the Heaven-Origin Barrier-Breaking Fruit!" Shen Yushu said to Wei Zhao.
"Oh? Why are you shooing me off?" Wei Zhao blinked and looked at Shen Yushu.
"It's not that—it's just that earlier Sister Xinyan had Xiaofen pass a few words to her father, and her father wrote back and had Kang Xiaofeng bring it. It's rather private, so it's best you're not looking over our shoulders," Shen Yushu said.
"Oh, fine then, I'll go." Wei Zhao nodded, not particularly suspicious. He did wonder why Wang Xinyan had not simply called and had instead sent word through others, but since Shen Yushu had put it that way, he naturally would not eavesdrop.
Wei Zhao took the Heaven-Origin Barrier-Breaking Fruit and went into his room, leaving only Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Wang Xinyan, and Kang Xiaofeng outside the villa.
"How is Sister Yunyun? Did you tell her about Tang Yuqi?" Gu Mengyao asked urgently, lowering her voice.
"Sister-in-law Tang Zhi is well. All these heavenly treasures were given to me by Mother Tang—she's a force to be reckoned with in the Snow Valley; anything fine that comes before her gets split half and half on sight!" Kang Xiaofeng said. "And after we arrived..."
Kang Xiaofeng faithfully recounted to the three of them his trip to the Snow Valley, his conversation with the Grand Elder, and what he had said to Tang Zhi. Only at the end did he add: "Time was too tight—I never got the chance to bring up Tang Yuqi. But Sister-in-law Tang Zhi promised she would call you in a few days; that matter can be discussed over the phone."
"That will do." Gu Mengyao nodded. From his account she could well imagine how brief Kang Xiaofeng's meeting with Tang Zhi in the Snow Valley had been—with the Grand Elder intervening, there was much he had not been able to say.
"There was simply no way around it. These matters, we cannot speak of them with Mother Tang either..." Kang Xiaofeng spread his hands somewhat helplessly. "These things can only be told to Tang Zhi face to face, but our time together was so short..."