Chapter 2753 — Are You Toying With Me?
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"Oh, fine. As for what your elder brother promised, I'll have Teacher Bai act as supervisor. If he breaks the agreement, Teacher Bai has the right to expel him from campus," Wei Zhao said. "That's no problem, is it?"
"N-no... no problem..." Kang Jinglong said through gritted teeth.
"Very well then, Teacher Bai, the formula can be given to them now," Wei Zhao said to Leader Bai.
"All right." Teacher Bai handed the formula to Kang Jingming.
The moment Kang Jingming took the formula, he hurriedly examined it in detail—but when he had finished, his expression changed at once, and he cried out in alarm, "This is a fourth-grade formula?"
"Yes, that's right," Wei Zhao nodded. "It is a fourth-grade formula."
"Then why was the Marrow-Cleansing and Bone-Refining Pill formula you gave me before a third-grade one?" Kang Jingming demanded. "Are you playing me?"
"That's right—the earlier one was third-grade, so it may have had flaws, and this is the other one. Did you think I could just alter formulas at will?" Wei Zhao frowned. "Do you want it or not? If not, give it back!"
"I want it, I want it!" Kang Jingming reflected that this made sense. Wei Zhao was not even a proper alchemist—how could he possibly alter formulas at will? Never mind him; even the Xuan Dan Sect's ancestors—Heaven, Earth, Man, and Ancestor Xuan Zhen—could not accomplish such a thing. If Wei Zhao could, then ghosts would truly be walking the earth.
So it is that sometimes, when one tells the truth, no one believes it—and so it was with Kang Jingming. He nodded and said, "Very well, I'll go report to the young sect master."
Not daring to delay, Kang Jingming hurried to the adjoining room, dialed Tian Canbian's number, and, through Xiao Taohong, got hold of Tian Canbian.
"Young Sect Master, this is Xiaoming!" Kang Jingming said, drawing a deep breath.
"Oh, Xiaoming. How did it go? Did you get the formula in exchange?" Tian Canbian asked.
"I got it, but the bargaining was a real headache. Wei Zhao wouldn't budge an inch, and I had no choice—I had to agree to another condition of his..." Kang Jingming said with a woebegone face.
"What? You agreed to a condition on your own authority?" Tian Canbian's tone turned cold at once.
"No, Young Sect Master!" Kang Jingming hastened to explain. "What I promised was at my own expense—it has nothing to do with the Xuan Dan Sect! It's like this: Wei Zhao fancies my elder brother's fiancée, that is, my future sister-in-law, so he forced my brother into an unequal treaty..."
Kang Jingming exaggerated the matter of Wang Xinyan that Wei Zhao had raised, laying it all out for Tian Canbian—his purpose being to claim merit, to show that he had sacrificed even his personal interests for the sect.
"I see..." Tian Canbian nodded after hearing it. "Xiaoming, you truly work for the sect with all your heart. The Xuan Dan Sect will never treat you shabbily—rest assured of that."
"Haha, it's nothing. The sect's interests come first in all things!" Kang Jingming declared with righteous fervor. "Now the formula is in hand, but Young Sect Master, there's one other problem."
"Oh? What problem?" Tian Canbian asked.