Chapter 2865 — Wei Zhao's Whereabouts
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"The situation at the time was like this..." Zhao Qilei offered no further interpretation, but recounted what had happened from the standpoint of a bystander. He trusted that the disciples of the Dark Night Palace had witnessed these events as well.
Hearing Zhao Qilei's account, and learning that Wei Zhao had actually defeated Zhang Naipao, Tianchan felt her heart ease—yet she grew all the more bewildered. Zhang Naipao could use the Infernal Yin Demon Fist; how did Wei Zhao know it too? And how was Wei Zhao so powerful? To slay Mo Ba in a single strike, and then defeat Zhang Naipao as well?
Of course, what puzzled Tianchan most was this: since Zhang Naipao could no longer pose a threat to Wei Zhao, where had Wei Zhao gone? Why had he not returned together with Zhao Qilei? As for where Zhang Naipao had fled after descending into madness, and whether he was dead or alive, Tianchan did not much concern herself for the moment.
"And after that? Why did Wei Zhao not return with you?" Tianchan pressed on.
"That was because a friend of our leader went to the Five Malice Mountains, and our leader set out for the Five Malice Mountains to find her. But after our leader left, there was no word of him ever again. I waited at the safe zone until the eighteenth day, and only when our leader did not return did I leave..." Zhao Qilei sighed and said with some worry, "Young Sect Master Tian, is your Xuandan Sect compiling a unified list of trial participants who failed to emerge from the teleportation array?"
"That is so, though I am chiefly responsible for Zhang Naipao and those connected to him," Tianchan said offhandedly. In truth, even if the Xuandan Sect were compiling a list of the missing, it would not fall to the Young Sect Master Tiancan Bian to inquire in person—only Zhao Qilei did not know that.
Hearing from Zhao Qilei that Wei Zhao had actually returned to the Five Malice Mountains, Tianchan's heart gave a sudden start. Wei Zhao had gone back? Might he encounter the Five Malice Dragon again? Even if Wei Zhao could slay a mid-stage Heaven Rank expert in a single strike, he was still no match for the Five Malice Dragon—and Tianchan herself was no match for the Five Malice Dragon, let alone Wei Zhao.
At that thought, Tianchan could not help growing anxious, wanting to rush to the Five Malice Mountains at once.
"Very well. Your information is important. But I hope you will keep the questions I asked today confidential—this is a rule of our Xuandan Sect's trials!" Having obtained the answers she sought, Tianchan rose to take her leave.
"That is no problem." Zhao Qilei nodded. "Young Sect Master Tian, if I may venture to ask—will your Xuandan Sect organize a rescue team to search for those trial participants who did not emerge safely?"
"That depends on the circumstances. I cannot promise you." Tianchan answered vaguely. "Well, I must be going. There are others I still need to question."
"Very well, then I will not detain you further, Young Sect Master Tian. Please." Zhao Qilei said.