Chapter 2923 — The Divine Fist Hall's Decision, Part One
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Yet Old Master Feng could think of no good solution either. Feng Tianqi and Feng Shihua were similar in temperament, while Feng Tianhu and Feng Nitian were likewise alike—but both temperaments were extremes, and neither suited the role of family head.
For now, all they could do was take one step and see the next; Old Master Feng could only hope that one among them might change.
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At the Divine Fist Hall, Li Ciba's return could only be called an accident!
On the road, Li Ciba and a fellow disciple had encountered Zhang Naipao. After Zhang Naipao beat his fellow disciple to death, Li Ciba had gone on alone to the Xuandan Sect to take part in the trial.
At the time, the Divine Fist Hall disciples sent to collect the body had urged Li Ciba to withdraw and not go, but Li Ciba had firmly made his way to the Xuandan Sect. Some thought him stubborn; others thought he was acting on hot-headed impulse!
He had already made an enemy of Zhang Naipao. When he went to the Xuandan Sect trial, there was no guaranteeing Zhang Naipao would not harbor a grudge and attack Li Ciba again, leaving him behind in the trial grounds.
So when Li Ciba returned, the sect's people were astonished—especially his master, the Peerless Boxer. The Divine Fist Hall and the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect had always been rivals, and the Peerless Boxer was currently the Divine Fist Hall's sect master. Though Li Ciba was not his final disciple, he was one of the disciples he thought highly of. Earlier, when he heard that the Divine Fist Hall's grand elder's disciple had been beaten to death while his own disciple had nonetheless gone on to the trial, he had been deeply worried.
Li Ciba's spirit was admirable, but to go knowing full well how dangerous it would be—that smacked of hot-headed impulse.
"Ciba, you passed the trial?" the Peerless Boxer asked in some surprise.
"Yes, Master. Your disciple passed the trial and successfully exchanged for a Great Return Pill!" With that, Li Ciba carefully took the Great Return Pill from his pocket and presented it to the Peerless Boxer.
"Ah!" This time the Peerless Boxer was truly shocked. That Li Ciba had come back alive had already astonished him enough, but that he had actually brought back a third-grade Great Return Pill was hardly to be believed: "During the trial, Zhang Naipao did not make things difficult for you?"
The Peerless Boxer hated Zhang Naipao to the bone—not only because he had beaten a core disciple of the Divine Fist Hall to death, but also because he was a disciple of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect. Of all people, the Divine Fist Hall hated the disciples of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect the most!
"He did, but during the trial your disciple acknowledged a leader. Under that leader's protection, not only did we blunt Zhang Naipao's edge and avenge my fellow disciple, but he also enabled me to pass the trial successfully and obtain the third-grade Great Return Pill!" Li Ciba reported truthfully.
"Oh? You acknowledged a leader? And blunted Zhang Naipao's edge? What happened?" The Peerless Boxer had initially been somewhat irritated that Li Ciba had acknowledged some leader or other—the disciples of the Divine Fist Hall were all outstanding figures; how could they casually acknowledge a leader?
But when he heard that Zhang Naipao's edge had been blunted, his interest was piqued. Nothing delighted the Peerless Boxer more than seeing the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect's people come to grief.
"It happened like this..." Li Ciba held nothing back, and recounted in detail to his master, the Peerless Boxer, the encounter with Wei Zhao—how Wei Zhao had killed Mo Ba and crippled Mo Jiu, and how he had blunted Zhang Naipao's edge.