Chapter 3002 — The Metal-Attribute Inheritance (Third Update, More Tonight! Summoning ***!)
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Back when he was only at the Mystic rank, that goal had been beyond his reach, but now, though one could not call it within easy grasp, it was no longer distant either.
Then there was the matter of Wei Zhao at the Tang family's birthday banquet, standing his ground for Tang Zhi's sake, not hesitating to fall out with the Tang family and even the envoy of the Mystic Elixir Sect. At the time, Bingtang had thought Wei Zhao was overreaching himself, but now it seemed that the ones overreaching themselves were the Hidden Tang family!
And now, on the Hidden level, who would still dare to defy Wei Zhao's will? The Hidden Zhao family was the fate that awaited them!
Thinking of all this, Bingtang suddenly felt that Wei Zhao was not so detestable after all. A loose cultivator, able to climb step by step to where he stood today, entirely by his own effort, one footprint at a time — he was different from cultivators like her who came from the great sects. The only one he could rely on was himself.
Heroes are not asked where they come from. Those two unknown experts of old, able to sweep across the Ancient level — were they not loose cultivators themselves? They might not even have been loose cultivators at all, and yet they had still turned the Ancient level upside down.
Unknowingly, Bingtang's view of Wei Zhao began to change. She even felt rather happy for Feng Xiaoxiao: to have a man who loved her so, that was at least far better than Aunt Qing's lot!
Although Aunt Qing had gone to help Wei Zhao, Feng Xiaoxiao still had no heart for cultivation. Aunt Qing could help for a time, but she could not help for a lifetime.
Wei Zhao had been poisoned and crippled — this was no small matter. The poison had no antidote at all, and Wei Zhao's injuries lay in his meridians and his dantian. It was a dead end: no matter how fine the elixir, it could not repair Wei Zhao's injuries.
In the world of cultivation, a ruined dantian meant the end of a cultivator's path. For the rest of his life he could only be an ordinary man! Feng Xiaoxiao knew how much Wei Zhao valued strength. Without strength, where would Wei Zhao go from here?
Just as Feng Xiaoxiao sat there steeped in gloom, Aunt Qing walked into her room.
"Aunt Qing?" Hearing the footsteps, Feng Xiaoxiao looked up, and then froze: "Aunt Qing, why have you come back? My husband Wei Zhao... how is he?"
"Vice Palace Master Feng, I have a piece of very important news for you. Whatever you do, don't get too excited when you hear it..." Aunt Qing had untied the knot in her heart today, and she actually made a rare joke with Feng Xiaoxiao.
At any other time, Feng Xiaoxiao would surely have said, Aunt Qing, just call me Xiaoxiao, why call me Vice Palace Master Feng! But today she had no time for such things. Wei Zhao was on her mind, and she asked hurriedly, "Aunt Qing? What is it? Has something happened to Wei Zhao?"
"Something very big!" Aunt Qing looked at Feng Xiaoxiao with a grave expression, then said slowly, "He has broken through to the early Heaven rank!"
"Ah?" Feng Xiaoxiao's heart was pounding with nerves, but she had never expected the big news to be this kind of big news! It truly was big news, but the way Aunt Qing said it, how could Feng Xiaoxiao not fear the worst? A smile broke across her face, and she grumbled, "Aunt Qing, you're just trying to frighten me!"
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The Tomorrow After Tomorrow Sect. Word of Wei Zhao recovering from his injuries and wiping out the Hidden Zhao family naturally spread there as well. When Zhong Yongliang heard the news, he was somewhat surprised — but not especially so.