Chapter 3005 — An Liwen Offers a Plan
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"I see..." Old Ancestor Xuanchen was at once somewhat disappointed. "So that is why I said—why not first try with the two cultivators we provide here?"
"I have already said it: the living and the dead are not the same. There is no comparison," Miss Luan shook her head and refused.
"Can you not think of some way?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen was unwilling to let it go. "Name whatever price you wish!"
"It truly cannot be done." Miss Luan shook her head and said mildly, "You know the style of our center as well. Cooperation with others is fine, but what we cannot do, we will not lightly promise."
"Dr. Luan, Old Ancestor Xuanchen, I have heard a certain rumor—would the two of you care to hear it?" An Liwen suddenly cut in at this point.
"Oh? What rumor?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen looked toward An Liwen and asked at once. He certainly did not think An Liwen would raise some topic unrelated to the matter at hand; if he spoke now, it must have to do with Tagan Long's injuries.
"Some time ago, Wei Zhao was struck by a rare poison, and had his meridians and dantian destroyed. I imagine Old Ancestor Xuanchen is not unfamiliar with this?" asked An Liwen. "Yet Wei Zhao later recovered. Do you know why?"
"I had heard as much, but you know the reason?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen's expression turned grave as he looked at An Liwen.
"I have guessed at some of it!" An Liwen said with no small measure of smugness. "According to my sources, after Wei Zhao was injured he was at his wits' end, and a whole crowd of his underlings rushed to his villa. That proves the news of Wei Zhao's poisoning and injury was true—Wei Zhao could not have been feigning it; he had truly run into trouble!"
"Naturally. That poison, after all, came from my own hand. It would be strange indeed if it had no effect!" Old Ancestor Xuanchen nodded, and did not conceal it.
"Oh?" This news startled An Liwen. "Old Ancestor Xuanchen, you too are Wei Zhao's enemy? Then why is Wei Zhao still alive?"
What puzzled An Liwen, though, was this: the Five Luminaries Sect commanded such power—why resort to poison to deal with Wei Zhao? Send out a few skilled hands at random, and Wei Zhao would be done for.
"For certain reasons, I and my people cannot act in person." Old Ancestor Xuanchen waved a hand and said, somewhat awkwardly, "Let us set that aside for now. Continue with your speculation."
"Very well. At first Wei Zhao was recuperating in his villa the whole time, but afterward a person came to the villa!" said An Liwen.
"Who?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen frowned, somewhat displeased that An Liwen was keeping him in suspense.
"Sun Jingyan!" said An Liwen. "Our An family was once one of the four great families and five lesser families of the secular world, and we know well the peculiarity of the secular Sun family—that is, everyone in the Sun family knows a special mantra technique that can heal others' injuries!"
"Oh? You mean to say Wei Zhao's injuries were healed by that Sun... Sun Jingyan?" Old Ancestor Xuanchen was startled. He was no stranger to the name Sun Jingyan—was she not the girl who had gone with Wei Zhao to the Uulonghot Mountains? RS