Chapter 3145 — Wei Zhao's Crisis
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As for Kang Jingming and Patriarch Xuanchen, envy and hatred gnawed at them, of course—but that did nothing to stop them from being first in line to visit the Liu family of the secular world and buy a first-grade automatic cauldron to take home and study.
As the uproar over the first-grade automatic cauldron got underway, the Dongfang family, for their part, had finally uncovered Wei Zhao's true identity.
"Father, Second Brother, that brat is no disciple of the Tomorrow-All-Tomorrows Sect named Zhang Naipao at all—he's Wei Zhao! We've all been played for fools!" Having received the news, Dongfang Jinxing stormed in fury to the place where Ouyang Badao and Ouyang Yinxing were in seclusion.
"Oh? Wei Zhao?" Dongfang Badao had heard the name before. Back during the Xuantian Sect trials, Wei Zhao had defeated that Tomorrow-All-Tomorrows Sect disciple Zhang Naipao, and at the time the Dongfang family had even considered approaching Wei Zhao to ask him about Zhang Naipao's weaknesses. But the family had always prided itself on being an ancient house, lofty and aloof, unwilling to go begging instruction from a loose cultivator, so the matter had simply been shelved.
What they had never expected was that Wei Zhao would turn out to be their enemy.
"Yes, Xu Shilan's close guard is named Wei Zhao, and he is no disciple of the Tomorrow-All-Tomorrows Sect at all. This Wei Zhao is thoroughly uncanny—back in the Xuantian Sect trials, even Zhang Naipao of the Tomorrow-All-Tomorrows Sect was no match for him. It is only natural that he can fight above his level. We fell into a trap that Dongfang Ying had planted in our minds beforehand, convincing ourselves he was a Tomorrow-All-Tomorrows Sect disciple!" said Dongfang Jinxing.
"In that case, then the man at the Cultivator's Chamber of Commerce who colluded with Vice President Ouyang and murdered Dongfang Jian—that was Wei Zhao too?" Dongfang Badao asked.
"Indeed. Now it looks to be absolutely certain!" Dongfang Jinxing said with assurance. "Father, you don't know the half of it. Just today I received word that this first-grade automatic cauldron that the Cultivator's Chamber of Commerce has been hyping so feverishly of late was launched jointly by Ouyang Nong and Wei Zhao. Their relationship is deeper than we thought, and from this we can deduce that the man is undoubtedly Wei Zhao!"
"Wei Zhao, eh? Very good! A mere loose cultivator, and he dares to oppose our Dongfang family again and again—does he really think we're easy to push around?" Dongfang Yinxing slammed the table and rose to his feet, roaring in fury: "Father, let me go deal with this little mongrel and avenge the good men of our Dongfang family who have died!"
"Patience!" Old Master Dongfang Badao was plainly not one for rashness. He waved a hand and said: "Right now Wei Zhao is working with the Cultivator's Chamber of Commerce, and his star is at its zenith. If we go kill him at this moment, we make an enemy of the Cultivator's Chamber of Commerce—and that is an entity even the Xuantian Sect dares not provoke. How could our Dongfang family possibly stand against it?"
Word had spread that the Xuantian Sect had come off the worse against the Cultivator's Chamber of Commerce, and all because of Wei Zhao's first-grade automatic cauldron. Even the Xuantian Sect had swallowed its losses. How could the Dongfang family possibly stick its neck out first?
"Father, are we just to let it go, then?" Dongfang Yinxing was plainly unwilling to accept it, his eyes bloodshot as he asked.
"Of course we can't just let it go!" Dongfang Badao gave a cold smile. "We cannot openly strike Wei Zhao down now, but we can do it in secret. Only—leave Xu Shilan alone for the time being. If we move against her, it must not be connected to the business with Wei Zhao. Once this storm blows over and Wei Zhao is dead, then we go after her, and no one will suspect that Wei Zhao's death had anything to do with us."