Chapter 3160 — The Assassination of Old Wei
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Yet this seemingly comfortable and untroubled life instead gave Wei Zhao a faint stirring of unease. Was this not far too peaceful? The Dongfang clan seemed to have vanished from the world entirely, which made Wei Zhao wonder: were they brewing some greater conspiracy? Or had they been thoroughly cowed?
Then there was the matter of the ancient Feng family. No further definite news had come from Feng Tianqi, father of Feng Shihua and Xu Shilan, so whether Xu Shilan meant to leave or to remain here under Wei Zhao's protection, there was still no new development.
In any case, the young lady had left the villa, and once Xu Shilan moved in, things grew considerably livelier. Since they showed no sign of leaving, Wei Zhao was quite willing to let them keep Shen Yushu company; after all, every day he was cultivating and researching the art of forging the fire of condensation, leaving him little time to talk with little Shu.
Little Shu, obedient as ever, did not come to disturb Wei Zhao. It was plain that she understood in her heart that his diligent cultivation was for her sake, for the young lady, and for Xiaoxiao... and also for the Tang Zhi he had already forgotten.
East Sea City was calm, but West Star Mountain Village had received three uninvited guests! These three were Blood Garment Ancestor, who had just emerged from seclusion with the peak late Heaven-rank cultivation of a grandmaster; Yellow Springs Ancestor, of equal strength; and the sinister Gloomy Ancestor, who possessed peak late Heaven-rank strength!
The three of them had come to West Star Mountain Village in search of a wandering physician by the name of Old Wei, for according to their investigations, this man was the one who had raised Wei Zhao, his adoptive grandfather, as dear to him as a true grandfather by blood.
Once this man was dead, Wei Zhao would surely come to West Star Mountain Village, and when he did, his hour of death would be at hand! No matter how formidable Wei Zhao was, Yellow Springs Ancestor was confident that two grandmasters at peak late Heaven-rank and one expert at peak late Heaven-rank would be enough to ensure Wei Zhao never returned from his journey!
With such a combination, to say nothing of killing someone like Wei Zhao, who had not yet reached peak late Heaven-rank strength and merely possessed the ability to fight above his level, even slaying two peak late Heaven-rank experts would be more than ample!
Of course, after arriving at West Star Mountain Village, they did not act rashly. Though this place could already be called a remote mountain village, where the Blood Garment and Yellow Springs Sect could act without alarming anyone, it was still the mortal world after all, so they dared not throw their weight around without restraint.
After all, the psychological shadow left by the Twin Vajras of that year was too great; before undertaking anything, they would always consider whether they might be violating the rules the Twin Vajras had laid down for them. If they were, the consequences would be nothing short of utter annihilation!
"Those Twin Vajras vanished over ten years ago, and this place can hardly be counted as the true mortal world anymore. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away; the Twin Vajras have no clairvoyant eyes or wind-borne ears, so how could they possibly know we are acting here?" The Gloomy Ancestor, too, could see that Yellow Springs Ancestor and Blood Garment Ancestor were somewhat daunted, and he hastened to reassure them—though he himself was a little afraid as well!
"Gloomy, you speak the truth. We act here without gods or ghosts knowing of it. However formidable the Twin Vajras may be, they cannot possibly run off to such a remote backwater! Besides, they may not even exist in this world any longer; perhaps they have already fallen for all we know!" Yellow Springs Ancestor nodded in agreement, though in truth he was also heartening himself.