Chapter 3178 — The Eldest Miss Chu's Recent Situation
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"What do you mean, 'what'? Do you not know that Wei Zhao can fight above his level? The mid-stage Heaven-rank experts of our Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect all died at Wei Zhao's hands, and I hear that two peak late-stage Heaven-rank experts died at his hands as well. Are you telling us to go and be cannon fodder, or what?" The Sinister Ancestor gave Feng Tianhu no chance to interrupt, and demanded straight out.
"That… but Wei Zhao truly is only an early-stage Heaven-rank expert…" Cold sweat beaded on Feng Tianhu's forehead. So the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect had already sent assassins after Wei Zhao? And failed? And their intelligence network was sharp enough that the moment Wei Zhao cut down two peak late-stage Heaven-rank experts, they knew of it?
He had known, when he told the Eastern family, that word would surely spread—he simply had not expected it to spread so fast. The intelligence apparatus of the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect was not to be underestimated.
"Feng Tianhu, hear me well: we will not take this job. Not only that, you are now an unwelcome man to the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect. Watch your step—best stay quietly at home and do not go out, for if I run into you, I will certainly kill you!" the Sinister Ancestor threatened. "Dare to cheat us? Had you said it was Wei Zhao from the start, never mind one billion—we would not take the job for ten billion!"
"Yes… yes, my deepest apologies, it was my oversight…" Feng Tianhu was sick with frustration. Wei Zhao was not dead, and he had instead offended the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect—all because he had tried to be clever and save a little money. And now the Blood Garment Yellow Springs Sect wanted him dead!
"Hmph!" The Sinister Ancestor hung up outright. His threat to Feng Tianhu was in truth meant to keep him from going out and scheming against Wei Zhao again, but he could not say so too plainly, and so could only threaten him thus.
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The Palace of the Dark Night.
After Gu Mengyao formally became the Palace Master of the Palace of the Dark Night, she settled upon the Dark Phoenix Mountains—in the very house where Ye Rou'er had once lived.
Because Gu Mengyao had once by a strange twist of fate consumed a dark phoenix, the dark phoenix had already transformed her constitution, making it the same as that of the Palace of the Dark Night's founding ancestor; and so on the very first night she dwelled in the Dark Phoenix Mountains, Gu Mengyao successfully received the inheritance!
That night, golden light blazed over the Dark Phoenix Mountains, illuminating the river of stars, and every disciple of the Palace of the Dark Night felt this marvel; one and all, led by the Supreme Elder, they gathered in the Palace's training grounds to watch the wonder of the Dark Phoenix Mountains.
"She has received the inheritance! Elder Li, Yaoyao's constitution truly is peerless in ten thousand li—to think that on the very first day, she received the inheritance!" The Supreme Elder was overcome with emotion, tears streaming down her aged face. Snobbish and harsh though she was, it must be said that she harbored no selfishness at all; she had devoted her entire life to the sect.
Of course, that did not make it right. Elder Li could not bring himself to agree with the Supreme Elder's character, yet there was nothing to be done—each person had their own way of living and conducting themselves, and he could not demand that the Supreme Elder change.
Fortunately, Gu Mengyao had now received the inheritance, and her position in the Palace of the Dark Night was truly second only to one and above ten thousand. And even that "second only to one" was merely a manner of speaking: given the Eldest Miss's present standing, the Supreme Elder would not necessarily dare to contradict what she said. The two of them in the Palace of the Dark Night might well be called equals.