Chapter 3250 — Meeting Wang Xinyan Again
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Wei Zhao had wiped out a peak late-stage Heaven-rank expert at the Great Perfection level, all for the sake of a protectee's mother. Was it so unreasonable that he would annihilate a hidden clan for the sake of his underling Wu Chengtian?
There was precedent for it, after all. Was that not exactly how the secular Yu family and the hidden Zhao family had been destroyed?
While the Hidden You family handed over the second-grade pill cauldrons to Wu Chengtian, Kang Jinglong was also dialing Kang Jingming's number.
"Brother? What is it?" Ever since Kang Jingming became the son-in-law of Patriarch Xuanchen, his horizons had widened, and he no longer vied with Kang Jinglong for the position of family head, so relations between the two brothers had eased considerably. Both now worked for the interests of the Kang family.
"Zhaoming, I ran into Wei Zhao at the school just now," Kang Jinglong said bluntly.
"Wei Zhao went to the school? What for?" Kang Jingming was extremely sensitive to the two words "Wei Zhao," and asked at once.
"Seems he was there for the final exams, but he let slip something rather important—he bought more than thirty second-grade pill cauldrons from You Panhu!" Kang Jinglong said.
"Bought second-grade pill cauldrons from You Panhu? What does he need that many for?" Kang Jingming did not quite follow at first.
"I'm not entirely sure either, but my guess is that Wei Zhao has started developing second-grade automatic cauldrons. Why else would he buy so many second-grade pill cauldrons? For pill refining, there's no need for so many—they don't break easily," Kang Jinglong analyzed.
"Brother, you make sense!" Kang Jingming's mind cleared the moment he heard this. "If you hadn't reminded me, I'd have been guessing for a while. So you're saying Wei Zhao has begun researching second-grade automatic cauldrons?"
"It's possible. After all, with your Xuandan Sect competing in the first-grade automatic cauldron market, his profits will only keep shrinking. If he doesn't develop new products, how can he maintain their market advantage?" Kang Jinglong said. "And I suspect they've essentially exhausted the possibilities for upgrading and encrypting first-grade cauldrons, with no new breakthroughs left, so they're probably planning to abandon that market. In a while, they might well slash prices to clear stock!"
"Slash prices to clear stock? Haha, I anticipated that long ago. In fact, I got word today from my mole that Wei Zhao does indeed plan to cut prices on first-grade automatic cauldrons. But he has his schemes, and I have mine—on my side, I've already begun mass-producing first-grade automatic cauldrons!" Kang Jingming laughed. "Don't worry, Brother. I'll cripple Wei Zhao's company, and then we'll see if he still has the heart to fight you over a woman!"
"Oh? Then I'll leave it to you, little brother!" Kang Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Kang Jingming already had a plan.
Wei Zhao entered the classroom and saw Wang Xinyan sitting at her familiar desk, reading. The exams were almost upon them, but this was no last-minute cramming—she was simply a girl who loved to read.
Usually, in the classroom, aside from chatting with Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi, she spent the rest of her time sitting alone at her desk with a book.
Wei Zhao walked over and sat down beside Wang Xinyan. She clearly sensed someone sitting down next to her; her brows knitted slightly, but she did not look over, her gaze remaining fixed on the book.
Wei Zhao smiled faintly. It seemed Kang Jinglong had been pestering Wang Xinyan a good deal lately, though she had paid him no mind. Now she clearly assumed the newcomer was Kang Jinglong.
"Xinyan, how have you been?" Wei Zhao asked.