Chapter 3356 — Tuo'er Riyue's Thoughts
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"Don't—whatever you do, don't go looking for him!" A careless word from one, a guilty start in the other—Kang Jingming truly was alarmed. If Tuo'er Riyue went and struck a deal with Wei Zhao, what would be left for him? He knew well enough that Wei Zhao might not be able to refine any top-grade Great Returning Pill, but Wei Zhao was a very peculiar sort of person!
Wei Zhao and his underlings had been crippled more than once or twice, hadn't they? Yet every time they came away whole, with not a trace of having been crippled at all—and that unnerved Kang Jingming greatly. So if by some chance Wei Zhao really did have a way to heal the injuries of Tuo'er Riyue and Tuo'er Tu, then Wei Zhao would become the benefactor of the Palan clan. They would be falling over themselves to protect him—kill him? Plainly impossible.
"Oh?" Tuo'er Riyue had only spoken offhandedly, but Kang Jingming's reply set something stirring in his heart. Still, he was old and wily, and his face betrayed nothing amiss; he merely regarded Kang Jingming with a faint, ambiguous smile. "So then, Mr. Kang agrees to my proposal?"
"Well… it's not as though it can't be considered." Kang Jingming said hastily. "It's just that I fear you'll go to Wei Zhao, Elder Patriarch, and get yourself killed by him. You know you have no real strength at present. If something were to happen to you, whom would I have left to trade with?"
Kang Jingming realized he had been a little too eager, but eager he had to be. If he did not stop Tuo'er Riyue now, then by the time the old man went to Wei Zhao, it would be too late for everything.
"Then Mr. Kang agrees?" Tuo'er Riyue's form of address had shifted to "Mr. Kang" as well—though it was nothing but a pretense. How could he have failed to hear the wrongness in those words?
Afraid he would die? Was Kang Jingming truly so kind-hearted? If he were so kind-hearted, he should have tirelessly urged Tuo'er Tu from the very start not to meet the enemy alone.
"There shouldn't be any problem. I'll go speak with my father-in-law…" Kang Jingming could not have agreed before, but now, to keep Tuo'er Riyue from seeking out Wei Zhao, he had no choice but to agree. He trusted that when the Xuanyuan Ancestor learned of it, he would not fault him.
"Very well, then I shall be going. If Mr. Kang has news, have the disciples patrolling outside my door inform me at once!" Tuo'er Riyue said.
"Certainly. I'll telephone my father-in-law right away!" Kang Jingming said hurriedly.
After Tuo'er Riyue had left, Xiao Yi knit his brows slightly. "Junior Brother Kang, the old thing is insatiably greedy. You agreed to him so readily—what about Master's side…?"
"If I don't agree to him, and he goes to Wei Zhao instead, that's even worse!" Kang Jingming spread his hands helplessly. "Best to call my father-in-law."
"Ah, I suppose you're right." Xiao Yi nodded.
Kang Jingming picked up his phone and dialed the Xuanyuan Ancestor directly. He had not yet reported the progress of matters to the Xuanyuan Ancestor when Tuo'er Riyue came calling.
"Zhaoming, how goes it? Is the matter settled?" the Xuanyuan Ancestor asked once he picked up.
"Father-in-law, things have gone fairly smoothly, but there's been a bit of trouble…" And with that, Kang Jingming recounted to the Xuanyuan Ancestor how Tuo'er Tu had been wounded and how Tuo'er Riyue had come knocking at his door.
"Your intentions were good…" The Xuanyuan Ancestor pondered a moment after hearing him out. "Having Tuo'er Tu wounded, and thereby heightening the hatred between the Palan clan and Wei Zhao—there's no problem in that. It is a most vicious move. But that old devil Tuo'er Riyue is no good sort either; he actually seized upon this to raise his price. Still, your agreeing to him is excusable. If he truly did go to Wei Zhao, matters would become troublesome…"