Chapter 3366 — Obtaining the Qi-Gathering Pill Once More
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"Beyond that... there are pills and such, though Mr. Lin should have little need of them..." As Tuo'er Riyue said this, a thought suddenly struck him! Had Wei Zhao not said earlier that Kang Jingming still owed him a Qi-Gathering Pill? Could it be that Wei Zhao wanted this Qi-Gathering Pill? If so... At this thought, Tuo'er Riyue hastily said, "Our Pali clan still has one Qi-Gathering Pill. I wonder whether Mr. Lin might need it?"
The Qi-Gathering Pill was of little use to the Pali clan. They had plenty of energy stones for cultivation and no need of Qi-Gathering Pills at all. They had traded for a few back then and then stopped, and one still remained.
"A Qi-Gathering Pill?" Wei Zhao raised an eyebrow. He had not expected the Pali clan to have such a thing, and he nodded slowly. "A Qi-Gathering Pill will do, but you should know that the value of a single third-grade pill is hardly enough to make me lift a hand."
"This I understand, Mr. Lin. Our Pali clan will bear your kindness in mind forever! Consider it a debt our Pali clan owes Mr. Lin—hereafter, should Mr. Lin have any need of us, so long as it lies within our power, we will certainly do it!" Tuo'er Riyue said.
"Good. Guard Tuo'er Long for me!" With that, Wei Zhao reached out and pressed his fingers to Tuo'er Long's wrist, then set the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art into motion!
Although Wei Zhao acted only for the sake of the Qi-Gathering Pill, the Pali clan had not yet produced it and Wei Zhao had already begun—for which Tuo'er Riyue was endlessly grateful!
For all Wei Zhao's talk of complexity, healing Tuo'er Long was truly a trifling effort. Once Tuo'er Long was fully recovered, Wei Zhao released his hand and said, "It is done."
Tuo'er Riyue was about to ask Tuo'er Long how he felt when Tuo'er Long sprang to his feet, bowed deeply before Wei Zhao, clasped his fists, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin, for saving my life. I shall never forget it. From now on, my life belongs to Mr. Lin. The Pali clan owes Mr. Lin a debt—that is the clan's. I, Tuo'er Long, personally will follow Mr. Lin's lead from this day forward!"
Tuo'er Riyue looked at his eldest son and in the end said nothing. He knew his son's character—a man who repays kindness. No doubt he too understood that the value of a single Qi-Gathering Pill was nowhere near enough to buy back his life!
Truth be told, if the Pali clan had wished it, one Qi-Gathering Pill could have been traded for a single energy stone—ten would not even have been needed! Yet Wei Zhao had not asked for ten energy stones but for the Qi-Gathering Pill instead, which showed that Wei Zhao likely happened to need the thing and had simply done the Pali clan a favor along the way.
"Heh, and how is Kang Jingming?" Wei Zhao had no use for Tuo'er Long at present—he was far away in a foreign land, too distant from Wei Zhao. Distant water cannot quench a nearby fire, and for the moment Wei Zhao truly had nothing for him to do.
"Kang Jingming is being held under guard by our people. How does Mr. Lin think he should be dealt with?" Tuo'er Riyue asked. In his view, whether Kang Jingming lived or died was a matter of a single word from Wei Zhao. (To be continued...)