Chapter 3409 — Unexpected Resistance
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"So that's how it is. Then have you found the cause of Yu Xiaoke's coma, and a way to resolve it?" Old Man Wei asked. "I haven't had any luck finding a good approach on my end!"
"I've found it, yes—but not in any detail. All we know at present is that it was caused by a drain on her spiritual sense and mental energy; as for how to remedy it, how to treat it, none of that is mentioned," Wei Zhao said. "The only thing we do know is that Zhang Lifeng, the finest physician of his generation, treated a case like this once, and treated it successfully. So, old man, take a look through Mr. Zhang Lifeng's medical notes and see whether they mention anything of the sort?"
"All right, I'll look right now!" Old Man Wei said with a nod.
"Good, we'll leave it there for now. Contact me the moment you find anything," Wei Zhao said.
Yu Dake gathered all the private journals of the Yu ancestors together; he meant to take them with him rather than leave them here. He and Wei Zhao tidied things up and then left the great mansion—since there was nothing more to be had here, there was no use in staying.
"Mr. Lin, you mean to go looking for that so-called poison-refining base?" Yu Dake was rather startled to hear Wei Zhao say he was going to find his comrade-in-arms. "Our Yu family has lived here for so many years, and I've never heard of any poison-refining base anywhere nearby."
"Perhaps it was built only in recent years, after you had already left," Wei Zhao said, shaking his head. "For something like this, we'd do better to ask the Paoli clan. They may well know more clearly."
"That works. Then let's go to the Paoli clan now," Yu Dake said with a nod.
"You're coming with me too?" Wei Zhao had meant to send Yu Dake back, and had not expected him to follow along.
"Yes, let's go together. We'll see whether I can be of any help. My cultivation is rather low—I still haven't broken through to the Heaven Rank—but it's always good to have an extra pair of hands," Yu Dake said.
Wei Zhao nodded and did not refuse. This time the two of them took only one vehicle, Wei Zhao's Grand Cherokee; the Range Rover was left for the time being at the Yu family mansion. There was no need to drive two cars.
This time the road to the Paoli clan was familiar ground, and they reached it with ease. The one who barred their way was, once again, Tuo'ertu!
But when Tuo'ertu saw that it was Wei Zhao and Yu Dake, he at once grew warm: "So it's Young Hero Lin and Young Hero Yu who've come! Have you come to haul away some more energy stones?"
"Not energy stones this time—those can wait. There's something I'd like to ask you about," Wei Zhao said with a wave of his hand. "Do you know whether there's a poison-refining base somewhere here in the Hakunamata Desert?"
"A poison-refining base?" Tuo'ertu was briefly taken aback, and then his expression shifted slightly. "Young Hero Lin, might I ask what you want with such a thing?"
At the look on Tuo'ertu's face, Wei Zhao's heart sank a little. Could it be that the Paoli clan had some entanglement with the poison-refining base? If so, going there himself might meet with no small resistance.
For now, Wei Zhao had no wish to make an enemy of the Paoli clan, so he gave a slight nod and said, "That's right—the poison-refining base. A friend of mine has been captured and taken there, and I mean to go and find him."