Chapter 3511 — A Helper Wanted
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With an old-timer like Gui Dongxi as his trump card, Wei Zhao was, by and large, in no great danger!
"Just me alone?" Wei Zhao glanced at Kang Jingming and asked flatly.
"That's right. We all sat down and talked it over just now and unanimously decided that you're the only suitable one. It was a show of hands, all of us. Of course, you can refuse, and we'll pick someone else—but if you won't follow orders and accept deployment, then I'll have no choice but to bar you from the heaven-tier trial!" So said Kang Jingming.
"Do you think saying that is even interesting? Unanimously decided? Who decided? You? You? Or you?" Wei Zhao casually pointed at a few trial participants fawning around Kang Jingming and asked mildly.
But every one of them lowered his head; not a single one dared meet Wei Zhao's eyes. After all, Wei Zhao's ferocious reputation had been made in the ancient era—anyone who offended him was killed on the spot. These people wanted to lick Kang Jingming's boots, but none dared offend Wei Zhao.
After all, if Wei Zhao really took a disliking to them and beat them to death, Kang Jingming could not bring them back to life.
"Wei Zhao, never mind all that—are you going to obey or not?" A flicker of shame and anger crossed Kang Jingming's eyes. What he had said before had been meant to sound grand and noble, but he had never expected Wei Zhao to refuse him any face and expose him outright, leaving him unable to save his dignity. "If you won't go, then please leave. The trial does not welcome you!"
"Who says I refused?" Wei Zhao asked coolly in return. "Which ear of yours heard that? I was merely raising a question."
"You—" Kang Jingming was furious. If you agreed, then say so earlier, damn you! All that nonsense, and you leave me with egg on my face! He gave a cold humph and said, "You see that? In this trial, I am the authority. Those who follow me prosper; those who defy me perish. This Wei Zhao, the foremost lone cultivator under the heavenly dao, doesn't dare defy me either. All that crap he spouted, and in the end he still has to submit obediently!"
Kang Jingming was no fool either. In an instant he had turned the bad into the good, and he said so outright.
"Oh. Then I won't submit. I'm leaving." With that, Wei Zhao turned to go.
"Gah!?" Kang Jingming froze on the spot. He had not expected Wei Zhao to leave so decisively, and for a moment he did not know what to do or how to respond! That wretched mouth of mine—Wei Zhao had already agreed, and I still had to put on a show for the sake of face! Now look: Wei Zhao's leaving, and all the plans I drew up are wasted for nothing? He was at a loss, hesitated a moment, then hurriedly said, "Don't be like that! I was only joking, haha. Wei Zhao, don't get excited—you've come all this way, it'd be such a pity not to take part!"
"Oh, since you're begging me so earnestly, I suppose I'll take part, reluctantly. But I've changed my mind—assign me a helper, someone to lure out the Five-Kill Dragon together with me. I think this one's quite good. What do you say?" As he spoke, Wei Zhao pointed at Lou Taixie.
Wei Zhao had nothing but contempt for two-faced creatures like that. Earlier, the man had chosen to submit the moment he heard Wei Zhao's name, only to turn right around and throw in his lot with Zhong Yongliang. If Wei Zhao let him off easily, that would be a wonder.
"I think..." Kang Jingming was somewhat troubled. This man was plainly one of Zhong Yongliang's subordinates; if he made the decision himself, he would be offending Zhong Yongliang. And just now Zhong Yongliang had made a show of shielding the others—now to hand one of them over for Wei Zhao's sake, that simply wouldn't do!
"Oh, if Wei Zhao has need of him, then let Lou Taixie go. It's all for the trial, after all! I think it's only natural that he make a small sacrifice." Zhong Yongliang meant to stir up trouble in the trial too; if Wei Zhao left now, whom would he have left to deal with?