Chapter 3680 — Wei Zhao Arrives
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Xiao Che gave a bitter laugh. "I had no choice but to come back. My true qi is completely spent—even if I wanted to run, I couldn't."
Qiao Hongcai shook his head, speechless, yet a warmth was welling up in his heart. Until now, though he had time and again received Wei Zhao's kindness and felt grateful for it, he had never truly felt that he belonged at Xiao Che's side. But in the moment Xiao Che had resolutely turned back, he finally found that sense of belonging!
Neither he nor Xiao Che was a hanger-on or a burden to Wei Zhao. They were their own men—and they were part of Wei Zhao's crew!
"Hmph! Since you're back, hand over the spirit medicine—now! Or does this lord have to come take it himself?" Meng Zhou sneered, baring his teeth.
Things had come to such a pass that Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai had no chance left to resist or break out. Whether they cooperated or not, the spirit medicine would end up in the hands of Meng Zhou and his lot—the only difference was whether the scene looked graceful or ugly.
The moment Meng Zhou spoke, Li Zhengming and the other newcomers' eyes burned with greed. Qiao Hongcai's spirit medicine had already been swallowed whole by Meng Zhou alone, which had essentially secured him first place. So surely he had no need to hog the five hundred–plus points on Xiao Che as well?
And if it were to be divided among the others, then who got more and who got less would be the crux. Whoever got the larger share might vault into the top three and win a Foundation Establishment Pill; whoever got the smaller share could only pray to scrape into the top ten and make do with the three spirit jade consolation prize.
Of them all, the most impatient was Li Zhengming. Meng Zhou had promised him half, right to his face. He already had five hundred points of his own—add half of Xiao Che's, and he could lock in the top three and obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill he had dreamed of!
The Foundation Establishment Pill—for newcomers like them, it was a treasure that came only by chance and could never be sought!
"Hmph. Dawdling like this—seems you won't hand it over yourselves. Spurn a kindness and I'll be forced to do you a favor!" Meng Zhou bared his teeth in a savage grin and lunged at Xiao Che without the slightest restraint.
Just moments ago, in full view of everyone, Xiao Che had slipped right past him in a single exchange—a humiliation that had cost Meng Zhou every shred of face before his underlings. Now that Xiao Che was being so obstinate, it was the perfect chance to win his dignity back.
Surrounded by this many people, he refused to believe Xiao Che would dare resist!
And if Xiao Che did dare resist—well, that would give him the perfect excuse, an excuse to cripple both Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai together. All he would have to say afterward was that they were accidentally hurt in the scuffle, that fists and feet have no eyes—and even the others would have little to say against it.
Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai exchanged a glance, and both their hearts sank. Just as Meng Zhou expected, in a situation like this they truly did not dare resist lightly—otherwise, mobbed by so many, they might not merely have their cultivation crippled; even if they were beaten to death, the law would not punish the crowd.
More to the point, they were both utterly exhausted, their true qi spent to the dregs—even with the will, they had no strength left!
Seeing no sign of the two making a move, Meng Zhou curled his lip in disappointment. But he had no intention of letting them off so easily. Even if he could not use the occasion to cripple them both, he would at least land one vicious blow to teach them a lesson—to let them feel what it really meant to cross him!
"Thousand Legs, Twentieth Form!" Meng Zhou pulled the same trick again. Heavy shadows of legs shot straight at Xiao Che as he bellowed, grinning savagely in his triumph, "Aren't you a capable little brat? Go on, try dodging again if you've got the guts!"