Chapter 3722 — Meng Zhou's Trump Card
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Hu Yunfeng's "nameless mockery" was only the first wave. Next, these people would keep trying every trick they could think of to provoke Wei Zhao—to prod at that show-off nerve of his!
In fairness, the scheme Meng Jueming had devised was quite ingenious. Had it been any man who genuinely loved to put on airs, one who had not received advance intelligence and who did not have formidable strength to conceal, he would likely have had more than a ninety percent chance of falling into the trap.
Unfortunately for them, Wei Zhao not only possessed both of those advantages at once—more crucially, he was not a creature who truly loved to put on airs. In his style, when the situation genuinely called for him to back down, he would never lose his head and bull recklessly ahead.
"Very well. Next, Elder Zhao will seal the strength of these Law Enforcement Hall examiners on the spot. Make your preparations—the trial begins shortly!" Hu Yunfeng announced at last.
The newcomers at once gathered in twos and threes to make their final preparations. Around Wei Zhao, naturally, clustered the long-suffering senior brother, along with Xiao Che, Qiao Hongcai, and a few others.
It was then that Meng Zhou came over, leading a great crowd of Qingyun Pavilion newcomers. He cast Wei Zhao a sidelong glance and sneered down his nose. "So, Mr. Show-Off Newcomer—last time the pressure-formation went out of control and your dog-shit luck handed you a perfect score. But this time it's real strength on the line, and no bit of dog-shit luck is going to carry you through! I've gone to the trouble of asking around—so tell me, what tier do you plan to choose?"
Wei Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly, but before he could speak, the newcomers trailing at Meng Zhou's side had already begun mocking him with relish. "What's there to ask? Of course he'll pick Heaven-tier Great Perfection! This fellow only managed to scrape into Foundation Establishment thanks to a single Foundation Establishment Pill—he's got no real strength at all. If he picked early Foundation Establishment, he'd be beaten to death on the spot!"
"Exactly! Pavilion Master Hu Yunfeng just said it himself—challenging above one's tier isn't heroic, it's idiotic. But for our Mr. Show-Off Newcomer here, that saying needs amending: challenging at one's own tier is absolutely idiotic too. So it's safer to pick Heaven-tier Great Perfection!"
"Heaven-tier Great Perfection? I say he should pick Heaven-tier late-stage peak. What if—just by some slip—our Mr. Show-Off Newcomer, a fine early Foundation Establishment hand, got killed in one blow by a Heaven-tier Great Perfection? Think how ugly that would sound once word got out! So Heaven-tier late-stage peak is the reliable choice—sure to pass with ease!"
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The pack of newcomers who had arrived with Meng Zhou threw in a word here and a phrase there, mocking him to the utmost, ceaselessly testing the bottom line of Wei Zhao's patience. Yet no matter what they said, Wei Zhao only watched coldly from the sidelines, betraying nothing.
Put plainly, the sole reason Meng Zhou had brought these people over was to provoke him.
None of them knew the core of Meng Jueming's plan. But so long as they were promised some benefit, coming over to fire off a few taunts at Wei Zhao was no hardship at all—they were glad to play along. All the more so since they had already had run-ins with Wei Zhao back during the mountain trial, and since Wei Zhao had then gone and taken a god-tier perfect score that made their eyes burn with envy. They had long since found him unbearable!
Wei Zhao had known the truth all along, so no matter how these people taunted and provoked, he remained unmoved. But the long-suffering senior brother and the others at his side could not stomach it.