Chapter 3772 — This Is a Good Thing
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Li Zhengming said slowly, "In fact, if things proceed normally, Wei Zhao will dig his own grave during the spirit herb trial. So Leader Meng Zhou need only win points according to plan and he is certain to overtake him. But if Wei Zhao is left in the Mountain-Low No. 14 cave dwelling, there is one not-insignificant variable that could easily ruin everything."
Meng Jueming was likewise a man of deep scheming, and once Li Zhengming had touched on the point, he understood his meaning at once.
"Zhengming, you mean Wei Zhao will likely wait until Meng Zhou challenges one rank up, and then immediately challenge Meng Zhou?" Meng Jueming drew a sharp breath.
"Exactly." Li Zhengming nodded. "Although Leader Meng Zhou is already a fine hand at the early Foundation Establishment stage, Wei Zhao is not to be underestimated either. Judging from how he withstood a full-force blow from a peak early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator last time, if Leader Meng Zhou faces him, the situation does not look promising."
"What the hell are you talking about!" Meng Zhou was instantly displeased. Wei Zhao was his sworn enemy, and for Li Zhengming to say in front of Young Master Xu that his prospects were not promising—that was practically asking for a beating!
"You're the one talking nonsense!" Meng Jueming glared at him. Between Meng Zhou and Wei Zhao, who was weaker and who stronger was plain at a glance; anyone with eyes could see it, and they were certainly not so foolish as to deceive themselves.
Even if Meng Zhou were arranged to face Wei Zhao afterward, it would only be to probe the depths of Wei Zhao's strength—they had never expected him to win. Otherwise, if Wei Zhao were so easy to deal with, would the lot of them need to rack their brains here?
Only then did Meng Zhou grunt sullenly. In truth, even he—his confidence soaring after succeeding in Foundation Establishment, and with the experience of the earlier endurance assessment behind him—would not claim he could handle Wei Zhao a hundred percent; he privately reckoned his chances at only three or four in ten.
Little did he know that with such meager strength against Wei Zhao, he had not even the faintest chance of winning—three or four in ten, indeed. In his dreams!
"Zhengming's concern is very much to the point. If every time Meng Zhou challenges one rank up, Wei Zhao immediately challenges him and knocks him back down, then in the end Meng Zhou will win no points at all in this challenge stage—every last one will go to Wei Zhao. And that would be enough to offset his losses in the spirit herb trial, leaving Meng Zhou no chance to overtake him!" Meng Jueming said, thoroughly convinced.
For the sake of the managing senior brother's face, he was determined to kick Wei Zhao down from first place. But to block Meng Zhou's path of advancement purely to thwart Wei Zhao's wishes would clearly cost more than it gained.
Nor was he alone—even Young Master Xu Lingchong, an outsider to the affair, found it thoroughly irksome to see Wei Zhao sitting atop the scoreboard.
"In other words, if we take this chance to grant Wei Zhao's request to show off, we can kick him aside and give him no opportunity to make trouble at all?" Xu Lingchong nodded thoughtfully.
"Young Master Xu is wise—that is precisely the reasoning!"
Meng Jueming hastily fawned: "Anyway, the challenge tournament will offer plenty of chances to probe his strength. Better to leave it to the very end—by then everything will be settled, and whether Meng Zhou wins or loses, Wei Zhao will only be able to swallow his frustration under our feet! Since the fellow wants to show off, let him put on his act. Young Master Xu, what do you say?"
"Mm, let it be so, then," Xu Lingchong assented. "If it's at the very end, I can still think of something for Meng Zhou! I can help him once, but not every time—if Wei Zhao keeps challenging him, even I won't be able to do anything!" (To be continued)