Chapter 4762 — Eyes Grown Dim with Age
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As for Ren Zhongyuan's side, he had sworn up and down that he could deliver three—but the price was tantamount to selling Huo Yudie to him, a cost far beyond what a few tens of thousands of spirit jade could ever measure.
Liu Ziqi could not help but be shaken. Formidable in strength, peerless in talent, and able to refine eight Thunder Profound Pills with ease in a single day—Wei Zhao was simply defying the heavens!
No wonder Ning Shanghe held him in such favor. She had to admit her own judgment fell far short of her old friend's. She had heard Ning Shanghe speak of Wei Zhao's marvels again and again, and still she had underestimated the young man, had even nearly driven Die'er to lose him. At the thought, Liu Ziqi's face burned with shame—she felt she would not dare show her face in public again...
"Master, are you all right?" Huo Yudie blinked at Liu Ziqi's flushed cheeks.
"Oh, I'm fine." Liu Ziqi gave an embarrassed smile, then collected herself enough to ask, "For Wei Zhao to refine eight Thunder Profound Pills, he must have used up all his own Thunder Profound Vine as well, surely?"
The guess was entirely reasonable. If that much Thunder Profound Vine of Huo Yudie's could yield eight pills, Thunder Profound Pills would be as common as cabbages—when had such pills ever been so cheap and so plentiful?
"No, it was only my Thunder Profound Vine. His hasn't been touched at all. If he refined all of his too, he said he could make at least another thirty-two..." Huo Yudie shook her head.
Thud! This time Liu Ziqi could not even steady herself on the table, and instinctively pitched forward—the great luminary of the Eastern Continent Academy nearly went sprawling to the floor. Had Huo Yudie not been quick enough to shove a stool beneath her, she would have taken a nasty fall.
"Thirty-two?" Seeing Huo Yudie nod again and again, Liu Ziqi was now consumed with regret—not over Ren Zhongyuan's bargain, but over that moment when those two young rascals had produced photographs to prove Huo Yudie and Wei Zhao had lain together in the trial grounds. If only she had acknowledged it outright on the spot, how much better things would be!
True, it would have dented her disciple's reputation a little, but there would have been no real loss at all—she could simply have decreed that Huo Yudie marry Wei Zhao, and no one could have said a word against it. Then Ning Shanghe would never have had the chance to snap up such a prize of a son-in-law for nothing!
"Ah! A blunder! What a colossal blunder!" Liu Ziqi stamped her feet and beat her breast again and again. Had Huo Yudie not been present, she would have been tempted to slap herself twice across the face.
Liu Ziqi, oh Liu Ziqi, you truly have grown old—so old your eyes have gone dim!
Bad enough that your cultivation has ceased to advance—must your judgment fail you too? You nearly ruined your own disciple's lifelong happiness. If word of this ever got out, how would you ever show your face again!
Watching Liu Ziqi's expression of unending regret, Huo Yudie could not help but hide a smile behind her hand. She had no idea what her master was thinking, but one thing at least was plain: Wei Zhao now stood higher in her master's regard than words could say, and Ren Zhongyuan would never have anything to do with this matter again! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian () to cast