Chapter 4940 — Huo Yudie Pleads for Mercy
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Still, a breakthrough to Profound Ascension did not strictly require a Thunder Profound Pill; the pill was merely the first choice for weathering the thunder tribulation. To most people it was a thing only to be wished for, never obtained, and they could only settle for the next best—a seventh-grade Great Return Pill, for instance, was a decent alternative. True, it would greatly impair the fusion of one's spiritual roots, but so long as one's strength was sufficient and one's luck good, there was still a chance of breaking through to Profound Ascension; at worst, one could preserve one's life.
But what Ren Zhongyuan had used was not a seventh-grade Great Return Pill, but the sovereign healing elixir known as the Longevity Pill, refined from Longevity Root. Its effects were far superior even to the seventh-grade Great Return Pill. He and Yi Xiaotian and the others had gone to West Island last time chiefly to gather Longevity Root.
Relying on the Longevity Pill's near-heaven-defying healing power, Ren Zhongyuan had gritted his teeth and endured the thunder tribulation, and had even succeeded in advancing to Profound Ascension. In the eyes of ordinary folk, this was already quite formidable; Yi Xiaotian and Yao Jiali, at least, who had faced the same conditions, had failed to break through, and to this day still lay abed, their vitality unrecovered.
"Heh heh, so even a brat like you has come to this. The heavens really do have eyes!" Ren Zhongyuan gloated inwardly as he watched Wei Zhao being "arrested" by Zhuang Yifan himself.
Come to think of it, his success in advancing this time was, to a great extent, thanks to Wei Zhao. Had he not been tormented to the brink of death by Wei Zhao's Five Elements Killing Aura before, his willpower would never have been tempered so, and it would have been hard for him to clench his teeth through the thunder tribulation. In the end he would very likely have fallen short, just like Yi Xiaotian and the others.
Of course, Ren Zhongyuan was plainly not about to feel grateful to Wei Zhao—unless his brain had truly taken in water.
While Ren Zhongyuan secretly reveled, Huo Yudie had already rushed forward regardless of all else. Planting herself in front of Wei Zhao, she said to Zhuang Yifan, "Wei Zhao was only acting in self-defense, and it was those people from Dingcheng Academy who made the threats first. The fault lies not with Wei Zhao but with them. You cannot take Wei Zhao away!"
Even as she argued her case, Huo Yudie kept shooting glances at her master, signaling Liu Ziqi to step forward quickly, and plead.
But Liu Ziqi did not speak at once. Huo Yudie was too anxious to think clearly, but she had already sensed that something was off. At the very least, the look on Zhuang Yifan's face was plainly not that of a man come to make trouble; judging by their expressions, why did it seem more as though they had come for a friendly visit?!
"Hmph, plead all you like. This brat's stirred up such a storm that even the Alliance Chairman has come in person to arrest him. What good will pleading do? It'll only make him die faster and more miserably!" Ren Zhongyuan was another who could not read the situation. By now he was already imagining Wei Zhao being sliced to pieces by a thousand cuts—just the thought of it was immensely satisfying.
But before Ren Zhongyuan could savor his satisfaction, the very first words out of Zhuang Yifan's mouth made his expression change and nearly choke him to death.
"Master Lin, and who might this be?" Zhuang Yifan eyed Huo Yudie with some puzzlement. Though he said nothing overtly flattering, both his expression and his bearing plainly betrayed an indescribable deference—something even a fool could see.
"Mas… Master Lin?" Ren Zhongyuan promptly flopped down onto the ground with a thud. Zhuang Yifan was the august Alliance Chairman, and he was actually addressing this brat as Master?