Chapter 420 — Lying in Wait

"All right, I'll be right there..." Zou Ruoming nodded hastily and agreed, though inwardly he was thinking how wonderful it would be if he could bring Uncle Yan along to teach Wei Zhao a lesson. With Uncle Yan making a move, beating that brat Wei Zhao would be child's play, wouldn't it?

Of course, Zou Ruoming had no idea that Brother Black Panther, now crippled and sitting in prison, had also been a Yellow-rank expert. Otherwise he would never have assumed any such thing.

Hearing the excitement in Zou Ruoming's voice, Zou Tiandi sighed faintly and hung up. He thought to himself that this youngest son of his was truly ruthless, and wondered whether his original strategy had been a mistake. If he had let the elder son study diligently and the younger son go out into the underworld, that might have been a fine choice. But the mistake was already made; all he could do now was make the best of it...

Uncle Yan did not usually carry a mobile phone, nor did he keep a telephone in his room. He was very much a recluse of the world, which was why Zou Ruoming had to go and fetch him in person. But Zou Tiandi did not mind. An expert, after all, always had something out of the ordinary about him. For a Yellow-rank expert like Uncle Yan, being a little different was only natural.

Besides, Uncle Yan had the right idea. He was a fugitive, and it made sense for him to keep to himself and avoid too much contact with the outside world, lest someone with ill intentions catch on to him.

Zou Ruoming hurried out of the school at a brisk pace, hailed a taxi, and sped straight to the suburban villa in the northern outskirts.

Uncle Yan knew Zou Ruoming. Hearing that it was Zou Tiandi's instruction, he asked no further questions. He immediately put on a hat with a low brim, and then hurried out the door with Zou Ruoming.

Uncle Yan was a Yellow-rank expert who drifted between his sect and the wider world, long engaged in robbery to raise funds for his sect. But after one job went wrong, he was wanted by the police, and was lucky enough to be saved by Zou Tiandi. So he stayed on in Songshan City, agreeing to do three things for Zou Tiandi before leaving.

He had already done two. Now came the last. Once it was done, he would be free to go and resume his robbery work.

Buzz, buzz. Zou Ruoming's phone received a message from Zou Tiandi, containing a license plate number and the model of a van.

After Zou Ruoming passed the information on to Uncle Yan, the two of them took up a position on the road in front of the police station that any car would have to pass along.

When they reached the police station, Qiu Lingshan did not make things difficult for Wei Zhao. She probably knew that Wei Zhao did not give a damn about her, and that he had only come to the station because of Tang Zhi.

So she simply took a statement from Wei Zhao and then let him and Tang Zhi go.

"Sister Lingshan's actually pretty decent. Why do you always call her... that word..." Tang Zhi was puzzled by Wei Zhao calling Qiu Lingshan a brain-dead chick. Wei Zhao was far too bold, wasn't he? He actually dared to call Qiu Lingshan a brain-dead chick, and the strangest part was that although Qiu Lingshan got angry, she never talked back.

"Hah, she's too much trouble. Always coming to me for help with one thing or another." Wei Zhao shrugged and said no more on the subject. Suddenly the jade pendant at his chest throbbed twice. Wei Zhao's expression changed, and he slowed the car. "There's danger!"

"Danger?" Tang Zhi was startled, but before she could ask anything, a figure drifted over and came to a stop not far in front of Wei Zhao's car.

Early Yellow-rank? Wei Zhao's heart stirred slightly as he instantly discerned the other's level of strength, though he could not tell why an early Yellow-rank expert would turn up here.

From the look of it, the man had come for him. But who had sent him? Li Cihua? Clearly impossible. He had already lost a late Yellow-rank expert at Wei Zhao's hands; sending an early Yellow-rank one now would be nothing short of delivering him to his death. Wei Zhao trusted that Li Cihua was not quite that foolish.

Zhong Fabai? That seemed unlikely too. Brother Black Panther had already been sent to prison by Wei Zhao.

Jin Gubang? The only possibility Wei Zhao could think of was him... But the next moment, Wei Zhao was surprised to find that he had guessed wrong.

The person who sprang out behind the early Yellow-rank expert was not Jin Gubang, but Zou Ruoming!

And when Zou Ruoming saw Wei Zhao and Tang Zhi in the car, he was so stunned that he nearly burst with joy!

He recognized Wei Zhao's van, but he could not remember the license plate number. Earlier, Uncle Yan, with his sharp eyes, had spotted Wei Zhao's car approaching and leapt out first. It was only now that Zou Ruoming realized the person his father had told him to intercept was Wei Zhao!

In that instant, Zou Ruoming was like a cosmos erupting, his whole body brimming with excitement and elation. He had been worrying over how to deal with Wei Zhao, fantasizing about getting Uncle Yan to help, though he knew it was all but impossible. And now, unexpectedly, it had become reality!

"Haha, Wei Zhao? It's actually you?" Zou Ruoming burst into laughter. "Didn't see that coming, did you? Bet you never thought you'd see this day, huh, classmate Wei Zhao? I told you not to put on airs with me, and this time I'm going to kill you! Damn you, competing with me for Tang Zhi — who the hell do you think you are! Leave Tang Zhi here today, and I'll let you live!"

Wei Zhao stared at Zou Ruoming in astonishment. Was this fool really that naive? He'd brought along a single Yellow-rank expert and thought himself invincible? Never mind that the man was only at the early Yellow rank — even against a late Yellow-rank, Wei Zhao had the strength to put up a fight!

Ever since he had cultivated the first layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art to its grand completion, Wei Zhao's strength had rivaled that of a late Yellow-rank expert. He could even punch above his own tier to trade blows with someone at the early Mystic rank.

"Have you been eating too many stupid pills or what?" Wei Zhao looked at Zou Ruoming the way one might look at an idiot. "Even an idiot wouldn't be as bad as you. You're not just an ordinary idiot — you're a world-class idiot! That idiot girl is ten thousand times smarter than you."

"Heh..." Tang Zhi of course knew who the "idiot girl" in Wei Zhao's mouth was. Hearing him say it now, she couldn't help but laugh, and the sight left Zou Ruoming dumbstruck! His resolve to make Tang Zhi his own burned all the fiercer — what a waste it was to leave a prize like her to Wei Zhao!

"Idiot girl?" Zou Ruoming had no idea who the idiot girl was, but he knew full well it was no compliment. He ground his teeth and spat, "Wei Zhao, nothing you say matters now. Since you refuse to know what's good for you, I'll have to stop being polite. Uncle Yan, finish him! Leave that girl for me!"

Zou Ruoming was arguably twisting his father's words into his own order — Zou Tiandi had only told him to teach Wei Zhao a lesson, but Zou Ruoming had changed it to finishing Wei Zhao off.

"Smack!" Wei Zhao slapped Zou Ruoming across the face again. "I already told you to quit scheming after Tang Zhi. Are you forgetful, or just deaf?"

Zou Ruoming had never expected Wei Zhao to be so brazen as to slap him right in front of Uncle Yan. Stinging with pain, he howled, "Uncle Yan, make your move, finish him for me!"