Chapter 2929 — A Vicious Plot

"Oh? That is truly wonderful!" Old Master Zhao, hearing this, felt not the slightest trace of dissatisfaction left in his heart, and said joyfully, "Then this matter shall be left in Old Master You's hands!"

"Do not rejoice too soon!" Old Master You, however, waved his hand and said, "Poison is not hard to obtain, but the difficulty lies in how you will make Wei Zhao swallow it."

"Hmm..." Only then did Old Master Zhao realize that this was indeed a hard problem, for there was no opportunity! At the Hidden Families Summit it would have been easy enough to manage, but now, inviting Wei Zhao to a meal out of the blue? It would be strange indeed if Wei Zhao were not on his guard!

"This matter must be entrusted to you, Old Master Zhao. I will find a way to obtain the poison; the rest is for you all to figure out," said Old Master You.

"Under what pretext shall we invite Wei Zhao to a meal so that he will come?" Old Master Zhao began to ponder how to poison Wei Zhao.

"By the way, Old Master Zhao, is that Zhao Qilei of your family not Wei Zhao's underling? If he were to extend the invitation, Wei Zhao would surely come, would he not?" An Mingyue spoke up at this point. The old fellow was as unscrupulous as An Liwen, often engaging in base deeds, so when it came to devising vicious schemes, he was worth two men.

"That is true, but Zhao Qilei is one of Wei Zhao's men. If I asked him to harm Wei Zhao, he would certainly refuse, and he might even leak the secret beforehand!" Old Master Zhao shook his head repeatedly.

"Come now, Old Master Zhao, can you not be a little flexible? You can find some pretext to deceive that Zhao Qilei of yours and have him invite Wei Zhao to dinner—would that not do?" An Mingyue suggested.

"Oh?" At An Mingyue's words, Old Master Zhao's eyes lit up at once, and he said, "You have truly awakened me from a dream with a single word! This time, Zhao Qilei has successfully passed the trial. I can hint to him that my thinking has changed, that I intend to make him the young head of the family, and have him invite Wei Zhao over to discuss this matter in detail. What do you all think?"

"An excellent idea! In this way, Zhao Qilei will not suspect anything, and your invitation to Wei Zhao will have a legitimate reason. Neither Zhao Qilei nor Wei Zhao will be suspicious, and by then we need only work out how to administer the drug!" Sect Master Wo clapped his hands in praise.

"Haha, since that is so, I shall go speak with Zhao Qilei as soon as I return!" Old Master Zhao, having settled on the plan, felt rather relieved at this moment. "Then let today's meeting end here. Let each of us make our own inquiries, and when the time comes, we shall deal Wei Zhao a fatal blow!"

After the others had departed, Old Master You went to contact the Xuandan Sect. He was still quite zealous about doing away with Wei Zhao; once Wei Zhao was dead, the matter of Han Jingyi would be easy to handle. It had to be said that the You Family had always harbored ambitions of their own—after so many years of doing work in the shadow of the Xuandan Sect, they had long wished to rank among the ancient powers. Of course, the You Family's current strength was still insufficient; there were far too few Heaven-rank experts!

If the You Family's alchemy techniques were to advance by leaps and bounds, then who could stop the You Family's march toward ancient-tier status?

But relying on the Xuandan Sect's help was impossible. To say nothing of the fact that the Xuandan Sect would never impart their alchemy techniques without reservation, even if the You Family mastered these techniques, the Xuandan Sect would not wish to see the You Family grow great and become an existence on equal footing with themselves!

Therefore, if the You Family wished to rise, they could only accumulate strength on their own and find their own way—and that notebook of alchemy insights in Wei Zhao's possession was the perfect opportunity. If they obtained it, though the You Family's strength would not improve greatly in the near years, with the passage of time the You Family would grow ever more powerful!

Thus, to avoid arousing the Xuandan Sect's suspicion, Old Master You did not contact Tian Candie directly, but instead contacted Kang Jingming, the Eighth Elder of the Xuandan Sect! Old Master You also knew that Kang Jingming was Wei Zhao's enemy.

At this moment, the Xuandan Sect's trial had just concluded, and Kang Jingming was in the chambers of Ancestor Xuanchen discussing alchemy matters.

"Master, at present the Xuandan Sect's external commissioned pills consist only of the Qi Gathering Pill we promised Wei Zhao, the Qi Gathering Pill the Dark Night Palace requested for this trial, and the Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill requested by the Tomorrow and Tomorrow Sect!" Kang Jingming said. "In what order shall these pills be refined? And who shall be assigned to refine them?"

"The Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill can only be refined by you; no one else can do it! But we must give Wei Zhao an Ultimate Qi Gathering Pill passed off as a Qi Gathering Pill—this is a secret known only to the two of us, so this pill must also be refined by you. As for the Qi Gathering Pills, I can have Xuanzhen or another elder of the Xuandan Sect refine them," Ancestor Xuanchen said after a moment's thought.

"Then... of the two pills in my hands, which should I refine first?" Kang Jingming nodded and asked.

"Of your two, the one for the Tomorrow and Tomorrow Sect has nothing to do with our future plans; it is merely a courtesy to them. You had best refine Wei Zhao's Ultimate Qi Gathering Pill first—cripple Wei Zhao once and for all! That brat is always hovering before my eyes, and I never feel at ease!" said Ancestor Xuanchen.

"Yes, Master!" Kang Jingming was overjoyed to hear this. He too was most eager to deal with Wei Zhao, but in such a major matter he had no authority to decide, and could only wait for Ancestor Xuanchen's instructions.

No sooner had Kang Jingming finished speaking than his phone rang, giving him a start. He took out the phone and was about to cut it off, hastily explaining, "Master, I was in such a hurry when I came that I forgot to turn off my phone..."

"Who is calling?" Ancestor Xuanchen waved his hand and asked indifferently. "Answer it."

"This... it is the Hidden You Family?" Kang Jingming glanced at the caller display and was startled. He did have the Hidden You Family's number, but he did not know what they could be calling about; Kang Jingming was not particularly close to the Hidden You Family.

"Oh? Ask him what it is about," said Ancestor Xuanchen.

"Yes, Master." Kang Jingming nodded and picked up the call. "Hello? This is Kang Jingming..."

"Elder Kang, this is the head of the Hidden You Family..." Old Master You said carefully and respectfully. Kang Jingming's status was not what it once was, so he naturally had to be cautious.

"Ah, Old Master You. What can I do for you?" Kang Jingming said in greeting.

"It is like this... Elder Kang, is it convenient for you to talk right now?" Old Master You asked after a moment's hesitation.