Chapter 3052 — Wei Zhao's Rules

"I'd stick with Arrow-Brand Bro if I were you—I'm still not used to the new one!" Shen Yushu said with a smile.

"As for the Fire Burn Mountain inheritance, I'll do some quiet digging on the side. And as for the Yu family, I'll find a chance to ask Yu Bing. Don't worry—since they want you to do things for them, they won't harm your parents for now. For the time being, they're quite safe!" Wei Zhao said, trying to comfort her. "But it won't be long before that changes. Once I break through again—once I can kill a peak late Heaven-tier expert in a single strike—the ** world will answer to me, and I'll be the one drawing up the rules!"

Wei Zhao had that kind of fire in him now! From the mundane families all the way to the hidden families, he had already begun to set foot on the ancient stage. Before long, he might well stand at the very apex of that ancient pyramid!

When that day came, every ancient sect would be just like the hidden sects of today: submit, or be wiped out!

"Mm-hmm, Little Shu believes Arrow-Brand Bro has what it takes!" Shen Yushu had always placed absolute trust in Wei Zhao.

"Let's leave this topic here for today. I'll keep an eye on it," Wei Zhao told her.

"Okay, then Little Shu's off to bed! So sleepy—" Shen Yushu yawned, swayed her way upstairs, and was back to her usual goofy, scatterbrained self.

Watching her retreating figure on the stairs, Wei Zhao sighed. So Little Shu had never been happy—her cheerfulness was merely a disguise she wore every day.

Back in his room, Wei Zhao called Bai Lingtou straight away. So much had happened today that he had to fill Bai Lingtou in, and he also wanted to consult him about Shen Yushu's situation.

"Xiao Yi? Calling me this late? You're back?" Bai Lingtou's voice came through the line.

"Teacher Bai! I just got back to Donghai City, but something's come up. I need to tell you about it," Wei Zhao said.

"Oh? What is it?" Bai Lingtou took a sip of tea to wake himself up. If Wei Zhao was calling him this late, it had to be important.

"Xuanchen sent Little One and Little Eleven to make trouble again!" Wei Zhao said.

"What! They're back again?" Bai Lingtou was startled at first, then his voice took on an angry edge. "He agreed with me before that he wouldn't lay a hand on you—he actually dared break the agreement?"

"It wasn't me they went after. It was Sun Jingyan," Wei Zhao said. "My guess is he's skirting the line—he figures going after Sun Jingyan isn't going after me or after your **, and you can't find fault with it!"

"That Xuanchen..." Hearing Wei Zhao's words and thinking of Xuanchen's character, Bai Lingtou found himself agreeing with the guess. "You're right, that must be it. Is Sun Jingyan in any danger? What exactly happened?"

"It went like this..." Wei Zhao recounted the day's events to Bai Lingtou in detail.

"Curing the Tagan Dragon? But you actually crippled Little Eleven—I'm afraid Xuanchen won't let this slide!" Hearing that Wei Zhao, Sun Jingyan, and the others were all unharmed, Bai Lingtou relaxed, but at the same time he began to worry for Wei Zhao.

"Even without the business with Little Eleven, would Old Ancestor Xuanchen ever let me off? He's always wanted me dead—that's never changed. The only reason he hasn't moved against me yet is your agreement with him!" Wei Zhao said.

"True enough!" Bai Lingtou thought it over, and that was indeed how it stood. "Don't worry. This time Xuanchen and his people provoked you first—you were only hitting back. If they come to me, I'll deal with them!"

"Mm, there's one more thing. Do you know anything about the Fire Burn Mountain inheritor?" Wei Zhao asked.

"Hmm, Fire Burn Mountain? They do have an inheritor, but I don't know exactly how that's progressing—Xuanchen and Little One have always handled that matter. I've never been involved," Bai Lingtou said.

"Oh? So the Fire Burn Mountain inheritor was also arranged by the Five Luminaries Sect?" Wei Zhao was taken aback for a moment. He had guessed before that the hidden Yu family might be backed by either the Five Luminaries Sect or the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect—and now it turned out to really be the Five Luminaries Sect!

"It must have been Xuanchen or Little One. They've been overseeing it all along. But why do you ask? Oh, right—you said Fire Burn Cloud helped you deal with Little One. Are you afraid Fire Burn Mountain will face retaliation?" Bai Lingtou paused, then said, "The Five Luminaries Sect wouldn't dare offend Fire Burn Mountain. Fire Burn Mountain is powerful in its own right. The inheritance is a joint training arrangement, but if you truly push Fire Burn Mountain too far, it would be next to impossible for Xuanchen to cultivate a fire-element inheritor of his own!"

"So that's how it is. But it's not retaliation from Old Ancestor Xuanchen that worries me," Wei Zhao shook his head and said. "Little One doesn't even know Fire Burn Cloud's identity or background—Fire Burn Cloud never introduced himself—so he probably just took him for one of my underlings. What I want to ask is: has Fire Burn Mountain found its inheritor?"

"That I know even less about. You'd be better off asking Fire Burn Cloud directly," Bai Lingtou said.

"All right, I'll ask him, then." Now that Wei Zhao knew Xuanchen was behind this, he decided to leave it be for the time being. After all, Shen Yushu's parents wouldn't be in any real danger until she fully accepted the inheritance, and Wei Zhao wasn't yet capable of razing the Five Luminaries Sect. That debt would be settled with them sooner or later, and Little Shu would be part of it—new scores and old would simply be tallied together. "Teacher Bai, I have a formula here. The herbs on it are rather rare—could you check whether you have any on hand?"

"Oh? Let's hear it," Bai Lingtou said.

"Yellow Essence, White Wormwood, Netherworld Grass, Red Witherwood..." Wei Zhao was listing the herbs used in the third layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon Taming Art to reinforce the meridians. Old Man Wei had only a small portion of these on hand and none of the rest. Wei Zhao didn't dare substitute them at random and could only plan to search for them gradually.

"I don't have any of those. They're all uncommon herbs. If you're not in a hurry, I have seeds—I could grow them for you. But it's winter now, so we couldn't sow until spring next year. The cycle would be rather long," Bai Lingtou said.

"That won't do—it's too long!" Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. "I need them urgently!" (To be continued)