Chapter 3093 — A Slap in the Face

Yet though this seemed plausible enough, it made no sense at all. If the Dongfang clan meant to strike, why not come straight for him? Why go after Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu? Would that not be a pointless detour?

"Nothing much. They seemed to be trying to capture them and hand them over to someone!" The Grand Elder gave a cold snort. "If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I reckon both of them would have been defiled!"

"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. If that was so, then the Dongfang clan likely had not come for him. This day's affair was probably a chance encounter.

"The person in the car—is that Gu Mengyao?" Seeing Wei Zhao ask so many questions, the Grand Elder had guessed part of it. She asked coldly.

"What are you planning to do?" Wei Zhao did not answer, but asked in return.

The Grand Elder glanced at Wei Zhao, then turned and pulled open the car door. She saw Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu in the back seat, and at once recognized the bearer of the Dark Phoenix bloodline. Swiftly she lifted Gu Mengyao out of the car, then said to Wei Zhao, "This one, I am taking with me! Back to the Dark Night Palace, to cultivate!"

"You want to take her away?" Wei Zhao's brows knit at once. "By what right?"

"She is the bearer of the Dark Phoenix bloodline that I have sought all along in the Dark Night Palace. Taking her away is naturally so she may receive the inheritance and become a peerless master!" The Grand Elder finished, then asked Wei Zhao, "Is she Gu Mengyao or Shen Yushu?"

"Grand Elder, she is Gu Mengyao!" Before Wei Zhao could speak, Elder Heiyi had already spoken up, his face ashen with dread. Thank heavens that last time, when he had come to trouble Wei Zhao, he had not harmed Gu Mengyao—otherwise, this was the bearer of the Dark Phoenix bloodline! Had she been injured, ten of Elder Heiyi's heads would not have been enough to satisfy the Grand Elder's blade!

At that thought, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Gu Mengyao? So it is indeed her..." The Grand Elder was astonished as well, though her face betrayed nothing; inwardly, however, a towering storm was raging! Thank goodness she had come in person and had not let Zhao Qibing bring men to kill Gu Mengyao—had she been killed, the regret would have been eternal!

"Grand Elder? You are the Grand Elder of the Dark Night Palace?" Wei Zhao glanced at this peak late Heaven-rank expert before him, his thoughts racing. It seemed she had come on behalf of the Dark Night Palace to find the bloodline heir, but upon seeing him, she had first meant to teach him a lesson or kill him outright—only the name Gu Mengyao had stayed her hand!

"Indeed, young Wei Zhao. Since I have found the heir, and the heir is Gu Mengyao, I shall spare you this once. Next time, if I lay eyes on you again, I will not be so courteous!" The Grand Elder had already killed one early Heaven-rank expert today and had little stomach for more killing, so she let Wei Zhao off for the time being.

Wei Zhao was slightly stunned, staring at the Grand Elder in some astonishment. It seemed this Grand Elder had not quite grasped the situation, had she? Ancient sects generally begged for heirs to come and cultivate with them—yet here she was, wanting to take Gu Mengyao back to the Dark Night Palace and kill him into the bargain!

Even someone as domineering as that little冰糖 girl would not dare say she wanted to kill Wei Zhao. Was this Grand Elder simply unable to see reality?

At that thought, Wei Zhao could not help saying, "I say, Grand Elder, are you so certain Gu Mengyao will go with you?"

"She will not go with me? Why would she not go with me? I can make her a peerless master—how many have dreamed of joining our Dark Night Palace as disciples, and she, the moment she arrives, will be its Palace Master!" The Grand Elder spoke as though it were the most natural thing in the world. "And look at Zhao Qibing—how happy and excited he was after joining our Dark Night Palace!"

"Ahem, ahem..." Wei Zhao was momentarily speechless. This Grand Elder was truly too full of herself, was she not? Did she think everyone longed to join the Dark Night Palace? Wei Zhao curled his lip and said with a sneer, "How about this—wake her up and ask her yourself whether she is willing to go with you?"

"Is there any need to ask? It is all but certain!" the Grand Elder said with utter confidence. With that, she reached out and massaged the acupoint on Gu Mengyao's neck a couple of times, then said to Wei Zhao, "I will show you right now whether she is willing to go with me!"

Gu Mengyao stirred and came slowly back to her senses. But when she woke, she had not expected to find herself in the arms of an old woman. Instinctively startled, she retreated two steps and stared at the old woman in some terror. "You... who are you?"

"I am the Grand Elder of the Dark Night Palace! Gu Mengyao, let me tell you a tremendous piece of good news—you have been chosen by our Dark Night Palace as its heir! Once you join us, you will be the Palace Master of the Dark Night Palace!" the Grand Elder said. "Well? Happy? Excited?"

"The Dark Night Palace?" Gu Mengyao was instantly on her guard. After all, this Dark Night Palace was Zhao Qibing's sect, and its people seemed to have no kindness in them—they had tried to do away with Wei Zhao without so much as asking right from wrong. So Gu Mengyao was utterly repulsed. "You... stay away from me. I will not join the Dark Night Palace, I do not want to be any Palace Master, and I certainly do not want to be any heir!"

When something is out of the ordinary, there is sure to be something sinister behind it. In Gu Mengyao's eyes, palace master this and heir that—if it belonged to the Dark Night Palace, none of it was real. There was sure to be some scheme or treachery buried in it!

"Gah!? You..." The Grand Elder's eyes went wide. She had never expected Gu Mengyao to refuse! In her view, there was no reason for it—others wept and pleaded to join the Dark Night Palace, an ancient sect, and Gu Mengyao, the moment she entered, would be its Palace Master. What glory was that?

And yet Gu Mengyao had refused? How could that be?

The Grand Elder's face turned very ugly. "Gu Mengyao, think carefully. Do you not wish to become a master? A peerless master, no less! Once you receive the inheritance, to possess power like mine is no dream! It seems you know of cultivators—do you know that I am a peak late Heaven-rank expert?"

"And so?" Wei Zhao regarded the Grand Elder with a touch of mockery. Did she still think going to the Dark Night Palace was some great fortune? Gu Mengyao would simply not agree! And Wei Zhao knew the young miss well enough. The Dark Night Palace was Wei Zhao's enemy! RS