Chapter 3485 — Who Are You? He Also Saw That Wei Zhao Was Still Quite Easygoing with the Ice Palace's People, and His Earlier Nervousness Was Gone Too!

"Nothing much. I came this time specifically to find that little candy girl of yours from the Ice Palace. I mean to marry her and take her home!" Wei Zhao said.

"Gah!" Shopkeeper Li was struck dumb on the spot. What? Marry—marry the little candy girl?

Shopkeeper Li had no idea what to say. Did Wei Zhao and Bingtang have a betrothal agreement? At his level, of course, he knew nothing of the inside story, yet Elder Li did not dare press further. He could only say cautiously, "Young Hero Lin, so... shall I relay your meaning to the Ice Palace Master just as you've stated it?"

Wei Zhao nodded. He might have been joking at heart, but he genuinely wanted to take that little candy girl down a peg.

So, thinking it over, Wei Zhao said mildly to Shopkeeper Li, "That's right. Just tell her exactly that."

"Very well." Shopkeeper Li could only nod helplessly. He had no standing to argue with Wei Zhao and could only relay his words faithfully. In any case, if Bingtang later blamed anyone, it would be Wei Zhao who had ordered it—nothing to do with him.

Shopkeeper Li took a satellite phone from the drawer and placed the call. Bingtang's voice came through before long: "Shopkeeper Li, is something the matter?"

"Palace Master, Young Hero Lin Wei Zhao has arrived at our Bingling Inn. He says he has come to take you as his bride. What do you say?" Shopkeeper Li asked tentatively.

"Wei Zhao? Take me as his bride?" A surge of shame and anger rushed into Bingtang's heart. Last time, Wei Zhao had barely brought the matter up, and she had assumed he had let it drop. Who would have thought he would make a special trip to the Ice Palace just to raise it again?

It left Bingtang somewhat indignant. Yet when she recalled that she had once promised Wei Zhao that if he reached the peak late Heaven Rank or above, or became a Mystic Rank first-grade alchemist, she would be his tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny wife, she found she had no ready quibble.

The Ice Palace was a sect that kept its promises. But that had been no more than words spoken in pique—surely it did not count!

Yet now Wei Zhao had come all this way and dredged up the old matter. What was she to do? After hesitating a moment, Bingtang said, "What is his strength now? Has he reached the great consummation of peak late Heaven Rank?"

"That I couldn't say!" Shopkeeper Li replied, sweating. "But he can kill a peak late Heaven Rank great consummation expert in a single blow, so I'd say he must have."

"Not necessarily. Wei Zhao excels at fighting above his level! What I agreed with him was that when he possessed peak late Heaven Rank strength or above, or became a Mystic Rank first-grade alchemist, he would be my husband. Peak late Heaven Rank or above means only great consummation or the Way of Heaven level. Ask him whether he is!" Bingtang did not believe it. Last time, Wei Zhao had only been mid Heaven Rank.

She congratulated herself on her cleverness. Thank goodness she had specified a strength tier rather than merely saying he could defeat some expert or other.

"This..." Shopkeeper Li stole a cautious glance at Wei Zhao. He dared not offend Bingtang—but he dared even less to offend Wei Zhao.

She's really landed me in it, Shopkeeper Li thought, yet he dared not voice a word of complaint. He could only look at Wei Zhao with a bitter smile, wanting to speak and yet not.

"It's about my strength, isn't it?" Wei Zhao had keen ears and eyes. He was a Heaven Rank great consummation expert, after all—if he could not hear the conversation between Shopkeeper Li and Bingtang, he would be far too weak. "It's fine. A bit of verification does no harm."

With that, Wei Zhao circulated the mnemonic of his heart technique and unleashed his peak late Heaven Rank great consummation strength in full.

The formidable aura made Shopkeeper Li's legs cramp involuntarily. Wei Zhao had done nothing to him, yet he still lowered his head out of sheer reflex, curling in on himself, and said to Bingtang in a trembling voice, "Palace Master, Young Hero Lin—he really is a peak late Heaven Rank great consummation expert."

"What!" Bingtang could scarcely believe Wei Zhao had broken through to great consummation in such a short time—how many days had it been? Yet she knew Shopkeeper Li could not be lying to her. Shopkeeper Li was an old hand of the Ice Palace; how could he possibly collude with Wei Zhao?

So, after a moment's hesitation, the Ice Palace Master grew fearful and drew back: "Tell Wei Zhao I am unwell—indisposed—and cannot come. Let him stay at the inn for now!"

"This..." Shopkeeper Li smiled bitterly and looked up at Wei Zhao to relay the message, but Wei Zhao reached out and took the phone from his hand.

"Let me do the talking."

Wei Zhao did not want to put Shopkeeper Li on the spot, so he took the call himself: "Little candy girl, why aren't you coming? Don't tell me you're going to welsh on the deal?"

"I—I'm not feeling well. What of it?" Bingtang huffed.

"A cultivator, and feeling unwell? Can a Heaven Rank expert even fall ill?" Wei Zhao asked, astonished.

"I—I—" Bingtang's pretty face flushed scarlet. True enough—how could a Heaven Rank expert fall ill? That excuse was truly poor. Then inspiration struck. Gritting her teeth, she said to Wei Zhao in shame and fury, "Heaven Rank or not, I'm still a girl, and every month there are a few days when I'm uncomfortable—is that not allowed?!!!!!"

"Uh... that's allowed, I suppose..." Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback, but then he said teasingly, "Very well then. I came to bring you the Ice-Heart Jade-Bone Pill, but you can come get it after your auntie has gone. If it takes too long, I'll head back first—I have things to do."

"Ah? What? The Ice-Heart Jade-Bone Pill?" Bingtang started, and said anxiously, "You refined it successfully?"

"Mm. But I'm leaving first. Rest well—a girl really should rest properly at a time like this," Wei Zhao said.

"T—today is my last day. It's almost over. Wait for me—I'm coming over right now!" Bingtang said, short of breath. She was truly overjoyed; she had waited years for this pill!

"But I only give it to my tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny wife! Are you one?" Wei Zhao asked with a laugh.

"I—I—I am!" Bingtang said urgently, grinding her teeth.

"Oh, all right then. I'll give it to you! I'll wait for you at the inn. Perfect timing—we can have our wedding night tonight. You've just finished, so you can't get pregnant anyway!" Wei Zhao said.

"You—you—you—you—you!" Bingtang was beside herself with rage and hung up. She flew straight out of the cultivation room and hurtled down the mountain.

"Heh." Wei Zhao shook his head with a smile, entirely unbothered, and casually handed the satellite phone back to Shopkeeper Li.

"Young Hero Lin, is the Ice Palace Master coming, then? Please rest a moment..." Shopkeeper Li took the phone. Seeing that Wei Zhao had settled it himself, he breathed a sigh of relief—at least he was no longer caught in the middle.

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