Chapter 3525 — Feng Tianlong Is in Trouble

So Wei Zhao was not particularly surprised. He merely nodded and said, "Then the only options are to break through in the midst of battle or to look for the flaw in the mental cultivation method itself. Since your Ruthless Art can't be broken through with pills, maybe ordinary cultivation won't do it either. When all is said and done, the problem may well lie in your technique."

"Your technique is the one with the problem!" Xue Li snapped. "Please do not insult the Ruthless Art that our Ancestor Xue founded back in her day."

"..." Wei Zhao was at a loss for words. Your Ancestor Xue has already eloped with Zhang Lifeng, and you still call it the Ruthless Art? The Passionate Art would be more like it! But Wei Zhao kept that to himself; if he said it aloud, Xue Li would probably fly into a rage. So he only said, "Then let's try to break through in battle. Yunyun's combat experience is rather thin. This time it's only resistance against oppressive might, so failure is entirely possible."

"But where is there any chance for battle right now?" Xue Li said. "How about you fight her?"

Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile. Only a fight to the death offered any real chance of a breakthrough in combat. The ordinary sparring and exchange of moves would hardly ever suffice.

Just as they were speaking, Feng Xiaoxiao's phone suddenly rang. Her satellite phone had been cleared for use by Bingtang. Both women counted as Wei Zhao's little wives, so Bingtang would no longer make things difficult for Feng Xiaoxiao.

"Dad?" The call was actually from Feng Xiaoxiao's father, Feng Tianlong. "I'm in a meeting. Can I call you back in a bit?"

Feng Xiaoxiao assumed her father was asking when she would come home. Before the trial, she had promised him that she would return home afterward, see her mother, and see whether her Inherited Body could absorb the cold qi within her mother and drive it out.

But clearly the proper business was not yet finished, so she would have to make her father wait.

"Xiaoxiao, something has happened to Dad. Are you and Wei Zhao together? I can't get through to his phone. Can you put him on?" Feng Tianlong's voice sounded extremely weak.

"What?!" Feng Xiaoxiao was startled and said hurriedly, "Dad, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Your dad and your Sister Song have been beaten badly. Hurry, put Wei Zhao on!" Feng Tianlong said, a note of urgency in his voice.

"All right, all right!" Feng Xiaoxiao scrambled to her feet and handed the phone to Wei Zhao. "Wei Zhao, my dad's in trouble. Take the call!"

"Oh? Uncle Feng is in trouble?" Wei Zhao was startled as well. He took the phone at once and said, "Uncle Feng, what happened to you?"

"Wei Zhao, I can't get through to your phone? Ling Shan and I have been beaten badly," Feng Tianlong said.

"The phone... mine isn't a satellite phone, so there's no signal out here," Wei Zhao said. "Beaten badly? How bad? Who did it?"

Wei Zhao was deeply shocked. Someone still dared to beat members of the Mysterious Investigation Bureau half to death? Who had done it? Who would dare? Were they so cut off from news? Did they not know of his relationship with the Bureau?

And whether it was Feng Tianlong or Qiu Lingshan, both were among the people closest to Wei Zhao. To beat them so savagely was a blatant slap in Wei Zhao's face!

"The Iron Garment Sect!" Feng Tianlong said. "The Bureau was tracking a martial artist who was running amok in the secular world. But this martial artist seems to be a registered outer-disciple of the Iron Garment Sect, and he fled to the sect. Naturally Ling Shan and I took men to the Iron Garment Sect to demand his surrender. We meant to talk it over reasonably and have them hand him over, but who could have known the Iron Garment Sect wouldn't listen to reason at all? Several of them came out and set upon us!"

"Oh? The Iron Garment Sect?" Wei Zhao frowned. The Iron Garment Sect had indeed rarely taken part in such affairs. For one thing, external-style experts seldom pursued the heavenly way. The Divine Fist Hall had sent only one man, and he had likely come just to test the waters; not a single other external-style expert had shown up.

Perhaps body refiners were different from qi refiners. Still, the Iron Garment Sect should have some connection with the Golden Bell Sect and the Donghai Zhen family. Wei Zhao had not expected the Iron Garment Sect to be so bold as to lay hands on members of the Mysterious Investigation Bureau. "And did you tell them that Feng Xiaoxiao is your daughter?"

"I did. Ling Shan also said you were her boyfriend. But the Iron Garment Sect said they had never heard of any Feng Xiaoxiao. They had heard your name, though, and said you were their nominal enemy, which was all the more reason to teach us a lesson!" Feng Tianlong said helplessly. "Then two Heaven-rank experts came out and beat Ling Shan and me half to death. Not only that, they warned us that we dared come to the Iron Garment Sect to demand a man, that we must be tired of living, and told us to go home and prepare our funerals. In three days they will come to wipe out our entire families!"

"Wipe out your entire families?" Hearing Feng Tianlong's words, Wei Zhao was almost struck dumb. The Iron Garment Sect was arrogant to an extraordinary degree! Even if they were cut off from news, they couldn't be this much of a frog in a well, this blindly self-important, could they?

"That's right. Ling Shan and I are both ruined now. But you can heal wounds, so I'm not worried on that account. I'm a lone man with nothing to lose, so it doesn't matter for me. I only fear the secular Song family will be dragged into it!" Feng Tianlong said.

"Uncle Feng, wait for us. We'll be right over. I was just lamenting that there was no chance for battle, and now one has come!" Since they meant to wipe out Wei Zhao as well, he naturally had no objection to wiping them out first!

Whether it was Qiu Lingshan's family or Feng Tianlong's, both included Wei Zhao. How could he stand by and do nothing?

"Good. Don't be rash. I'll wait for you. We'll talk it over in detail once you're back!" Feng Tianlong said.

After hanging up, Wei Zhao returned the phone to Feng Xiaoxiao. He held nothing back; apart from Xue Li, everyone present was among those closest to him, so he told them plainly what had befallen Feng Tianlong and Qiu Lingshan.

"Ooh! Wipe out a family! Xiaoshu loves that!" The moment Wei Zhao finished speaking, Shen Yushu chimed in eagerly. "Sister Tang Zhi, let's go fight the Iron Garment Sect! Xiaoshu has never wiped out anyone before!"

Tang Zhi was caught between laughter and tears. Wiping out an entire family had become a fun game to Shen Yushu?

"Yes, yes! Wei Zhao, that Iron Garment Sect actually wants to wipe us out, so let's go wipe them out! The Prank and Mischief Duo is together again. I'm so excited!" Feng Xiaoxiao knew Wei Zhao could heal her father and Qiu Lingshan, so she was not worried about their safety. She was rather keen on the business of wiping out a family.

Wei Zhao looked at Shen Yushu and Feng Xiaoxiao, both raring to go, and was once again caught between laughter and tears. Come to think of it, he had wiped out secular families and hidden families, but he had never yet wiped out an ancient sect! RS