Chapter 601 — Abnormal
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Saving your life is certainly no problem, but recovering your strength will depend on whether the head of the family is willing to spend rare treasures and precious herbs on building you back up," the Medicine King said. "If the miraculous medicines keep coming, your strength should recover in about half a year. But breaking through to a new level in this lifetime will be difficult — unless some extraordinary stroke of fortune comes your way."
"I won't even think about breaking through. Being able to recover at all is good enough. But why would the head of the family spend vast quantities of rare treasures on my account?" Uncle Zhu was philosophical about it. After all, it was precisely because he had no hope of breaking through that he had been sent to the mundane world to serve at Young Master Bing's side.
"Brother Zhu, don't worry. You were wounded for Young Master Bing's sake; the head of the family won't treat you shabbily," the Medicine King said. "Li Cihua has already gone to petition the head of the family. I'm sure word will come soon."
Indeed, word came from Zhao Guangyin's side: the Medicine King was permitted to draw on some of the family's miraculous elixirs and do everything in his power to treat Uncle Zhu. He did so because Uncle Zhu had saved Zhao Qibing's life at the critical moment. If he treated Uncle Zhu shabbily now, who would ever risk their life for the family again? Would that not chill their hearts? So Zhao Guangyin, of course, would never do anything so foolish as to kill the donkey once the grinding is done.
And there was another piece of news — this one for Zhao Qibing.
Li Cihua ran excitedly into Zhao Qibing's sickroom and cried urgently, "Young Master Bing, Young Master Bing, good news!"
"Oh? What good news?" Zhao Qibing was no longer in much pain; his mind was wholly occupied with the matter of taking revenge on Wei Zhao. But since there was still no word from his father's side, he did not dare act rashly.
"The boss has already found out that Wei Zhao has no ties to any of the hidden families. After the family's wanted notice went out, hardly anyone responded, which means Wei Zhao is not one of the hidden families' people." Li Cihua was still in the habit of calling Zhao Guangyin "boss" rather than "clan head"!
This was because Li Cihua was one of the Zhao family's business agents in the mundane world, responsible for supplying the Zhao family with wealth. Being a merchant by trade, he was accustomed to calling Zhao Guangyin "boss."
"Is that so? That's wonderful! Since he didn't come from another hidden family, there's no pressure in dealing with him!" Zhao Qibing laughed heartily with delight upon hearing this. "At last I can put him to death!"
"Young Master Bing, don't celebrate too soon... The boss says that although he isn't from another hidden family, we still shouldn't move against him lightly. At the very least we must probe into his background first..." Li Cihua said. "For instance, whether he is alone, whether he has senior fellow disciples or the like, so as to avoid stirring up unnecessary trouble after killing Wei Zhao!"
"Still more investigation?" A flicker of impatience crossed Zhao Qibing's eyes. Indeed, anyone beaten to such a state would never let the matter rest; they would want to hack the one who did it into ten thousand pieces! Zhao Qibing was no exception. This injury had cost him his former composure, and his whole being was steeped in a savage, violent aura. "Then why aren't you off investigating right now? You come running here to tell me good news? Good news my ass!"