Chapter 1400 — Fleeing in Panic: The Odds Were Even, Hinging on How Badly That Earth Rank Master Was Wounded and on the Skill and Coordination of the Two Profound Rank Masters
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But even so, Elder Rain did not dare to gamble!
The goods belonged to the Rain family; the life was his own! He was not about to lay down a life for such things. The situation offered him no confidence of victory, and with that, Elder Rain's heart began to waver.
Over there, even as they spoke, Wei Zhao had already begun condensing a true qi bomb, watching Elder Rain with wary eyes.
"Good, very good! You hid your strength... No wonder you were so unabashedly confident — it turns out you had two Profound Rank helpers at your side all along. Tsk, tsk, a married pair of thieves — what fine skill, what fine手段..." Corrected: what fine skill, what fine tricks, what fine cunning!" Elder Rain threw out the word "good" three times running, and one could not tell whether he was mocking or praising: "A tomb-raiding organization possessed of such strength — it truly opens this old man's eyes. Set your little company among the great families of the secular world, and you would count among the very top!"
"We are honored by your praise, Elder Rain. When we see eye to eye no more, further words are waste. Since that is the case — then let us fight!" said Wei Zhao.
"Hmph. Between you and me, a battle is inevitable sooner or later. However..." Elder Rain's tone turned abruptly: "However, not today! Boy thief, this old man has taken note of you. We shall meet again..."
Before Elder Rain had even finished speaking, he spun on his heel and bolted, so fast that Wei Zhao sat gaping. Hearing the first half of the sentence, Wei Zhao had taken it for a prelude to an attack — yet the moment the second half left the man's lips, off he ran, faster than a rabbit, leaving Wei Zhao dumbstruck.
"He ran?" Wei Zhao looked at the true qi bomb in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Condensed for nothing? It seemed there was no use for it anymore.
Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan exchanged blank stares. "No way? An Earth Rank master with a spine this small?"
"His courage has always been small — smaller than mine!" Over there, Yu Xiaoke had long since woken; it was only that Wei Zhao and Elder Rain had been at daggers drawn, and she had not dared speak. Now that Elder Rain had gone, Yu Xiaoke finally dared open her mouth.
"That's true — the old scoundrel is more afraid of death than anyone." Wei Zhao nodded. "Never mind; if he ran, he ran. Leave him be."
Wei Zhao had no certainty of holding Elder Rain, so he would not give chase. His chief aim now was to find a way to save Feng Xiaoxiao, and naturally fewer troubles beat more.
Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan were faintly disappointed. The two had only just stepped up into the Profound Rank and were now cracking their knuckles, all set for a trial run — only for their target to vanish without a trace.
"He wouldn't come back, would he?" Qiu Lingshan looked toward the mouth of the passage, already empty, and said with some worry: "I'm afraid he might wheel about and strike when we are off our guard."
"Only if he'd had a hole drilled through his skull." Wei Zhao shook his head. "He is not coming back."
Wei Zhao had long since seen through Elder Rain's character: exactly the sort who, if he could beat you, would bully you to death, and if he could not, would fly far away and never lay eyes on you again. Throughout the journey Elder Rain had been timid as a mouse, and Wei Zhao had watched it all; he therefore expected not to glimpse the man again for some time.
Qiu Lingshan nodded at Wei Zhao's words. He was likely right — Elder Rain should not return.
"All right, keep resting. I will keep watch here." Wei Zhao sat cross-legged on the ground and went back to reading the medical notes. This was just as well; these things now belonged to him all at once, and he no longer had to fear Elder Rain snatching them away, so he need not be in such a hurry to commit their contents to memory.