Chapter 1425 — Wei Zhao Returns — Looking at General Weiwu and Tianlei Zhu Beside Him, Wei Zhao Was Ready to Weep but Had No Tears; These Features Were Far Too Obvious, Weren't They? Wei Zhao Made Up His Mind: Once He Got Back, He Absolutely Had to Hide Tianlei Zhu Well and Never Take It Out with Him — Yes, That Was Settled!
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Ergoudan had heard the sound of Wei Zhao's return too, but his body had no strength left in it at all; apart from managing to speak, he could only lie in bed. Wu Chengtian beside him was in an even worse state — every meridian in his body was severed, and his internal organs had all been knocked out of place!
"Boss, you're back!" Seeing Wei Zhao walk in, Ergoudan's face finally broke into an easy smile. "I did not fail my mission — I held on until you came home!"
"What on earth has happened to you, kid? You've only been here a short while and you've already learned to talk fancy!" Wei Zhao knew Ergoudan's condition well, so seeing him like this he could guess most of the story. "You pushed yourself too hard?"
"Mm..." Ergoudan nodded. "It's nothing. I can still hold on!"
"Old Boss, greetings!" Wu Chengtian was uneasy. After all, there had been some bad blood between him and Wei Zhao, and he feared Wei Zhao would not accept him; if that happened, he would truly be finished. Gravely wounded as he was, and having offended a whole crowd of great families, the Wu family would be utterly done for.
"Wu Chengtian, since when did I become your Old Boss?" Wei Zhao was taken aback, looking at Wu Chengtian in puzzlement.
"Boss, let me explain! While I was injured, Wu Chengtian did his utmost and carried out his duty — his contribution was indispensable!" Ergoudan had already accepted Wu Chengtian in his heart, and naturally wanted Wei Zhao to accept him too.
So Ergoudan recounted to Wei Zhao in full detail everything that had happened after Wei Zhao left — how Wu Chengtian had first killed two of the Pi family's finest fighters, then killed Jin Wudi, and later how Uncle Zhu had taken Zhao Fafa to make trouble for Tang Zhi, and how Wu Chengtian had thrown himself into the fight without a thought for his own life, and so on...
"Oh?" Wei Zhao looked at Wu Chengtian in some surprise. He had not expected such a change in the man — enough that he had acknowledged Ergoudan as his boss!
"Old Boss, rest assured, I will never set my sights on Sun Jingyan again. From now on she is my eldest sister-in-law, and I will protect her just as I protect Tang Zhi!" Fearing that Wei Zhao might still be nursing a grudge over the matter of Sun Jingyan, Wu Chengtian hurried to explain.
"Sun Jingyan and I... were never really involved with each other in the first place..." Hearing Wu Chengtian's words, Wei Zhao gave a somewhat helpless, bitter smile.
"Whether you were or not, I have made up my mind: I will follow the Boss and the Old Boss with all my heart and learn the martial arts from you. I only hope the Boss and the Old Boss will not scorn me!" Wu Chengtian hastened to declare his intentions.
"Heh... all right, I'll take you in." Wei Zhao could see Wu Chengtian's sincerity as well. This man had, in fact, no great conflict with him; it was only over the matter of Sun Jingyan, and he had been duped several times by Feng Xiaoxiao besides. Now, if only for the sake of the wounds he had taken to protect Tang Zhi, Wei Zhao could not shut the door in his face.
Besides, Wei Zhao was about to set out on his journey to find the Fire Spirit Holy Fruit, and the household could not do without a capable fighter to protect Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Tang Zhi, and the others. Ergoudan could no longer stay here — his strength was completely spent, and he had to return to Xixing Mountain Village to drink the spirit spring water and replenish his energy.