Chapter 1520 — The Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit Discovered
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"Yes, there must be things in this that I know nothing about, but what exactly they are, I could not say either—family secrets of that sort would never be shared with me." Zhao Qilei shook his head. "Originally, I had a very good chance of becoming the next young family head, but Zhao Qibing's sudden appearance put my position in dire peril..."
"Oh. Then find a way to learn what you can." Wei Zhao said this, but in truth he cared little for the hidden affairs of the Zhao family. If Zhao Qibing meant to become the head of the hidden Zhao family, that would take some time at least, and even if he did become its head, he could not immediately free himself and come seeking revenge! Never mind whether his strength could match Wei Zhao's—even if it could, he would not dare strike rashly.
Wei Zhao understood what Zhao Qilei meant: Zhao Qilei wanted to borrow his hand to deal with Zhao Qibing. But for the moment Wei Zhao had no mind to deal with the man. If Zhao Qibing did not provoke him, he had no time to go looking for him either! After all, behind Zhao Qibing stood a master at the peak of the late Earth Rank; for Wei Zhao to go courting trouble of his own accord would be pure folly.
"Fine. Once I am back, I will certainly look into it." Zhao Qilei could see as well that Wei Zhao had no intention of making a move, but it did not matter. With such a deep hatred between Zhao Qibing and Wei Zhao, he did not believe Zhao Qibing would swallow it. When the time came and Zhao Qibing had the strength, he would surely still go seeking revenge on Wei Zhao.
The longer Zhao Qilei followed Wei Zhao, the more alarmed he became!
He felt that on this snow mountain Wei Zhao had scarcely taken a single wrong turn, circling upward again and again as though he were making straight for certain heavenly treasures. Those treasures hidden beneath tree roots and in the snow were all too easily found by Wei Zhao!
In the blink of an eye, a day had passed, and the points he and Zhao Qiwu had amassed had broken past the thousand mark, while the points in the hands of Wei Zhao, Yu Bing, and Yang Qiqi showed signs of breaking two thousand! That was just a bit too formidable, wasn't it?
Zhao Qilei had already decided not to remain in the Ice Palace as an outer disciple. But since there were so many heavenly treasures about, it would be good for him to bring back an exchange right for the hidden Zhao family. It was a symbol of honor as well—at the very least, it would prove his strength.
Wei Zhao did not tell Zhao Qilei and Zhao Qiwu about the Thunder Pig. Even when he communicated with the Thunder Pig, he did so secretly, under the pretext of relieving himself, never letting Zhao Qilei notice.
"Still no trace of the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit?" Wei Zhao frowned and asked the Thunder Pig.
"Chirp chirp..." The Thunder Pig shook its head.
"Then let us keep going. There is still another day before the trial ends, after all." Wei Zhao sighed. Matters had gone beyond his expectations; the Ice Palace was an unforeseen factor. In Zhang Lifeng's day, the Ice Palace had not existed, but now the snow mountains of the far north had been seized by the Ice Palace and renamed the Ice-Snow Spirit Mountain—so the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit upon it might very well have been taken as the Ice Palace's own.
Clearly, this was the seat of the Ice Palace, and the forbidden zone for this trial's participants as well. Once here, they most likely could go no farther!
The Ice Palace's wall looked as though it had been built of ice, but when Wei Zhao examined it closely, it seemed more like a kind of high-hardness crystal, and along the top of that crystal wall were cameras, one after another, as if keeping watch over something.