Chapter 1750 — A Desperate Struggle, Part Two
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Relying on medicine was always somewhat inferior. And once the bones of the hand were shattered, even with medicine, the best one could hope for after recovery was partial disability! Unless there were a grade-three or higher medicine for mending bones and reconnecting tendons—but where in the hidden You family could such a medicine be found? Even in the Xuandan Sect such things were exceedingly rare treasures. How could it possibly be given to him?
Seeing Wei Zhao rise to his feet once more, You Shisan was consumed with fury! From the day he made his name until now, he had never seen an Earth-rank expert as reckless with his own life as Wei Zhao! After all, for an ordinary person to cultivate to the Earth rank was supremely difficult. Even in battle, the rule was basically: fight if you can win, flee if you cannot—unless it was a single fatal blow with no chance to strike back!
And now, Wei Zhao clearly had many chances to escape. You Shisan even thought to himself that if Wei Zhao ran, he would not give chase! But Wei Zhao stubbornly refused to run, rising again and again to fight him, which left You Shisan utterly exasperated!
He wanted to curse aloud: Is it so easy to cultivate to the Earth rank, you bastard? Must you fight yourself to death and leave me crippled before you are satisfied?
Yet seeing the resolve in Wei Zhao's tone and the unyielding light in his eyes, You Shisan knew: this fellow was gambling with his life!
The soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who do not care whether they live or die. This old saying holds true among cultivators as well!
Seeing that Wei Zhao meant to come at him again, You Shisan was genuinely a little afraid! Though he was confident he could strike Wei Zhao dead, the price to be paid was far too great. He and Wei Zhao had no grudge or grievance between them; he was here purely to lend a hand. Killing Wei Zhao would bring him no benefit whatsoever—instead, it would cost him both his palms. Which was lighter and which heavier was plain at a glance!
So at this thought, You Shisan began to waver. He was not like Kang Jingming; whether Wei Zhao lived or died had nothing to do with him.
"Young Master Kang, this man is mad. We're leaving!" Once the thought of retreat took root, You Shisan no longer wished to tangle with Wei Zhao. These palms were his own; there was no need to throw them away just to please Kang Jingming. Besides, the formula for the Life-Extending Detox Pill was already in hand, and his mission could be considered complete. When he returned to the You family, You Zhentian would not blame him—at most, the Kang family would grumble a little.
"What? Leave?" Kang Jingming was stunned. He had not expected You Shisan to suddenly want to leave when he had the upper hand and was driving Wei Zhao back step by step!
But You Shisan did not answer. He leaped over and hauled Kang Jingming up in one hand. Though his palms seared with pain and he truly did not want to flee carrying a man, abandoning Kang Jingming here would invite criticism of the You family—people would say the You family discarded its tools once the work was done. And then who would ever work for the You family again?
"Take her too!" Kang Jingming was unwilling to accept defeat just like that. He had not yet obtained the formula—how could he simply let Guan Xin go?
One more person was no great trouble for You Shisan. Since he had already picked up one, a second made little difference. But just as You Shisan's hand seized Guan Xin, a fierce gust of wind suddenly rushed at him from behind!
"Put her down!" Swinging both fists, Wei Zhao charged at You Shisan like a man possessed!