Chapter 1753 — Awakening
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"Xiaoshu, stop egging him on. Wei Zhao knows what he's doing." Gu Mengyao was afraid that Shen Yushu's reckless suggestions would land them in trouble.
"It's all right." Wei Zhao smiled, picked up a chicken leg from one of the meal boxes, and began gnawing on it. Between bites, he said, "By the way, Xin Xin, what do you know about that Earth-level expert? Did Kang Jingming ever say where he came from?"
"Not that I remember..." Guan Xin thought carefully, then shook her head. "That expert seemed like a man of few words. He hardly spoke at all. He would answer only when Kang Jingming spoke to him, and even then, Kang Jingming never addressed him by name or title..."
Wei Zhao nodded. It seemed there was no useful information to be had from Guan Xin. He would have to probe for clues indirectly. Turning to Guan Xuewen, he said, "Elder Guan, keep the company's business dealings low-profile for the time being. I'll give Fatty Lai a heads-up too. We should avoid any further clashes with the Kang family for now. We'll deal with everything after I return."
Officially, Wei Zhao was returning to his old home to take Tang Zhi, Gu Mengyao, and the others on a trip. In reality, however, he was going there to open the second stone gate. He could not afford the slightest mishap. Once they reached Xixing Mountain Village, he would have no way to keep an eye on the situation in Songshan City.
As for the pharmaceutical company, keeping a low profile for the time being should be enough. So long as they did not provoke another confrontation with the Kang family, there should be no major trouble. After all, now that the Kang family had obtained the formula for the Life-Prolonging Detoxification Pill, developing the pill themselves would be exceedingly difficult. If they devoted all their energy to it, they should have no time to cause trouble for Guan's Medical Pharmaceuticals. That would give Wei Zhao a precious chance to catch his breath.
As long as he had even a brief respite, Wei Zhao was confident he could turn defeat into victory and wipe away every humiliation he had suffered. After all, he had tremendous faith in the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Driving Formula beyond the stone gate. The first level was already astonishingly powerful. Just how formidable would the second level be?
"I understand, Xiao Yi. Don't worry. We won't act rashly while you're away," Guan Xuewen said.
"All right, then. Enough of that. Let's eat. This was a close call, but we made it through. Yun Yun, Yao Yao, Xiaoshu, why are you all sitting there with such long faces?" Wei Zhao said as he continued eating.
Once they saw that Wei Zhao truly was all right, everyone finally relaxed. Only then did they realize how hungry they were, and they joined Wei Zhao in eating their fill.
Inside the Kang family's villa.
You Zhentian had arrived and was seated in the place of honor in the reception room. You Shisan stood behind him. Sitting opposite them was the Kang family's patriarch, Divine Doctor Kang, with Kang Jingming standing behind him.
The cooperation between the You family and the Kang family had gone fairly smoothly. Although You Shisan had ultimately been injured, they had already obtained the formula for the Life-Prolonging Detoxification Pill.
"I thought it was something wonderful! So it turns out to be nothing more than formulas for a wound treatment and a painkiller. Was all this really necessary?" When You Zhentian learned that the items Kang Jingming had demanded were those two formulas, he was at once amused and exasperated.