Chapter 1790 — Worries
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"I fear Snow Valley will not sell the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit to them so easily..." Old Man Wei voiced the worry in his heart. After all, when Wei Zhao had sought the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, he had gone through untold hardships...
"There will be twists and turns, but the final outcome... should be a good one..." Mo Kongwu was at that moment counting something on his fingers, though when he reached this point he could not help but utter a startled "Hm?"
"What is it?" Old Man Wei's heart tightened.
"There is a result, but the result is not..." Mo Kongwu frowned. "Could there be some accident..."
As he spoke, a flicker of worry passed through Mo Kongwu's eyes, gone in an instant.
"An accident?" Old Man Wei was stunned.
"It is nothing. Perhaps I have judged wrongly... Little Yi's fate, I cannot divine..." Mo Kongwu shook his head, but only he himself knew what his calculations truly signified!
A result that was not favorable meant there would be no return, yet since there was a result at all, it proved that Wei Zhao would come to no harm... The only possibility, then, was that this journey to Snow Valley would claim a sacrifice.
Mo Kongwu did not have the birth dates and horoscopes of the others, so he could not determine who would be sacrificed for this, but he could divine the causal development of the whole affair.
Even so, he was powerless to change anything. Sometimes, even if one foresees the outcome in advance, one still cannot change a thing.
Some things are simply fated. Mo Kongwu hesitated, and in the end said nothing more...
His purpose was simple: so long as Wei Zhao came to no harm, that was enough. As for the others, he could not manage them, nor was he capable of managing them. If the Master were here, then everything would be negotiable, but now...
If, when the time came, Wei Zhao woke and bore a grudge against him, there was nothing he could do about it. Every cause has its effect; to have Wei Zhao safe and sound, a certain price must inevitably be paid.
Old Man Wei caught the hidden meaning in Mo Kongwu's words, but he knew that if Mo Kongwu would not speak, then asking would be pointless.
"Alas..." Mo Kongwu heaved a long sigh and said to Old Man Wei, "It has been many years since we last met. Let us drink a cup or two together..."
"Very well!" Though Old Man Wei was still worried, he also knew that if Mo Kongwu said Wei Zhao would be fine, then fine he should be.
The two turned and walked into the room, and Old Man Wei brought out wine he had treasured for many years...
Meanwhile, the hidden Yu family and the hidden Zhao family had abruptly fallen out, and the conflict between the two houses was still escalating without pause. The younger generation of both sides had already clashed several times, and both families had suffered injuries to varying degrees. Though no one had yet paid with their life, it looked as though that too was only a matter of time!
But since the Yu family patriarch was the Second Elder of the Hidden Families Arbitration Association, the other hidden families had no authority to mediate. And so the matter fell into a deadlock...
After repeated "deliberations" among the other elders of the Hidden Families Arbitration Association, it was decided to use that communicator which had gone unused for so long, to contact the Grand Elder and have him step forward to reconcile the conflict between the hidden Yu family and the hidden Zhao family!
This communicator was the emergency device the Grand Elder had left behind when he departed. It had been said at the time that it was to be used only if the Hidden Families Arbitration Association encountered troubles it could not handle. Though using it now over a feud between two families seemed rather excessive, the true purpose in everyone's mind was to test whether the Grand Elder still existed!