Chapter 2158 — The Pi Family Sends Word
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Otherwise, with so many Heaven Rank elders about, if all of them used their perception to probe into other families' affairs, the Hidden World Summit of Clans might as well not be held at all.
"Pi Zhifeng?" Han Tianba was slightly startled, wondering what the man could want calling at such a time. But since it concerned Wei Zhao, Han Tianba could not decide on his own. He turned to Wei Zhao and asked, "Mr. Lin, Pi Zhifeng of the hidden Pi family is on the line. He says he has a matter to report to you!"
"For me?" Wei Zhao hesitated briefly, some guess forming in his mind. Could it be about Pi Zhitao? But how would Pi Zhifeng know that he was capable of healing Pi Zhitao? Be that as it may, Wei Zhao took the phone and said, "Pi Zhifeng?"
"Mr. Wei Zhao, it's me. I have an important matter to tell you!" Pi Zhifeng said hurriedly.
"What matter?" Wei Zhao asked, betraying nothing.
"Mr. Lin, just now in the banquet hall, the hidden Yu family, the hidden Zhao family, the hidden You family, the hidden Tang family, the Qianshan Sect, and the Golden Bell Sect reached an agreement—they mean to intercept and ambush you after you leave!" As he spoke, Pi Zhifeng repeated verbatim everything Old Master Zhao and the others had said in the banquet hall to Wei Zhao.
Just as he had thought! Wei Zhao's heart tightened. It seemed Old Master Zhao and the rest truly did not intend to let him off. But why was Pi Zhifeng calling now to carry word? What was his purpose—to curry favor?
"Pi Zhifeng, let's not beat around the bush—I'm not a man who cares for roundabout talk. Tell me plainly what you mean by this call," Wei Zhao said.
"Mr. Lin, to be frank, my grandfather did not agree to Old Master Zhao's joint proposal. The grudge between our hidden Pi family and you is truly not deep. As we said before, it all arose from the mundane Xiao family; there is no deep hatred between us. The few who died died because of the mundane Xiao family, and they were not direct-line descendants of our hidden Pi family. So there is no need for our hidden Pi family to make an enemy of you, Mr. Lin!" Pi Zhifeng said.
"Is that all—nothing more?" Wei Zhao asked.
"There is... there is more!" There were some things Pi Zhifeng had not meant to say this time. After all, cultivating ties with Wei Zhao had to be done step by step; he could not pour out all his thoughts and wishes at once. But since Wei Zhao had asked, he could hardly conceal them, and so he said, "Actually, it's this: Zhihai and I saw that Han Xiaohu had taken you as his leader and that the hidden Han family followed and gained greatly by it. We were consumed with envy, and the two of us wish to take you as our leader as well, so that you may watch over our hidden Pi family in the future!"
Wei Zhao found Pi Zhifeng's words amusing. The man was no fool: he clearly wanted Wei Zhao to step forward and heal Pi Zhitao, yet could not bring himself to say so directly, and instead concocted this pretext of wanting to acknowledge a leader. That way, if Wei Zhao agreed, Pi Zhitao would become his subordinate—and how could he then stand by and watch him suffer?
"If my memory serves me, your brother Pi Zhitao now seems to have become a cripple. What benefit is there in my taking a cripple as a subordinate?" Wei Zhao asked in feigned ignorance.