Chapter 2187 — Taken as a Disciple
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"Oh? How so?" Tian Canbian asked.
"In fact, before this, our hidden You family, the hidden Yu family, and the hidden Zhao family joined forces to encircle and suppress Wei Zhao..." Old Master You's voice turned somewhat bitter here.
"I know of this matter. You told us—you failed," Tian Canbian said. Naturally he knew of it, though he had not bothered to ask for details. He had many matters to attend to each day, and was busy; where would he find time to concern himself with so small a figure as Wei Zhao?
"Yes, we failed. Only I did not state the details plainly. Wei Zhao annihilated three Earth-Tier experts with a single move—and one of them was even late Earth-Tier," Old Master You said. "A single move..."
"Oh? A single move?" Tian Canbian's expression shifted slightly. To annihilate three Earth-Tier experts in one move—even he could not help but be moved! He was called the most prodigious genius in the history of the Xuandan Sect, formidable not only in pill refinement but in martial cultivation as well. Yet even he would not claim that at the Earth-Tier he could have instantly slain three experts of the same level—and of slightly higher level at that...
"Indeed. And at this Hidden Clan Summit, Wei Zhao did something else astonishing..." Old Master You held nothing back, recounting in detail to Tian Canbian Wei Zhao's battles with Ma Dashen and with Wo Jindao.
"This Wei Zhao... is truly remarkable. But there is one thing I cannot understand: when he fought Wo Jindao, why did he not end the battle in a single move, as he did against Ma Dashen?" Tian Canbian was a clever man and saw the discrepancy at once.
"That... I do not know either. But the whole course of the matches was as I have said; I am simply recounting the process faithfully, exactly as it happened," Old Master You said. In truth, he also wished Tian Canbian to learn more about Wei Zhao, so that they might find his weakness.
"By your account, the situation is indeed somewhat bizarre," Tian Canbian nodded. "If you mean to deal with Wei Zhao, hold off for now. If it is truly as you say, then even if you went in person, you might not be Wei Zhao's match."
"That... naturally..." Old Master You smiled awkwardly. If he had been confident, he would have joined the interception of Wei Zhao outside the manor in the first place! That he had not intercepted him was precisely proof that he lacked confidence!
"As for the matter of Wei Zhao, when I return I will report it to the Dharma Protector of our Xuandan Sect's War Hall and ask him to help analyze the situation," Tian Canbian said.
The Xuandan Sect was one of the largest among the ancient sects, divided internally into the Pill Refinement Hall and the War Hall. The Pill Refinement Hall devoted itself to pill refinement—though its elders were also highly accomplished in martial arts—while the War Hall was charged with the Xuandan Sect's combat and defense. Its Dharma Protectors cultivated martial arts exclusively, though they also understood a little of the art of pills, without being authoritative in it.
This too was where the Xuandan Sect held its advantage and its dominance over other ancient sects: in pill refinement and in cultivation, it was wholly self-sufficient.