Chapter 2253 — Mad Again
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In the end, the thing Wei Zhao had feared came to pass—the Heaven-Rank madman went berserk again. When he woke that day, he suddenly scrambled up from the ground, gazed about the cave with a look of bewilderment, and then his eyes fell upon Wei Zhao. A murderous glint flashed in them. "Who are you? How did you come to be here?"
Wei Zhao was momentarily taken aback. The Heaven-Rank madman had all along believed Wei Zhao to be his disciple—so why did he suddenly fail to recognize him?
Even so, Wei Zhao said, "Master, it is I. I am your disciple..."
"My disciple?" The Heaven-Rank madman was also briefly stunned, then said, "You are not Li'er! Who are you?"
"I..." Wei Zhao's heart tightened. Had the Heaven-Rank madman recovered his senses, or had he gone mad again? To think he no longer recognized him!
"Speak! Who are you, who in blazes are you!" the Heaven-Rank madman roared. With a flicker of movement he appeared before Wei Zhao, giving him no chance to dodge. He seized Wei Zhao by the collar, his eyes filled with vigilance and rage. "Tell me—did you kill my disciple? Where is Li'er? Answer me!"
"I... I am Li'er..." Wei Zhao had not expected the Heaven-Rank madman to turn on him at the drop of a hat. He smiled bitterly to himself, but aloud he had no choice but to insist that he was Li'er—otherwise a single slap from this man would leave him crippled.
"You are Li'er?" The Heaven-Rank madman furrowed his brows, yet his grip only tightened. He hoisted Wei Zhao straight off the ground, ready to hurl him against the wall. "Out with it—what manner of man are you? Otherwise, this old fellow will dash you to death!"
"Old sir... please do not excite yourself..." Sun Jingyan had been startled awake by the shouting, and when she saw the Heaven-Rank madman about to do Wei Zhao harm, she was badly frightened. She had not wanted to speak up, hoping Wei Zhao would resolve it himself, but seeing that he could not, she had no choice but to grit her teeth, climb up from the ground, and come over to explain for him: "He... he is your disciple..."
Hearing someone intervene, the Heaven-Rank madman glared and was about to retort, but then he turned to look at Sun Jingyan. He was slightly taken aback; a flicker of confusion crossed his eyes, yet his expression softened. "Yue'er? Why is it you? What are you doing here?"
The Heaven-Rank madman looked at Sun Jingyan with some puzzlement, then turned to look at Wei Zhao. "You say he is Li'er?"
Sun Jingyan did not know why the Heaven-Rank madman had suddenly stopped raging, but it was a good thing regardless. She hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, he is your disciple Li'er..."
"Hmm... that settles it, then!" The Heaven-Rank madman released Wei Zhao and nodded. "Since Yue'er says you are Li'er, then you must be Li'er!"
"Phew..." Wei Zhao let out a breath of relief, silently counting himself lucky. Sun Jingyan was utterly baffled, but Wei Zhao had more or less guessed the truth! The Heaven-Rank madman had likely noticed that he did not look like Li Fu, and had briefly snapped back to lucidity and turned on him—but then he had seen Sun Jingyan, mistook her for Granny Sun Luoying, and so took her words as truth and concluded once more that he was Li'er...
Thank goodness Sun Jingyan was here. Otherwise Wei Zhao would truly have had a hard time explaining himself.
"No! You are not Li'er, you are not!" The Heaven-Rank madman looked Wei Zhao over, then suddenly cried out again. But then he looked at Sun Jingyan and his gaze turned doubtful once more. "You are Yue'er... that much is right... but you are not Li'er... you are Yue'er... are you Li'er? You are not? You are? You are not..."
The Heaven-Rank madman's face suddenly went pale, beads of sweat sprang out on his forehead, and with a strange cry he clutched his head with both hands as though in terrible agony!