Chapter 2258 — Cheated Again
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Zhentian, have you looked at the thing? How is it?" asked Old Master You.
"I haven't had the chance to look yet—I brought it over first thing!" You Zhentian dared not delay; though he wanted to look, he knew the Old Master was waiting, so how would he presume to waste time? Still, he added, "You Panhu did glance through a few pages. He says they're indeed a pill refiner's personal notes, and that he benefited greatly!"
Old Master You nodded and took the pill refiner's notes from You Zhentian's hands, flipping through them with a smile on his face. But after only a few pages, Old Master You's expression turned ugly to behold; and as the pages turned, his face grew ever more overcast, until at last it was ghastly beyond description!
"Father, what... what's the matter? Is there some problem with these pill refiner's notes?" You Zhentian had seen the change in his father's face as well and asked, somewhat puzzled.
"These pill refiner's notes... are the personal notes of a pill refiner of the Xuandan Sect!" Old Master You flipped through several more pages before speaking with certainty.
"What?" You Zhentian frowned. "You mean... these pill refiner's notes belong to the Xuandan Sect?"
"That's right. Come with me!" Old Master You seemed to want to confirm it one last time. He rose and walked toward his own study, and You Zhentian did not dare be remiss either, following cautiously behind the Old Master into the study!
This place was forbidden ground for family members. The study housed many precious pill formulas, materials on pill refining, and a number of pill cauldrons, rare medicinal herbs, and the like. It was nearly a small treasury, **containing all the finest treasures of the Hidden You Family.
Even You Zhentian, heir to the You family, could not set foot here without Old Master You's permission.
Once inside the study, You Zhentian did not look around, only standing to one side with his head lowered. Curious as he was, he gave no sign of it.
Old Master You, meanwhile, strode quickly to a bookshelf, took down a thread-bound volume, and on its cover were written several large characters in plain script: "Notes on Pill Refining of the Xuandan Sect."
Having taken it out, Old Master You could not wait to flip through and compare them. Though he had long been mentally prepared, at the sight of two identical sets of pill refiner's notes his face was still unspeakably grim, as though his mother had died—though, of course, his mother had long since died; it was more as though she had died a second time.
"Identical! They're actually identical to the Xuandan Sect's pill refiner's notes!" Old Master You put the thread-bound volume back and slammed the copy in his hand onto the writing desk, grinding his teeth in fury. "That little beast Wei Zhao—cheated again!"
"This..." Though You Zhentian had not read the contents of the pill refiner's notes, since Old Master You said they were the same, then the same they surely were. He could only smile bitterly. The You family had been cheated by Wei Zhao once more—but then, whose fault was it?
As for the Xuandan Sect's pill refiner's notes, not to mention You Panhu, even You Zhentian had scarcely glanced at them—because their own pill-refining skill was poor, and Old Master You, to keep them from leaking secrets, had only ever extracted a few passages on pill refining that were within their level of understanding and told them those.