Chapter 2329 — Back to the Villa
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"It won't kill you, but you must take an antidote once a year to keep it suppressed—otherwise you'll die in agony, worse agony than any you've enjoyed before," Wei Zhao explained.
"Oh. All right." Having heard Wei Zhao out, Brother Dafeng nodded and, without the slightest hesitation, took the poison pill from his hand and swallowed it down—no dawdling, no fuss at all, which left Wei Zhao somewhat taken aback.
"You've taken it—aren't you afraid I won't give you the antidote?" Wei Zhao asked, surprised.
"If I do my work well, why would Brother Eagle withhold the antidote?" Brother Dafeng said, perfectly composed. "From now on I'll throw everything into gathering intelligence for Brother Eagle, do my utmost to become the head of the poison-refining base—Brother Eagle won't treat me shabbily."
"Good that you can see it that way." Wei Zhao nodded, satisfied. "If you truly give it your all, I certainly won't treat you shabbily in future. Your promotion to early Earth-rank is only the beginning—in time I'll make you mid Earth-rank, even late Earth-rank, and in the end, stepping into Heaven-rank isn't out of the question!"
Once Wei Zhao became a Heaven-rank expert, everyone around him could well become peak late Earth-rank masters—this was no idle promise meant to stave off hunger.
What Wei Zhao hadn't expected was that Brother Dafeng would truly set his heart on following him. It caught him off guard. The reason he'd shown his real face earlier was that he was about to feed Brother Dafeng the poison pill; from then on the man would be his subordinate, and there was no need to keep hiding—letting him know his true identity would only make things easier.
Now it seemed Wei Zhao had underestimated Brother Dafeng's ambition. The man had an eye for things!
In truth, Brother Dafeng's eye was only natural. Wei Zhao had crippled the Third Master and killed off the Third Master's men, yet came back hale and hearty—even a fool would know how formidable Wei Zhao was. And Wei Zhao was truly generous: one gesture and there was a Minor Qi-Gathering Pill. In all his years at Red Conch, Brother Dafeng had never once obtained a pill that fine!
Of course, part of it was that Red Conch had no one skilled in pill refinement; and on the other hand, few dared use the biochemical agents the Fire Wolf Gang produced! Apart from the Fire Wolf inheritance serum, which was relatively mature and stable, the rest were all experimental. Who would dare use them recklessly?
So Brother Dafeng reckoned there was little future at Red Conch; better to switch masters and follow Wei Zhao. For a cultivator of his level, money no longer mattered all that much—higher realms of power were the pursuit of a lifetime.
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Eagle!" Brother Dafeng said, suddenly overcome with excitement.
"My real name is Wei Zhao. Once the Minor Qi-Gathering Pill arrives, I'll be leaving. From then on, contact me directly and only through me," Wei Zhao said.
"Wei Zhao... ah! You're Wei Zhao!" Brother Dafeng gave a violent start. He leapt up from his chair, eyes wide, speechless.
"What is it?" Wei Zhao frowned.
"Nothing... I'd heard the Yu family of the secular world was wiped out for offending you. And that Red Conch's Second Master was taken away by you..." Brother Dafeng knew a few secrets too. "Most of all, one of the Fire Wolf Gang's Protectors came off the worse for tangling with you..."
"Oh? You know quite a lot. Correct—it was me," Wei Zhao said. "Since you know all this, and know of the enmity between me and Red Conch and the Fire Wolf Gang, you should understand what to do from here on."
"I understand. I'll do my utmost to raise my standing within Red Conch. I'll charge into the thick of it for you, Brother Eagle!" Brother Dafeng pledged, striking his chest.