Chapter 2563 — Danger and Opportunity
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
So Zhuang Niaoqiang began to slow down, and the van soon pulled onto the expressway's emergency shoulder. Wei Zhao stopped his car as well.
Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao wanted to settle this quickly, so they held nothing back. They got out of the car radiating menace and strode straight toward Wei Zhao's Grand Cherokee.
Wei Zhao watched the two brothers come on with such ferocity and sneered inwardly. He opened his door and got out as well.
"Gah?!" The moment Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao saw who stepped out of the Grand Cherokee, they halted in their tracks as one, horror written across their faces, and very nearly turned to flee. They had no idea how they had offended Wei Zhao, but if Wei Zhao had chased them down, nothing good could come of it.
Fleeing, however, was only a fond notion. Before they had taken a step, they turned back again. With Wei Zhao's fearsome reputation, could they possibly outrun him? Wei Zhao was a master who could kill even a Heaven-rank expert in a single move—dealing with the two of them, ordinary experts at the early peak of the Earth rank, would be child's play.
"Master Ling... hello there... long time no see, ha ha..." Zhuang Niaoqiang wiped the cold sweat from his brow and babbled incoherently.
"Yes, Master Ling, what a coincidence—I never expected to run into you here..." Zhuang Niaopao forced out two dry laughs as well, though his smile was dreadful to behold.
"A coincidence, is it? I was following you on purpose," Wei Zhao said flatly.
"F-following..." Zhuang Niaoqiang's expression changed instantly, and he could not help but shiver. He asked cautiously, "Master Ling, might I ask... how my brother and I have offended you..."
"That girl in your car is my sworn sister," Wei Zhao said, gesturing toward the Mercedes van.
"What? Sworn sister?" Zhuang Niaopao's vision went black, and he nearly fainted. He had speculated about Chen Xi's background and backers, but after all his guessing he had concluded only that she might have been cultivated by some hidden family—surely nothing more formidable than that. That was why they had resolved to pull off this job.
Once Grandpa Zhuang advanced to the Heaven rank, the other hidden families would not be able to do anything about it—just as the hidden Zhao family had swallowed up the hidden Yu family's Qi Gathering Pills. But now they were hearing that Chen Xi was actually Wei Zhao's sworn sister? That... that was terrifying!
"Yes. My sworn sister. You understand," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Mother of God!" This time it was Zhuang Niaopao's turn to nearly keel over. A cold dread washed over him. Thank heavens Wei Zhao had caught up with them midway! If they had actually taken Chen Xi home and Grandpa had used her, would Wei Zhao not have wiped out the hidden Zhuang family?
Never mind Grandpa, a master who had only just advanced to the Heaven rank—even the long-renowned Heaven-rank master of the hidden You family had been crippled by Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao had needed only one move to do it. Clearly he had had no intent to kill; otherwise, one more strike would have finished the man beyond doubt...
"Master Ling, I'm sorry—we didn't know Chen Xi was your sister. Had we known, we would never have dared, not for all the courage heaven could give us!" Zhuang Niaoqiang drew a deep breath and decided to tell the whole truth without concealment. After all, lying to Wei Zhao at this point was essentially courting death—Wei Zhao was no fool, so how could he be easily deceived?
And in Zhuang Niaoqiang's eyes, danger and opportunity went hand in hand!