Chapter 2788 — Going to Find Zhao Qilei
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After these attempts failed, Wei Zhao first gave the white energy stone that had belonged to Sun Jingyan to Wang Xinyan, and had her place it in the pocket of her clothes over her chest to test its effects.
A week later, the energy stone at Wang Xinyan's chest had undergone a slight change. Though it was only a very subtle change, it did not escape Wei Zhao's eyes, for he had carefully recorded the stone's condition beforehand. The next day, the stone's luster had dimmed somewhat, ever so faintly, but it still proved one thing: Wang Xinyan's jade pendant could be replaced by an energy stone!
Having clarified this point, Wei Zhao actually breathed a sigh of relief, both startled and delighted. The matter of the jade pendant that had plagued him all this time had unexpectedly resolved itself; the pendant was not the only solution after all—an energy stone could serve as a substitute.
And according to Yu Dake, there should be many more such energy stones on the map he possessed; it was just that Yu Dake had gone once and failed to find them.
Wei Zhao planned to make a trip to the Hakunamata Desert, the location marked on the map, to search for energy stones when he had the time. He believed that with the help of the Heavenly Thunder Pig, locating where the energy stones were should not be too difficult.
With Wang Xinyan's matter settled, Wei Zhao could finally set his mind at ease—and by now, the date of the Mystic Pill Gate's trial was already close at hand!
Wei Zhao left the Heaven and Earth Net at home, and set out wearing only his mid-grade Golden Cicada undergarment. Of course, he had wanted to keep this Zhong Yongliang Golden Cicada undergarment at home for Gu Mengyao and the other women to use for self-defense, but Yan Shu said it might come in handy for protecting himself, so Wei Zhao put it on.
After giving Wu Chengtian, Pi Zhifeng, Han Xiaohu, and Zhuang Niaoqiang their instructions, having them take turns guarding the safety of the women in the villa, Wei Zhao drove off toward the Hidden Zhao family.
He intended to pick up Zhao Qilei and go together to the site of the Mystic Pill Gate's trial.
Zhao Qibing had been very quiet of late, staying inside the Hidden Zhao family and not daring to go out. The business with Yu Ning last time had frightened him badly. Although the Hidden Yu family had not done anything to him afterward, Zhao Qibing still feared they might stab him in the back.
On the surface, Zhao Qibing was the young heir of the Hidden Zhao family, and the Hidden Yu family might have refrained from tearing off all pretense with the Hidden Zhao family out of that consideration. But in truth, relations between the Hidden Yu family and the Hidden Zhao family had already sunk to a low point; since that incident, the two families had not been in contact again.
In the end, the root of the matter was that Yu Shan of the Hidden Yu family had bitten the hand that fed him, leaving the Hidden Yu family no way to find fault with the Hidden Zhao family; the affair could only be left to fizzle out.
By now, there was no disciple of the Hidden Zhao family who did not know Wei Zhao. At the summit of the hidden aristocratic families, Wei Zhao had made his name in a single battle. So when Wei Zhao's car stopped at the gate of the Hidden Zhao family's estate, the patrolling disciples were as wary as if facing a great enemy, and hurriedly reported Wei Zhao's arrival to Old Mian, who in turn reported it to the Old Master Zhao through Old Mian's mouth.
"What? Wei Zhao is here?" Old Master Zhao was taken aback. Wei Zhao had arrived without the slightest warning and had not contacted him beforehand; coming so suddenly made Old Master Zhao somewhat alarmed. "What has he come for?"
"I don't know. The patrolling disciple didn't ask—he just hurried over to report it," Old Mian said cautiously.