Chapter 2848 — Yang Qiqi's Apology
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"Are you finished? You may leave now." The Five Fiends' Dragon clearly had no interest in conversing further with Wei Zhao. Having said this, it lowered its head and did not spare him another glance.
Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile. It seemed that the Five Fiends' Dragon had refrained from speaking to him and Tian Chan earlier out of sheer contempt, never counting them worthy of its notice. Now that it spoke at all, it was merely puzzled as to why he had not fallen to his death, but had instead climbed back up from the bottom of the cliff.
"By the way, I'd like to ask you something. After we left, did you happen to see a girl? Dressed all in black leather, with a rather cool demeanor?" Wei Zhao asked.
"You know her? Are you two in league?" the Five Fiends' Dragon asked suddenly.
"Yes. You've seen her?" Wei Zhao asked hurriedly.
"Oh? You want to see her?" the Five Fiends' Dragon replied, answering one question with another.
"I... You know where she is?" Wei Zhao asked after a moment's hesitation. He could not shake the feeling that the Five Fiends' Dragon meant him no good.
"I do. I'll send you to see her." With that, the Five Fiends' Dragon suddenly stirred. For all its bulk, it moved with no small speed—in an instant it burst from the cave, seized Wei Zhao, and clutched him in its talons!
"What are you doing?" Sensing trouble, Wei Zhao asked warily.
"That black-clad girl you speak of demanded the scales on my foot the moment she arrived. I refused, and she actually tried to cut them off in secret—so I threw her straight down into the valley!" The Five Fiends' Dragon gave a cold snort. "Since you are in league with her, you can go down again and keep her company!"
"Wait—I can go down myself, no need to trouble you..." Wei Zhao said, his scalp prickling.
"Too late." The Five Fiends' Dragon swung its claw in several broad circles, and with a whoosh sent Wei Zhao hurtling down the cliff once more. Before the Heaven Thunder Pig could so much as grab hold of Wei Zhao, he was already flying through the air!
"Squeak, squeak!" The Heaven Thunder Pig grew frantic. It watched Wei Zhao fly away but could do nothing. It wanted to leap off the cliff itself, yet feared it could not jump far enough—or that it would fall to its death outright...
The Five Fiends' Dragon, however, merely glanced at the Heaven Thunder Pig and did it no harm. Perhaps because they were of the same kind, it simply turned and returned to its cave, paying the pig no further mind.
The Heaven Thunder Pig hesitated. It wanted to chase after Wei Zhao, but on reflection, going itself would be of no use. Better to stay here—if Wei Zhao's companions came searching, it could warn them in time...
Wei Zhao plummeted straight down the cliff, but this time he had not been injured before the fall, so he circulated the mnemonic of his heart method and shielded himself with true qi. After crashing to the bottom, he suffered only minor injuries and was otherwise unharmed!
After a brief period of regulating his breath, Wei Zhao rose from the ground and began searching everywhere for any sign of Yang Qiqi.
The ground below the cliff stretched endlessly in all directions, and Wei Zhao spotted Yang Qiqi easily enough—her black leather jacket and trousers were unmistakable. She lay motionless on the ground not far away, and there was no telling what condition she was in.
Startled, Wei Zhao rushed over and tested her breathing. There was still breath, but it was exceedingly faint. He breathed a sigh of relief nonetheless—so long as Yang Qiqi was alive, there was still hope.
Without delay, Wei Zhao pressed his fingers to the pulse point at Yang Qiqi's wrist and circulated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, treating the injuries within her body.