Chapter 2902 — The Earth Tyrant's Plan
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"This..." The Earth Drill Star realized he had gotten a little carried away, and he gave an awkward laugh. "There's no one around, is there? Besides, with Senior Lin here, Zhang Naipao wouldn't dare do anything to us..."
"Heh." Wei Zhao did not argue, only smiled faintly. "I'll go back to my room and rest first. Have the earth-attribute essence liquid sent to me as soon as possible."
"Of course. Senior Lin, you go and rest..." The Earth Drill Star had wanted to chat with Wei Zhao a while longer, but reflecting that Wei Zhao had just finished healing the Earth Tyrant and must be utterly exhausted, it was only natural that he should want to rest, so he did not dare stand in his way.
Wei Zhao nodded and turned to leave, while the Earth Drill Star could hardly wait to stride into the Earth Tyrant's room. "Young Sect Master, are you all right?"
"Drill Star—I'm fine now. All my bodily functions have recovered; it's only my meridians that are still completely severed." The Earth Tyrant had survived, but his spirits were plainly low.
"That's wonderful! Senior Lin really is formidable—he keeps his word!" Having seen with his own eyes the Earth Tyrant sitting up in bed, the Earth Drill Star finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"That person who saved me before—who exactly was he?" The Earth Tyrant was deeply curious about Wei Zhao and cared little for anything else.
"Young Sect Master, you mean Senior Lin? He..." There was no need for the Earth Drill Star to conceal anything from the Earth Tyrant, so he gave him a rough account of what had happened after the Earth Tyrant fell unconscious, including his own plea to Tianchan Bian, the search for Wei Zhao, and the bargain struck with the Sect Master.
"That Senior Lin—how is he so powerful? Is he not afraid of offending Zhang Naipao by saving me?" Having heard the Earth Drill Star out, the Earth Tyrant was filled with deep respect for Wei Zhao. Anyone whom even Tianchan Bian had no confidence in dealing with was surely a master. It was only that he himself had needlessly made an enemy of Zhang Naipao, and the gain hardly seemed worth the cost.
"There are some things I did not spell out in detail. Senior Lin and Zhang Naipao were enemies to begin with. Zhang Naipao's men, Demon Eight and Demon Nine, are both finished—one dead, one wounded—and it was Senior Wei Zhao who did it." The Earth Drill Star explained, "And Zhang Naipao does not dare utter a peep now; he is clearly afraid of Senior Lin. So Senior Lin need not worry about him in the slightest."
"That impressive!" The Earth Tyrant had not expected Wei Zhao to be so formidable—the man was practically the dark horse of this trial. "What sect is he from?"
"He's a wandering cultivator..." the Earth Drill Star said. "But I hear that several direct disciples of ancient-tier factions are his underlings... Ah, our Yellow Earth High Sect has no ties with him. If only you, Young Sect Master, were his underling too—he could repair even your meridians. The trouble is, he will only exert himself for those connected to him; for anyone else, no condition will move him to act. This time we paid two bottles of earth-attribute essence liquid, and all we gained was your life, Young Sect Master."
"A wandering cultivator? With underlings from ancient-tier factions? He could repair even my meridians?!" The Earth Tyrant was utterly astonished. This man did not sound like any ordinary wandering cultivator—his underlings came from ancient sects, and he was capable of anything. He was practically on par with the Five Luminaries Sect!
"Yes, that is what Young Sect Master Tianchan Bian said—it cannot be false!" The Earth Drill Star nodded. "As for the meridians, I had my doubts before, but the Sect Master did not. Perhaps he knows something..."