Chapter 2931 — Liu Tianli's Bankruptcy
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Zhao Qilei nodded silently. Everything Old Master Zhao was saying, he understood. He had been bitter before—why should Zhao Qibing rise? But after learning of Zhao Qibing's contributions, he felt only that his own luck had been poor.
"Grandfather, I understand all of this..." Zhao Qilei sighed.
"Yes, you understand. And now you've brought a third-grade elixir back to the family as well. Your contribution now equals Qibing's, so I will no longer favor him. You start from the same line now, which is why I lean toward making you the young heir! Qitan, do you understand?" Old Master Zhao said, his words weighted with earnest feeling.
"Me?" Zhao Qilei was a little stunned. Why had Old Master Zhao suddenly come out with this?
"The hidden Han family, the hidden Pi family, the hidden Zhuang family—among these, the hidden Zhuang family was once far weaker than our Zhao family, and the hidden Pi family was about equal to us in strength. But both of those families are now developing better than our hidden Zhao family. Why is that?" Old Master Zhao paused there, then went on: "I'm sure you understand, Zhao Qilei—because they acknowledged Wei Zhao as their leader, and so their families have grown enormously!"
"So, Grandfather, you mean..." Zhao Qilei finally caught on, and was at once shocked and overjoyed! Grandfather had finally seen the light, finally recognized how formidable Wei Zhao was, and was finally ready to throw in with Wei Zhao's camp!
"Exactly!" Old Master Zhao nodded firmly. "Before, your grandfather thought Wei Zhao was just a loose cultivator with no real ability, and then certain matters involving Zhao Qibing put some strain between us and Wei Zhao. Because of that, I never again lowered myself to weigh the pros and cons of the matter. But looking at it now, you were the clever one! You left our hidden Zhao family a way out!"
Seeing his grandfather come to his senses and turn back from the wrong path, Zhao Qilei was overjoyed. He was so excited he hardly knew what to do, or what to say.
"Grandfather... I only felt that Leader Wei Zhao treats me well, and that he is strong enough to shelter me, so..." Zhao Qilei said.
"Mm, I know. You don't need to explain—you did the right thing!" Old Master Zhao said. "It's only that your grandfather had some misunderstandings with Wei Zhao before, and to go rushing to him like this would be rather abrupt—and then there's your grandfather's pride..."
"Grandfather, our family never showed Leader Wei Zhao much respect to begin with. Why are you still worrying about pride at a time like this? The men under Leader Wei Zhao have already reached the ancient-sect level. If we keep standing on ceremony, it really will be too late!" Zhao Qilei was a little anxious. Here they were, at such a moment, and Grandfather was still fretting over something like pride?
"What? Ancient level?" Old Master Zhao's heart gave a jolt, and he probed cautiously: "Ancient sects have submitted to Wei Zhao too?"
"Well, no—only disciples at the ancient level," Zhao Qilei answered truthfully, holding nothing back. He did not realize that Old Master Zhao was fishing for information.
Zhao Qilei did not know that the local tyrant's submission had been on behalf of the Yellow Earth Sect. After all, that involved Xiao Jiu, and Wei Zhao had not explained it to Zhao Qilei in detail, only glossing over it—so Zhao Qilei still did not know.
"Is that so!" Old Master Zhao feigned surprise, but inwardly he breathed a sigh of relief. A few disciples, he thought, were nothing much. If an ancient sect had truly submitted to Wei Zhao, that would have been genuinely troublesome! Then even if he killed Wei Zhao, and the ancient sect came to retaliate, came seeking revenge against him, he would have no way to deal with it. Fortunately, that was not the case. "Qitan, then what do you think I should do now?"