Chapter 2946 — Wei Zhao Is Poisoned
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"Haha, so you're not stupid! You were able to cure that poison last time, but this time you cannot—because this poison has no antidote!" Old Master Zhao laughed heartily. "Wei Zhao, what do you think? Never dreamed of it, did you? Haha, just now I had Qibing serve you a portion of every dish, precisely so that you would be poisoned without knowing it!"
"I never thought... that Medicine King Zhao had such skill. I overlooked it..." This time Wei Zhao did not think much of it. After all, Medicine King Zhao had used the same method to poison before, so Wei Zhao naturally assumed this poison too had come from him.
And at last Wei Zhao understood why there had been no warning! Because each herb in this poison was harmless; he had taken them separately, and each dish eaten alone posed no danger!
The jade pendant could warn of danger, but with dishes like these—poisonous only when combined—it could not be so intelligent as to analyze them together! Besides, perhaps it was also because this poison was not truly a poison but a prescription, one that posed no lethal danger to Wei Zhao himself, and so the jade pendant had overlooked it.
Be that as it may, Wei Zhao had fallen for it. Only, he found it strange. "Old man Zhao, when Zhao Qibing served me, you ate too. I only ate after watching you eat. Since this poison has no antidote, why are you unaffected after eating it?"
"Hahaha, idiot!" Old Master Zhao laughed on. "This poison works only on cultivators below the Heaven Rank. At Heaven Rank and above it is useless—it dissolves on its own! Unfortunately, though I am only at the early Heaven Rank, I am a genuine Heaven Rank expert! And you, though you can kill mid Heaven Rank experts in an instant, are in essence still a late Earth Rank expert. So this poison does not affect me, but it affects you! What do you think? Fooled, weren't you? You ate because you saw me eat?"
Wei Zhao's mouth twitched twice. He had not expected Old Master Zhao to be so venomous, to have laid such a scheme. He could not help but smile bitterly. "It seems you never intended to acknowledge me as your leader at all. All along, you have still regarded me as an enemy!"
Though he spoke the question aloud, in truth Wei Zhao was stalling for time, searching for a countermeasure. But to his frustration, no matter how he searched, he could find no effective solution. This poison, as Old Master Zhao had said, could not be broken!
He was a late Earth Rank expert, his strength stuck at that level—what was he to do?
Even if a way could be found, at the very least there was no good way now.
"Indeed, Wei Zhao. You overestimate yourself. I, Zhao, am at any rate a Heaven Rank expert—did you think I would bow to you?" Old Master Zhao gave a cold snort. "Today we settle new accounts and old together! Zhao Qibing, seize him for me!"
"Yes, Grandfather!" Zhao Qibing was finally able to hold his head high. With a chuckle, he grabbed Wei Zhao by the scruff of the neck and hauled him up!