Chapter 2957 — The Pills Are Gone
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The Supreme Elder was astonished. "Is this true? Is everything he said the truth?"
"It should be genuine—after all, it's the sort of thing one learns just by asking around," Elder Black Robe said somewhat helplessly. "Now that Wei Zhao doesn't have the Great Return Pill, what am I to do? I can't very well kill him, can I?"
"Killing him is out of the question. He's nothing but an ant of a lone cultivator, but we are an ancient sect—killing at random without cause would only give others a handle against us. You can threaten him. Take that girl named Gu Mengyao at his side as a hostage and make him get the pill back from Ge Xian! If he refuses, cripple that Gu Mengyao and see whether he hands it over! If he still refuses, go and cripple her father, Gu Pengzhan—I refuse to believe Wei Zhao won't give in! As for Zhao Qilei, he's nothing but a hidden family. Go there yourself; they won't dare refuse!" The Supreme Elder thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Yes! I'll go find Wei Zhao tomorrow!" Elder Black Robe's mouth twitched twice. He had a vague idea of who Gu Mengyao was—it was no secret in the Dark Night Palace; anyone with a bit of standing knew of it. But since the Supreme Elder insisted, Elder Black Robe could only agree.
He was not Elder Li, after all; he had no feelings for Gu Mengyao, and even less for Gu Pengzhan.
After hanging up, Elder Black Robe decided to pay the hidden Zhao family another visit, to demand the Great Return Pill back and, while he was at it, verify whether Wei Zhao's words were true or false.
The hidden Zhao family was also in Donghai City. Though it was not close to Wei Zhao's villa, for a skilled hand like Elder Black Robe, at the peak of the late Earth rank, a run there would not take much time. In a short while, he arrived at the entrance of the path leading to the hidden Zhao family's manor.
"Who goes there? This is private property. If you have no business here, please turn back." The guard disciple spoke tactfully enough—after all, ordinary people often wandered in here by mistake, and they could hardly treat them rudely.
"Is this the hidden Zhao family?" Elder Black Robe glanced at the guard disciple and asked.
"Oh? You know of the hidden Zhao family? Who are you? What business do you have here?" The guard disciple's expression tensed, and he questioned him at once.
"Bring out whoever's in charge and tell him a distinguished guest has arrived!" Elder Black Robe said arrogantly.
"A distinguished guest?" The guard disciple's expression changed. "Are you here to make trouble? If you want to see someone, say who it is. Don't go looking for trouble—this is no place for you to throw your weight around!"
"What? You won't announce me?" As he spoke, Elder Black Robe unleashed the aura of his peak late Earth-rank cultivation.
"An expert at the peak of the late Earth rank?" The guard disciple was startled. Though the family had one expert at the early Heaven rank, a peak late Earth-rank expert was still a rare and precious asset. He dared not be negligent, and said hurriedly, "Then please wait a moment..."
"Hmph. If I hadn't shown a bit of my hand, you'd have gone on thinking yourself somebody!" Elder Black Robe sneered, watching RS