Chapter 3093 — A Slap in the Face
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"Ahem, ahem..." Wei Zhao was momentarily speechless. This Grand Elder was truly too full of herself, was she not? Did she think everyone longed to join the Dark Night Palace? Wei Zhao curled his lip and said with a sneer, "How about this—wake her up and ask her yourself whether she is willing to go with you?"
"Is there any need to ask? It is all but certain!" the Grand Elder said with utter confidence. With that, she reached out and massaged the acupoint on Gu Mengyao's neck a couple of times, then said to Wei Zhao, "I will show you right now whether she is willing to go with me!"
Gu Mengyao stirred and came slowly back to her senses. But when she woke, she had not expected to find herself in the arms of an old woman. Instinctively startled, she retreated two steps and stared at the old woman in some terror. "You... who are you?"
"I am the Grand Elder of the Dark Night Palace! Gu Mengyao, let me tell you a tremendous piece of good news—you have been chosen by our Dark Night Palace as its heir! Once you join us, you will be the Palace Master of the Dark Night Palace!" the Grand Elder said. "Well? Happy? Excited?"
"The Dark Night Palace?" Gu Mengyao was instantly on her guard. After all, this Dark Night Palace was Zhao Qibing's sect, and its people seemed to have no kindness in them—they had tried to do away with Wei Zhao without so much as asking right from wrong. So Gu Mengyao was utterly repulsed. "You... stay away from me. I will not join the Dark Night Palace, I do not want to be any Palace Master, and I certainly do not want to be any heir!"
When something is out of the ordinary, there is sure to be something sinister behind it. In Gu Mengyao's eyes, palace master this and heir that—if it belonged to the Dark Night Palace, none of it was real. There was sure to be some scheme or treachery buried in it!
"Gah!? You..." The Grand Elder's eyes went wide. She had never expected Gu Mengyao to refuse! In her view, there was no reason for it—others wept and pleaded to join the Dark Night Palace, an ancient sect, and Gu Mengyao, the moment she entered, would be its Palace Master. What glory was that?
And yet Gu Mengyao had refused? How could that be?
The Grand Elder's face turned very ugly. "Gu Mengyao, think carefully. Do you not wish to become a master? A peerless master, no less! Once you receive the inheritance, to possess power like mine is no dream! It seems you know of cultivators—do you know that I am a peak late Heaven-rank expert?"
"And so?" Wei Zhao regarded the Grand Elder with a touch of mockery. Did she still think going to the Dark Night Palace was some great fortune? Gu Mengyao would simply not agree! And Wei Zhao knew the young miss well enough. The Dark Night Palace was Wei Zhao's enemy! RS