Chapter 3135 — No Revenge to Be Had
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Wei Zhao waved a hand, signaling Vice President Ouyang to spare him the praise. "Brother Ouyang, why not tell me about your own affairs instead?"
"Very well! When I took part in the Cultivators' Guild's trial back then—I will spare you the details—the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect wounded me during that trial. He left me my life, it is true, but the injury struck at the very root of my meridians, and that is why I have made so little progress in all the years since! Even now my meridians have not healed, and I was struck from the Guild's list of disciples marked for key cultivation! Had my elder not been there to help me along, slipping me spirit medicines from time to time, I would have been hard pressed even to recover from my injuries—to say nothing of standing here today as a master at the peak of the early Heaven rank!" Vice President Ouyang said with deep feeling. "And though I bear the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable a hatred no shared sky can contain, I am no match for him now. I hear the Pure Yin Heavenly Venerable is in secluded cultivation, striving to break through to the great consummation of the late Heaven rank's peak. His age and experience may not carry him through, but even if he fails, he is still something I can only look up at from afar. Revenge is impossible! And as I said, the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect is connected to the Guild's Grand Supreme Honorary President, so it is impossible for the Guild to take up my cause—even my elder cannot. If I want satisfaction, I must go and seek it myself. This grudge was formed in a trial, after all, and we cannot break the rules!"
Vice President Ouyang's words drew a nod from Wei Zhao. It seemed revenge would be very hard to obtain.
"Brother Ouyang, accept what cannot be changed," Wei Zhao said, at a loss for how else to console him.
"It is nothing—I have made my peace with it! I cannot take my revenge myself, but if one day someone can avenge me, I will acknowledge that person as my master and serve him faithfully in repayment!" Vice President Ouyang declared.
"Take revenge yourself? Why can you not?" Wei Zhao asked instead.
"My meridians are badly injured. All these years of care have restored them more or less, but some parts can never recover. Unless the old injuries to those meridians heal, I cannot charge straight through to the mid Heaven rank and keep cultivating—otherwise, my strength will cap out here for the rest of my life." Vice President Ouyang shook his head and spoke with some helplessness.
"Little Kong, step outside for a moment. I have something to discuss with Vice President Ouyang," Wei Zhao said, waving a hand at the pill-appraiser disciple.
But Little Kong was wholly absorbed in studying the first-grade automatic medicinal cauldron, deaf to Wei Zhao's words as though he had not heard them at all, which drew a wry smile from Wei Zhao. He had underestimated the pull such a divine artifact held for a pill refiner.
Still, this was a good thing. One could well imagine what a sales frenzy would erupt once this cauldron reached the market!
"Little Kong, out with you. Brother Ling and I have matters to discuss!" Vice President Ouyang snapped. Little Kong was his trusted confidant—otherwise he would never have been allowed to test this first-grade automatic medicinal cauldron—but Vice President Ouyang knew that what Wei Zhao was about to say was likely confidential and must not reach Little Kong's ears.
"Ah!" Little Kong started awake as if struck on the head, staring blankly at Vice President Ouyang. "Vice President, what is it?"
"Step outside for a bit. Brother Ling and I have matters to discuss!" Vice President Ouyang said.
"Yes, sir!" Little Kong nodded, but his gaze stayed fixed on the first-grade automatic medicinal cauldron on the table, reluctant to part with it.