Chapter 3164 — Visiting Wei Zhao
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"How about we make a trip to Donghai City and have a word with Master Wei Zhao?" Ancestor Huangquan suggested.
"And say what? Just say it outright?" Ancestor Blood-Robe frowned. "Won't Master Wei Zhao suspect our motives?"
"You two ancestors, I actually have a good idea!" Ancestor Gloom's eyes rolled. "We can go and tell Wei Zhao that the man who hired us back then was Zhao Qibing, that all of this was caused by Zhao Qibing. A wrong has its source and a debt its debtor—we want revenge on Zhao Qibing, but now Zhao Qibing is a disciple of the Night Palace, and it is not convenient for us to go after him. If we could have Master Wei Zhao put in a word with Palace Master Gu Mengyao of the Night Palace and ask her to help deal with Zhao Qibing, that would be splendid!"
"Oh? That is a good idea, but will Master Wei Zhao help us?" Ancestor Huangquan nodded and asked.
"I'd say there's a good chance. After all, we can offer him a benefit—say, whenever he needs the Blood-Robe Huangquan Sect's help, we will lend a hand!" Ancestor Gloom said. "That way, not only do we have a reason to help Master Wei Zhao, but he won't suspect us either!"
"Gloom, I find your mind is rather nimble!" Ancestor Huangquan, on hearing this, at once felt Ancestor Gloom's idea was excellent. He nodded and said, "Very good. In this way, we too shall have a reason to act on Wei Zhao's behalf!"
Ancestor Gloom breathed a sigh of relief at once. "Ancestor Huangquan flatters me. Let this count as your subordinate making amends for his faults!"
"No, you have not only no fault, but merit—great merit! If we had not investigated so slowly and delayed our move against Master Wei Zhao, and had we truly gone to kill Wei Zhao, then whether or not the Old Master arrived in time, and whether or not Master Wei Zhao died, we would all have been doomed beyond doubt!" Ancestor Huangquan waved a hand. "This is a great merit of yours!"
"Indeed. Gloom, this time you saved our Blood-Robe Huangquan Sect! From now on, you are no longer a servant—you are our Blood-Robe's third brother, and may be counted as a formal higher-up of the Blood-Robe Huangquan Sect!" Ancestor Blood-Robe nodded.
"Thank you both for your fostering, Ancestors. In Gloom's heart, the two of you will forever be my masters!" Ancestor Gloom said, tears of gratitude in his eyes.
"No—our master now is Wei Zhao. Do not get it wrong, lest the Old Master misunderstand," Ancestor Huangquan said. "From now on, our station is that of the master's junior brothers, all the same!"
"Yes!" Ancestor Gloom answered hastily.
Having settled on their plan, the three set out for Donghai City—partly, of course, to avoid trouble from delaying. In their minds, Lin Dongfang was about as welcome as a death summons.
When Ancestor Blood-Robe, Ancestor Huangquan, and Ancestor Gloom stood at the gate of Wei Zhao's villa, their mood was utterly different from when they had left the Blood-Robe Huangquan Sect. Back then their hearts had been full of rage and hatred toward Wei Zhao, and they wished for nothing more than to kill him and be done with it; but now their hearts held only awe and dread.