Chapter 3346 — Plotting to Kill Wei Zhao
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"The Venerable Ancestor Xuantian is finished—his meridians are all severed. How could he possibly compare with my Second Martial Uncle?" Kang Jingming hurriedly said, quashing Thor Sun-Moon's notion of seeking out the Venerable Ancestor Xuantian. He had to nail this matter down.
In truth, Kang Jingming's words were nothing but a pie in the sky, dangled to lure the Paoli clan onto the hook. How could Kang Jingming not know the standard of the Venerable Ancestor Xuanzhen? The man had tried several times to break through to become a fourth-grade alchemist and failed every time. Fourth-grade pills—did anyone think they were so easy to refine?
Yet Kang Jingming's promise did not really violate anything. When we are able to refine it, we will certainly refine it for you first—but right now we cannot, so you will simply have to wait. Thus Kang Jingming could decide this matter on his own and agree to it.
"Oh? Then tell me—this enemy of yours, why don't you strike him down yourselves instead of having us do it?" Thor Sun-Moon asked. "If I am not mistaken, the two of you should not be weak in strength, and your Five Luminaries Sect must be teeming with experts. Why do you need us to act?"
Thor Sun-Moon had to get to the bottom of this. Was there some trick hidden in it?
"Actually, it is no great reason. It is simply that this man may die in any way at all—only not by the hand of our Five Luminaries Sect." Here Kang Jingming lowered his voice. "That plan of the Heavenly Dao... the old head of the family knows of it, yes? Our Five Luminaries Sect is currently making preparations and does not wish to stir up complications... His dying at the hands of someone from the Other Domain and his dying at ours bring about different consequences..."
What Kang Jingming said amounted to saying nothing at all; the reason was rather too vague. But when Thor Sun-Moon heard that it was connected to the Cloud Terrace Island plan, he asked no further. Killing one man, after all, and on the Paoli clan's own territory—hardly a great matter.
It might breed a feud, but the Paoli clan did not fear feuds; their strength spoke for itself. And even if a feud arose, he would accept it, for Thor Sun-Moon yearned too desperately to recover.
"What is that man's strength? When will he come?" Thor Sun-Moon asked.
"His current strength is mid Heaven Rank. But this man has some ability—he can fight above his level. Old head of the family, you must make thorough preparations!" Kang Jingming said. As for the tales of him instantly slaying experts at the peak of late Heaven Rank, Kang Jingming said nothing; he feared that if he did, the Paoli clan would refuse the job. After all, even experts at the great consummation of late Heaven Rank peak strength would not dare claim they could instantly slay an expert of late Heaven Rank peak strength.
But Kang Jingming had also given warning: Wei Zhao was formidable and could fight above his level. If the Paoli clan came to grief later, they could not blame Kang Jingming—he had warned them beforehand, and it was they who had paid no heed.
Moreover, Kang Jingming was a man full of wicked schemes. In doing this, he actually also wanted Wei Zhao to wound or kill someone of the Paoli clan, so that Wei Zhao and the Paoli clan would become blood enemies. Then, without Kang Jingming saying a word, the Paoli clan would strive with all their might to keep Wei Zhao here.
Kang Jingming was a man who schemed against everyone.
"Mid Heaven Rank?" The moment Thor Sun-Moon heard Wei Zhao's level of strength, he relaxed at once. A man of such strength coming to the Paoli clan was, basically, going and never returning. So without a second thought Thor Sun-Moon agreed. "No problem. I can help you dispose of this man. But the pills you promised me—you must deliver!"