Chapter 3355 — Adding Conditions
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"Outrageous! That Kang Jingming actually dares to toy with us like this—dragging the grudges of his own sect into the affairs of our Palan clan!" Tuo'er Riyue roared, beside himself with fury after hearing the whole account.
"Father, this really isn't Kang Jingming's fault alone. He may be despicable, but we were the ones who agreed to it—it was a transaction, after all. If we hadn't been willing, could Kang Jingming have ordered us about?" Tuo'er Tu shook his head with a bitter smile. "As things stand, we have no way back. We can only walk this dark road to its end. If we call off the deal now, then not only will I have been wounded for nothing—your injuries will have no hope left either!"
"But to trade your injuries for a single top-grade Great Returning Pill—this bargain..." Tuo'er Riyue's expression was exceedingly grim. However he looked at it, the deal did not seem worthwhile.
"What choice do we have?" Tuo'er Tu was equally helpless. "Who could have imagined that a disciple of the Xuanyuan Ancestor would be so formidable, able to fight across ranks like that?"
"No. This is too great a loss—far too great a loss! I am going to have words with Kang Jingming about this." Tuo'er Riyue had already made up his mind.
"Father, what do you mean—" Tuo'er Tu's heart lurched, and he asked hastily.
"If Kang Jingming means to play us for fools and keep the truth from us, he had better not expect to get off so lightly!" Tuo'er Riyue rose to his feet and strode out of Tuo'er Tu's room, heading straight for the guest quarters where Kang Jingming was resting.
Kang Jingming had returned to his room with Xiao Yi. He was still gloating over his success in provoking the Palan clan into a mortal feud with Wei Zhao—and never expected that Tuo'er Riyue would come knocking at his door!
"Elder Patriarch, what brings you here again?" Kang Jingming opened the door at the knock and started in surprise.
"Kang Jingming, you do play a fine game of schemes, don't you?" Tuo'er Riyue sneered as he stepped inside. "You have been toying with our Palan clan as though we were puppets in your palm!"
"Elder Patriarch, what do you mean by that?" Kang Jingming's heart gave a jolt. Surely the old fool hadn't found something out?
"That Wei Zhao is plainly a disciple of the Xuanyuan Ancestor—plainly one of your own Five Luminaries Sect! This is a quarrel within your sect, so why did you say nothing of it? Did you mean to borrow our blade to kill him?" Tuo'er Riyue demanded with a cold laugh.
"So that's what this is about!" Kang Jingming's heart eased, and he laughed carelessly. "Elder Patriarch, you have hit the nail on the head. I did indeed mean to borrow your blade to kill him!"
"Hm? What is that supposed to mean?" A flicker of fire flashed through Tuo'er Riyue's eyes as he demanded angrily.
"Nothing sinister. Did we not agree from the start? This is a transaction. It is inconvenient for me to act in person, so I asked you to dispose of this man for me. That is by definition borrowing a blade to kill—there is nothing wrong with it," Kang Jingming said, as though it were the most natural thing in the world. "As for what I did not tell you—well, I hardly think I was obliged to tell you, was I? This is an internal matter of our sect. Besides, the Xuanyuan Ancestor has fallen from power, and my master, the Xuanchen Ancestor, now holds the Five Luminaries Sect. I told you as much before—you simply did not ask for details. My aim is simple: dispose of Wei Zhao. Never mind who Wei Zhao is; kill the man, and when the time comes I will record a fourth-grade top-grade Great Returning Pill for you."
"You—" Tuo'er Riyue had none of Kang Jingming's glib tongue, and what Kang Jingming said was, after all, the truth. He truly had no way to refute it. The man was right: it was you who failed to ask for details—and now you blame him for not telling? Besides, even if he had told you, would you have refused the deal?