Chapter 3442 — The Heaven Rank Trial and the Heaven Rank Assembly
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Oh?" Wei Zhao frowned slightly. "So the Center and the Five Luminaries Sect are working together, and the Center's people want to deal with the Song family—they want to seize Song Lingwei, is that it?"
"That's right! So none of this had anything to do with me! That Xiao Er wanted to avenge Xiao Yi, that's why he was so eager to strike. I tried to talk him out of it on the way here, told him that Chief Wei Zhao was unbelievably formidable, that he was no match at all, that fighting him would be like beating a dog—but he wouldn't believe me!" Kang Jingming explained. "There was no helping it, though. He'd spent too long in the Five Luminaries Sect and had no idea how formidable the outside world of cultivation really is, or how many experts there are. Ah, never mind him—he's dead, so let him be dead!"
"And what did you come here for?" Wei Zhao asked with a smile.
"I... well, heh heh, I came for the bodies, like I said..." Kang Jingming said hurriedly.
"Oh, the body isn't here." Wei Zhao waved a hand. "Next time I see you, bring me the elixir. We'll put today's debt on the tab for now. If you don't have the elixir, then you can only die—because you'll be of no value to me anymore."
"Yes, yes! Definitely, definitely!" Kang Jingming nodded frantically. He hadn't expected to actually escape with his life—what a stroke of luck!
"Then be on your way. I won't keep you for dinner." Wei Zhao had not killed Kang Jingming—partly for the sake of that Qi-Gathering Elixir, but mainly because he truly did not want to make things too rigid with the Five Luminaries Sect at this final juncture.
After all, the Five Luminaries Sect was the founding sect of the Inheritor Plan, and those Inheritors were all connected to Wei Zhao. He did not want to fall out with Ancestor Xuanchen too early. Xiao Er was dead now, but Kang Jingming had been let go—that could count as giving him some face.
Presumably they had been the ones to stir up trouble first, so Ancestor Xuanchen could only swallow his loss in silence. Who knew how many of Ancestor Xuanchen's disciples were even left now? They were probably just about all dead, weren't they?
"All right then, Chief Wei Zhao, I'll be going!" Kang Jingming felt as if he had been granted a great amnesty, and let out a breath of relief at once. He hurriedly turned and fled—though after two steps he suddenly remembered Xiao Er's body, yet did not dare turn back for it.
"Take this man's body back with you. It's no use to me." Wei Zhao said, "Also, take the bodies of those four overseas experts from before while you're at it. But this staff—a divine weapon of rare quality—is good. I'm confiscating it!"
"Of course, of course. Only right." How would Kang Jingming dare say no? He was already lucky to get the bodies back at all!
The Song family quickly carried out four woven silk bags and tossed them on the ground beside Xiao Er's body. Kang Jingming loaded everything into his car, then leaped in and sped away...
Watching Kang Jingming's departing back, Wei Zhao said nothing more. Instead he turned to the Song family and said, "He shouldn't be coming back. There can't be many experts left in the Five Luminaries Sect. Even if they still have a Heaven rank Great Perfection expert, with Little Rui and Second Grandfather fighting two against one, they'd still have a good chance of winning. Besides, they won't come to throw their lives away."
"Wow, brother-in-law, you're so handsome! You only broke through one level, and you can already one-shot a Heaven rank late-stage peak Great Perfection expert?" Song Lingwei looked at Wei Zhao, full of curiosity. "Did you know? Before, the Overseas Cultivators Association's mission was to have me kill you!"
"I know." Wei Zhao hadn't expected that after Song Lingwei learned his identity, she would show no awkwardness at all, but instead act like this. "So when do you plan to make your move? While I'm asleep?"