Chapter 3497 — Arriving at the Trial Grounds
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Good thing Kang Jingming hadn't died—otherwise, Little Eleven would have been left a widow.
"During this time, your disciple has been working overtime without cease refining Qi Gathering Pills. Not only have I myself advanced to Great Perfection, but my beloved wife Little Eleven has also advanced to Great Perfection. I want her to join the Heaven-rank trial as well, so that we husband and wife can go to the Cloud-Tier Island together! I don't want to be parted from her!" Kang Jingming said.
"Oh?" Ancestor Xuanchen was taken aback. He had not known of this beforehand, and now, hearing Kang Jingming speak of it, he was rather moved. Vicious as Kang Jingming was, he treated Little Eleven quite well!
In the past, he had vaguely heard certain rumors about the Little Peach Blossom, and had thought Kang Jingming a fickle, heartless man. But Xuanchen was such a man himself, so he said nothing—though he still felt some regret in his heart, for Little Eleven was his daughter after all.
Now, hearing that Kang Jingming truly did well by Little Eleven, he could not help but be delighted. "Good. I am gratified that you have such consideration. Then take her along! As it happens, she hates Wei Zhao and that Han Jingyi to death—best let Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi die together, and let you all have your revenge!"
"Naturally. This time it won't just be Han Jingyi—that slut Wang Xinyan too, I want her dead! Damn it, she dared cuckold my elder brother—I'll do her in!" Kang Jingming said savagely. "This trial will be the death day of Wei Zhao's whole family. If it weren't that those inheritors still have their uses, I'd have the Dragon of the Five Fiends eat them all right now!"
"Mm, no matter. Once we reach Cloud-Tier Island, we'll find a way to kill them. The inheritors' only use is opening Cloud-Tier Island; after that, they're worthless." Ancestor Xuanchen nodded.
"Well put. Father-in-law is wise indeed!" Kang Jingming nodded.
Much like the several trials he had attended before, after Wei Zhao drove through a number of cities, the land before him turned desolate. At most a few villages and vast stretches of farmland could be seen, and further on, even the villages vanished—nothing but aimless wasteland!
The road, too, grew harder and harder to travel. Fortunately Wei Zhao had experience and was driving an off-road vehicle; otherwise he would truly have gone mad. Even so, the ride was merely a little bumpy.
But now, Wei Zhao, Wang Xinyan, and Han Jingyi alike were all Heaven-rank Great Perfection experts, and paid no mind to such things.
It was the first trial for both women, and they were utterly excited and thrilled.
Wei Zhao, of course, felt the same, for he would be able to see Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Yu Ning, Feng Xiaoxiao, Little Nine, and Guan Xin. He had originally wanted to go with Guan Xin, but the inheritors' procedures differed from those of the trial participants, requiring Leader Bai to escort her personally, so Wei Zhao had no choice but to give it up.
"Will this trial be dangerous?" Wang Xinyan asked, excitement tinged with a hint of worry.
"With Brother Wei Zhao here, there's nothing to fear!" Han Jingyi said, full of confidence.
"There's danger in every trial; it depends mainly on what the trial entails. For now we don't know what it will be—we'll only find out once we're there," Wei Zhao said, quite composed. After all, dangerous or not, he had to attend; there was no avoiding it.
They traveled another day or so, and that evening Wei Zhao's car finally reached the location announced for this trial—the Five Elements Mountains!
This place could not be far from the Xuandan Sect, yet lay in the opposite direction. No wonder there was something fishy between the Xuandan Sect and the Five Luminaries Sect—they were so close to each other. This must be the side near the Five Fiends Mountains, then. He only wondered how one was to enter.