Chapter 3528 — Secret Maneuvering: Wei Zhao Is the True Successor of the Five Luminaries Sect?
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With all of that done, Wei Zhao put away the fine-steel dark-iron staff, pushed open the door, and stepped out of the suite. Wang Xinyan and Han Jingyi were already awake and washing up; plainly, they too felt some anticipation for the battle to come.
Wei Zhao finished washing up, then brought Wang Xinyan and Han Jingyi downstairs with him, arriving at the ground floor of the inn.
Tianchan was already waiting at the door with Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Xiao Jiu, Yuning, Guan Xin, Feng Xiaoxiao, Tang Zhi, and Xue Li.
Cultivators normally rose early. Wei Zhao had been delayed by forging a heaven-tier divine weapon; otherwise he would have come down first thing as well.
What surprised Wei Zhao somewhat was that not long after he came down, Zhong Yongliang and Zhang Naipao also descended. Clearly the two of them were preparing to leave.
"Young Hero Lin, my thanks!" Zhong Yongliang cupped his fist toward Wei Zhao, then hurried into the vehicle they had arrived in.
Kang Jingming witnessed this gesture, and his heart gave a sudden lurch. He too had been loitering nearby, so he hastily dashed over to Zhong Yongliang's vehicle, taking the stairs two at a time.
But Zhong Yongliang's car had already started moving, and with a "bang" it knocked Kang Jingming head over heels, sending him flat onto the ground in a thoroughly sorry state.
At any other time Kang Jingming would surely have flown into a rage, but now he needed to determine just what relationship existed between Wei Zhao and Zhong Yongliang—why had Zhong Yongliang suddenly become so familiar with Wei Zhao, even exchanging farewell greetings before leaving?
Wasn't that fist-cup salute reserved only for highly respected friends?
"Kang Jingming, are you sick in the head? Looking to die?" Zhong Yongliang stopped the car, thoroughly baffled, and opened the window to curse at him.
"Ha, Brother Liang, wait up, I have something to tell you!" Kang Jingming opened the rear door and climbed in. He too was a heaven-tier grand-completion expert; although a pill refiner, a mere bump from a car was naturally not going to hurt him.
"What do you want?" Zhong Yongliang said with some impatience.
"Ha, isn't Paozi done for? I can help! My master, Old Ancestor Xuanchen, was there at the time, so I couldn't say much. But back then, dealing with Han Jingyi and Wang Xinyan was my idea too, and Paozi getting drained to ruin by Wang Xinyan is my responsibility as well. So I'd like to contribute what little I can!" Kang Jingming said.
"Oh?" Zhong Yongliang was now completely taken aback. What did this mean? Why was he suddenly saying such things to him? Still, Zhang Naipao had mostly recovered, and on this trip back, the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect intended to find a disciple whose strength he could absorb. But if Kang Jingming wanted to do something first, that was fine too: "How do you plan to help me?"
"I can refine Qi-Gathering Pills! Don't forget, I'm a pill refiner!" Kang Jingming said.
"Oh? Good—if you can refine Qi-Gathering Pills, then I won't decline." Zhong Yongliang's eyes lit up, and he spoke with some delight. With Qi-Gathering Pills, Zhang Naipao wouldn't need to absorb anyone else's strength.
To other cultivators, the Qi-Gathering Pill might prove a bottleneck on the path to advancing to the heavenly way, but for Zhang Naipao, that bottleneck did not exist! His Bee-Absorbing Divine Art had already been cultivated to great completion—he could absorb anything, so naturally there was no longer any limit on upgrading or breaking through!
Zhang Naipao no longer relied on the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to advance; instead he advanced by absorbing all manner of other true qi. Thus the side effects of the Qi-Gathering Pill did not apply to him.
"No problem." Having said all this, Kang Jingming finally looked at Zhong Yongliang and asked, "By the way, Brother Liang, what was that greeting with Wei Zhao about just now? Aren't you and he sworn enemies?"