Chapter 3588 — A Heavy Loss
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Meng Zhou, though still seething that Li Zhengming had dared to search him a moment ago, found himself in full agreement with the words. His face fell as he said, "That's right, Ninth Cousin—I still have to fight Wei Zhao next month. What am I supposed to do now?"
Meng Jueming looked at the two of them, so crestfallen, and heaved a helpless sigh. "Now that I think on it, this whole business came of my own careless planning, which let an outsider slip through the crack. Here—the two of you come back to my cave dwelling with me afterward, and each take a spirit jade as compensation. So long as you serve me well from here on, I won't let you come to any loss."
"Senior Brother Meng is brilliant! From now on we shall obey your every word!" The two were instantly overjoyed, falling over themselves to swear their loyalty, eagerly kneading his shoulders and pounding his back with fawning flattery.
Meng Jueming put on a grand and open-hearted front, but inwardly his heart was bleeding. For him, the senior steward brother who held real power in his grasp, spirit jade was not as hard to come by as it was for newcomers, yet parting with two pieces at once was still enough to sting.
He had schemed so elaborately this time only to fail to trap Wei Zhao, and instead cost himself two spirit jades into the bargain. Just thinking about it left him sick with frustration! Fortunately, judging by the tearful gratitude on Meng Zhou's and Li Zhengming's faces, those two jades had not been given for nothing—at least they had bought him some loyal hearts.
Meng Jueming gritted his teeth in secret. That loathsome Wei Zhao—sooner or later he would find another chance and do away with him for good!
Repairing a cave dwelling's restrictive spell was utterly miserable work, but since Meng Jueming had given the order, Brother Kubi had no choice but to do it. With his cultivation at the early Foundation Establishment stage, it took him a full half-hour of sheer effort to restore the restrictive spell on Wei Zhao's cave dwelling—and after that, the caves of Meng Zhou and Li Zhengming were still waiting for him.
"Thank you for your trouble, Brother Kubi," Wei Zhao said in thanks, only to see Brother Kubi wave a hand, not even sparing the time to drink a mouthful of water before rushing off to cave fifteen at the foot of Meng Zhou's mountain to set to work—so fearful was he that Meng Jueming would return later and accuse him of shirking deliberately.
To carry the duties of a steward senior brother to such a pass—Brother Kubi truly had no equal, the one and only of his kind.
Wei Zhao shook his head, speechless, then turned and entered his own cave dwelling. Once he had sealed the restrictive spell, he got down to proper business. That business now was not entering the jade pendant space to cultivate, but rather conducting an experiment on spirit jade.
To verify whether the jade pendant space could truly recharge spirit jade, the first thing to do was to drain away most of the spiritual qi inside a piece of spirit jade, so that the effect might show most clearly.
According to Wei Zhao's original plan, he had meant to spend some time draining his own piece of spirit jade dry. But now there was no need—two pieces had been delivered to his door, ready-made.
Thinking back on Meng Jueming and his lot, they were practically do-gooders who left no name behind. If a few more such windfalls came his way, he wouldn't even need to think about going down the mine for hard labor—he could simply stay in his cave dwelling, pick up the spirit jade, toss it into the jade pendant space, and everything would be taken care of.
Wei Zhao carefully sensed the amount of spiritual qi remaining in the two pieces of spirit jade. Both had been used at least half through—just right for his experiment.