Chapter 3746 — A Dangerous Man
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Heh. Then prepare to die with your eyes wide open. You don't naively think I'd be merciful enough to tell you, do you? What a wild fantasy—what do you take me for, a fool?" Yu Jiang gave a cold laugh, a savage gleam flashing through his eyes, as though he meant to strike the very next moment.
Wei Zhao's heart sank at once. This one really would not be easy to deal with.
But then Yu Jiang went on: "Still—if you hand over something valuable, say a top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill or the like, I might just let you die with a clear head."
Ha—so he meant to extort a little extra while he was at it!
The corner of Wei Zhao's mouth curved in a barely perceptible arc. He reached into his robe, and when his hand came out again it held a small box, the same kind he had shown before at the Hong Merchant Guild. He opened the lid: inside lay a single top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill.
The last batch had yielded six in all. Two had gone to his long-suffering senior brother, he had taken one himself, and two had been spent trading for the Star Ink Stone. The one in his hand now was the last.
At the sight of the top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill, greed plainly deepened on Yu Jiang's face. Setting aside the Star Ink Stone—that supreme treasure capable of altering the very trajectory of one's fate—a top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill was a fatal temptation to any Foundation Establishment expert, even one at the peak of late Foundation Establishment.
This Yu Jiang before him was naturally no exception.
After all, even if he obtained the Star Ink Stone, he could not put it to use anytime soon. For the moment, the practical value of a top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill far exceeded it—and it, too, was a priceless treasure that came only by chance!
"Is there more? If you can produce more fine things to satisfy me, I might consider letting you off." Yu Jiang said, deliberately baiting him.
Let me off? Wei Zhao secretly curled his lip at that. The man truly took him for an idiot. If he really did produce more treasures, this creature would likely lose all restraint and start killing and looting on the spot—letting him go was even less likely.
"That's all. Now you can talk." Wei Zhao said expressionlessly.
Yu Jiang shook his head in disappointment. "What a pity. Still, getting a top-grade Foundation Establishment Breakthrough Pill makes this trip worthwhile. Of course, I'm sure you've got more fine things hidden on you. Since you won't bring them out yourself, I'll just help you!"
As he spoke, Yu Jiang exploded into motion from a standstill, hurtling straight at Wei Zhao at a speed the naked eye could scarcely follow!
From first to last, he had never intended to tell Wei Zhao anything, still less to spare his life. All that blather had been nothing but an attempt to extort more fine things out of him.
But since Wei Zhao would not hand them over willingly, he would not press the point. Once Wei Zhao was dead, those things would still end up in his hands.
They might be damaged by sword aura during the fight, true—but matters had come this far, so damaged they would be. Kill him first and worry later.
Watching the man move, Wei Zhao's gaze sharpened slightly. That speed of his was almost no slower than Wei Zhao's own, even with the bonus from the Gale-Chasing Lightning Boots and Butterfly Microstep—and added to the formidable sword aura he had displayed in his initial ambush, this was indeed a thorny and dangerous man! RS