Chapter 4158 — Go Take Your Revenge Yourself
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Taking the Heart-Devouring Gu Pill, Wei Shenjin said not a word and swallowed it without the slightest hesitation. He had already accepted the resolve to become Wei Zhao's spirit familiar—how could he possibly fear such a tiny pill?
"Is this enough now? At least you needn't worry about me betraying you anymore—so can we move against that wretch Situ Qian?" Wei Shenjin had no idea what he had just swallowed, but he was certain it was something meant to control him, and so he pressed on impatiently.
"That, I'll leave for you to kill yourself," Wei Zhao said with a faint smile.
"What? Kill her myself? I'm a cripple now—how am I supposed to kill her?" Wei Shenjin was stunned for a moment; then, once it sank in, he flew into a rage, roaring with grief and helplessness alike: "You... you set me up?!"
He had staked everything on Wei Zhao now, risking even his life and his dignity—and all he got in return was a "go kill her yourself." How in the hell was he supposed to accept that!
"Heh. I never lie to people. Since I said you'd kill her yourself, then naturally I'll give you the strength to do it—why would I set you up?" Wei Zhao smiled faintly and gestured for Wei Shenjin to sit in meditation beside him. "Sit properly first. I'll help you restore your damaged meridians."
"What? Restore my meridians?" Wei Shenjin was startled at these words and instantly cast his grief and helplessness to the back of his mind, staring blankly at Wei Zhao in disbelief. "How is that possible? Don't lie to me—my meridians were shattered to pieces by you. Even a fourth-grade Great Restoration Pill and a fifth-grade Great Meridian-Unblocking Pill had no effect; otherwise I wouldn't have been reduced to a cripple. You should know that perfectly well..."
"I know. The Meridian-Unblocking Pill is indeed useless, but that doesn't mean I can't cure you. Did you know that Brother Di Xingdao's meridians were shattered just like yours—even worse than yours, in fact—and yet isn't he still hale and hearty now?" Wei Zhao said with a faint smile.
"You were the one who cured Di Xingdao?" Wei Shenjin's face went pale with shock. He stared at Wei Zhao, dumbstruck, too astonished to speak for a long while.
Di Xingdao's recovery had been a mystery across all of Central Island. No one knew who on earth had cured such an incurable ailment. Some said it was a mysterious apothecary; others said it was the fruit of Zhang Lifeng's years of painstaking study—there were all sorts of theories. Di Xingdao himself had never come forward to clarify, and everyone in the Tian Dan Pavilion kept their mouths shut about it. Wei Shenjin had never even imagined that this had come from Wei Zhao's own hands!
Had anyone else said such a thing, Wei Shenjin would have taken it for utter nonsense, the man gilding his own face—but the speaker was Wei Zhao, and he believed it without a moment's hesitation.
Were it otherwise, then given Di Xingdao's status as such a legendary figure, even if Wei Zhao was the brother-in-law he had acknowledged, why would he have gone to such lengths to protect Wei Zhao—a mere new disciple of the Threefold Pavilion of North Island?
Without answering Wei Shenjin's unspoken question, Wei Zhao simply gave his answer through action. In merely a single hour's time, Wei Shenjin discovered to his astonishment that the meridians shattered throughout his body had miraculously been restored to their original state!
"This... this is simply a miracle!" Wei Shenjin was plunged into wild joy in an instant. He had already been a cripple with all hope extinguished, a walking corpse without a future, whose sole reason to keep living was to kill that slut Situ Qian—and yet he had never expected delight to arrive so suddenly!