Chapter 4169 — Probably No Chance Now
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
In Shangguan Tianxia's estimation, since he had dared to accept the challenge in public, that showed he had at least some confidence. If he intervened without a word, it would only make others think he had lost his momentum, that he was a coward who could only run his mouth—greatly disadvantageous to his future prospects in the Sandie Pavilion.
Besides, since Wei Zhao had killed Su Zhaohu back then, Su Zhaohe was a roadblock he would have to get past sooner or later. Running away could never solve the problem; only crushing straight through was the true way.
"Some good thing! I heard people say that Su Zhaohe, for all his day-in, day-out swaggering and swindling out there, spreading nonsense about Grandfather wanting to take him as a disciple, does have quite a bit of real strength. Little Junior Brother, you are only a novice of the Welcome Pavilion, and he has the nerve to force you into a duel—it is simply unfair!" Shangguan Lan'er fumed.
"Fair or unfair does not matter. Status does not represent strength. Perhaps when the fight is over, you will find this duel was even more unfair to him?" Wei Zhao smiled meaningfully, then asked, "You say this matter of Pavilion Master Shangguan taking him as a disciple is all Su Zhaohe's own fabrication—does he have that much nerve?"
"I do not know. I asked about it just now too, but Grandfather played with words and kept me guessing again..." Shangguan Lan'er wrinkled her nose helplessly. "Anyway, that Su Zhaohe is so odious—I do not want him as Grandfather's disciple at all. If I had to see his face every day from now on, I would die of misery!"
"Rest easy. I expect you will have little chance of seeing him after this. This trouble, I will take care of for you." Wei Zhao smiled faintly.
"Really? If you are that confident you can beat him, Little Junior Brother, then I will stop pestering Grandfather." Shangguan Lan'er's eyes lit up. She thought to herself that this little junior brother of hers had always been full of surprises, always able to accomplish things others would not even dare to imagine—perhaps this time would be no exception.
As long as Wei Zhao could defeat Su Zhaohe in this duel, then Su Zhaohe, that self-styled genius of the millennium, would never again have the face to seek apprenticeship under Grandfather! Clearly, Shangguan Lan'er had misunderstood Wei Zhao's meaning.
"Yes. Just wait and see, Little Senior Sister." Wei Zhao nodded, but within his smiling eyes lurked a trace of icy killing intent. What he intended was not to defeat Su Zhaohe, but to cut the weeds and pull the roots—to do away with Su Zhaohe outright!
Su Zhaohe appeared dignified and virtuous, but in truth he was a piece of human filth who deserved death. That much could have been judged from Huang Xiaotao's experience even before they ever met. It was only that at the time he and Wei Zhao had no dealings whatsoever, nor any deep enmity between them, so Wei Zhao had not had the leisure to scheme and target him specifically.
But now Wei Zhao had killed Su Zhaohu, and the man had come knocking on his door of his own accord. There was no reason to let him off. Having finally found a legitimate chance to cut down a piece of filth, how could Wei Zhao let it slip by?
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Having taken a reassuring pill from Su Zhaohe, in the eyes of Si Haitao and the others Wei Zhao was now a dead man, with less than five days left to live. After Kang Jingming, Murong Zhen and Zhong Yongliang returned to the Welcome Pavilion, they could not wait to summon Meng Zhou over. R1152