Chapter 1368 — The Families Begin to Stir

"If your son wants to play with those two girls, then say so straight out. All this hemming and hawing — what's this talk of who provoked whom? Every wrong has its author, every debt its debtor. I don't care how it started. I only know that my beloved disciple was wounded by that little bastard Wei Zhao, and it's him I'll go after!" Jin Wudi snorted. "Still, since you've handed me ten million, what are two little girls? I'll snatch them for you along the way!"

"Then many thanks, Ancestor Wudi!" Zhen Dazhou said hurriedly.

Ten million just to let his son play with a pair of girls — Zhen Dazhou's heart still ached at the sum. Yet spend it he must, and the reason was this: Zhen Dazhou's son, Zhen Yingjun, had been turned into a eunuch by Wei Zhao. Zhao the Medicine King had treated him, but the results were far from obvious.

So Zhao the Medicine King had come up with an idea. The one who tied the knot must be the one to untie it. Since Zhen Yingjun's heart lusted so fiercely after Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, why not seize the two of them and use them to stimulate him? Perhaps it would produce an effect beyond all expectation and cure Zhen Yingjun's impotence in a single stroke!

To carry on the Zhen family line, Zhen Dazhou had no choice but to take out ten million and ask Jin Wudi to seize Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu for his son's amusement. Curing his son was the matter of first importance.

That Jin Wudi had come down from the mountain was no secret. So the moment he arrived in Donghai City, the Yu family, the Xiao family, the Hidden Zhao family, and the Hidden Pi family all had word of it, and other great families such as the Wu family learned of Jin Wudi at the very first moment.

After all, Jin Wudi was an external-school cultivator, and so the Wu family naturally kept a close watch on him.

"Zhishan, Jin Wudi has arrived in Donghai City. On the Pi family's behalf, go and pay him a visit. His enemies are our enemies, after all, and where it is needed, I can give him aid in the shadows!" Pi Jiake, head of the Pi family, summoned his son Pi Zhishan and instructed him.

"Father, Jin Wudi is nothing more than an external-school expert at the peak of the early Earth Rank. Must the Pi family hold him in such esteem? Must we go visit him in person?" Pi Zhishan asked, puzzled. To his mind, Jin Wudi was indeed an Earth Rank expert, but his sect was no more than the man himself, barely worthy of the name of a sect — the lowest of the low among the hidden families. Were it not for Jin Wudi, that Earth Rank expert, his sect would rank no higher than a common family of the mundane world.

"Zhishan, you must not make light of Jin Wudi. He may be only an external-school expert at the peak of the early Earth Rank, but he is a master of the Golden Bell Shield. His whole body is hard as steel. Even I could do nothing with him. Once the Golden Bell Shield reaches mastery, unless one faces an absolutely overwhelming power a whole rank above him, no expert of the same rank can do a thing to him!" Pi Jiake waved a hand, his tone grave.

"Surely not? You mean only a Heaven Rank expert can deal with Jin Wudi — that even you, Father, an external-school expert at the peak of the late Earth Rank, are no match for him?" Pi Zhishan's face changed; he asked in alarm.

"That is not to say I am no match for him. He may be unable to defeat me, but I can certainly never defeat him either, because every blow I land on him is all but useless." Pi Jiake smiled bitterly. "Such is the advantage of one who has mastered the Golden Bell Shield. Even a Heaven Rank expert, if what he cultivates is not a technique of the high-attack kind, can do nothing against him. Only an expert whose attack power is exceptionally high can inflict any harm on Jin Wudi..."

"So that is how it is. No wonder you hold him in such regard!" Pi Zhishan said in sudden understanding.

"Indeed. Though he is only an external-school expert at the peak of the early Earth Rank, he has won a place in the ranks of the hidden families. His sect stands on equal footing with ours. Beneath the surface, everyone rather scorns his strength, yet to his face we still must grant him a certain respect!" Pi Jiake explained.

"I understand. I will go visit him at once. If he can do away with that Wei Zhao and that so-called great hero, then so much the better!" Pi Zhishan nodded. "That great hero is plainly a formidable external-school expert as well — otherwise he could not have killed Pi Yangyang with a single punch. But with Jin Wudi here, he will have no room to use his strength at all!"

"Exactly. Which means we sit back and reap the rewards!" Pi Jiake nodded.

Meanwhile, in Yanjing, the Yu family likewise learned of Jin Wudi's descent from the mountain at the first moment.

On one hand they rejoiced that someone was making trouble for Wei Zhao; on the other, they felt a faint disappointment. The Yu family's great vengeance could not be taken by a Yu. Instead it had fallen into the hands of an outsider. But Yu Lingtou was at present carrying out a mission for the Hidden Yu family and could not spare himself, nor could he possibly stop Jin Wudi and bid him wait before taking his revenge. So they could only console themselves: whoever killed Wei Zhao made no difference. So long as the great vengeance was had, who cared how it was taken?

As for the Hidden Zhao family, though they knew that Jin Wudi had come down the mountain to make trouble for Wei Zhao, the family head, Zhao Guangyin, could only keep silent. All the affairs of the Hidden Zhao family were decided by the old master. He was a young family head in name only, with very little power in his hands. Had he been able to move against Wei Zhao, he would have done so long ago. This time, Jin Wudi's move solved a great trouble for him, and could be counted an indirect revenge for Zhao Qibing — but such words he could not speak aloud. He merely telephoned Zhao Qibing to hint that he should keep constant watch on how matters developed.

"Qibing, though your father cannot take revenge for you in person, this time Jin Wudi has come down from the mountain to make trouble for Wei Zhao as well. When he does, you should go and watch. It will count as venting your anger for you!" Zhao Guangyin got Zhao Qibing on the phone and spoke to him.

"Dad, it is a great pity that it is Jin Wudi who acts. If only I could kill Wei Zhao with my own hands!" In his heart, Zhao Qibing was somewhat unwilling.

"Qibing, you know my situation well enough. Within the Hidden Zhao family it is a very awkward one. The old master will not release his power, and as young family head I cannot so much as summon an expert above the Earth Rank. To destroy Wei Zhao, an Earth Rank expert must act!" Zhao Guangyin said. "And my younger brother, your uncle, has his eye on the seat of family head as well. Were Yu Xiaojin of the Yu family not my wife, I fear I could not hold this young master's seat so securely. So, son, you must understand me..."

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