Chapter 1446 — A Chance Encounter at the Hospital

Weizhao nodded and asked, "When is this Grand Family Assembly of yours?" The matter of the Grand Family Assembly had come up more than once from Guan Xuemin and Fatty Lai. Rumor had it that the Kang family was angling for the chance to be elevated to the ranks of the great families. What Weizhao had in mind, however, was to go to that assembly and make trouble for the Yu family!

"The invitations have already gone out, and preparations are under way now. It should be this month or next, two months at the very latest," Qiu Lingshan said. "Every time, from the first preparations to the assembly itself, it never runs past two months."

"Good, then there should be time enough. I'll go search for the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit, and look for a chance to break through while I'm at it." Weizhao pondered a moment, then said, "Once I break through to the Earth Rank, I can raise both you and Brother Yutian to the Earth Rank as well. And as for that Grand Family Assembly — I'll turn it into the Yu family's memorial service!"

Weizhao was currently only at the peak of the mid Profound Rank. Against Yu Feng he was more than a match, but against Yu Shuixing he still had no certainty of victory; after all, Yu Shuixing was an expert at the peak of the late Profound Rank, and it was said that Yu Shuixing's own elder brother was an early Earth Rank expert besides.

Though he had now entered the hidden Yu family to train, when the Yu family met with calamity he could not simply refuse to stand up for them. So if Weizhao wanted the certainty of victory, there was only one way: to raise his own strength.

He simply did not know what standing that Elder Yu he had met in the ancient tomb held within the hidden Yu family, or whether the old man was even acquainted with Yu Shuixing's elder brother.

But it made no difference. Even if that Elder Yu threw in his lot with them, Weizhao had no fear of him. Back when he was only at the Profound Rank he had frightened the old man into flight; if he were to reach the Earth Rank, Elder Yu would most likely turn tail and run at the mere sight of him.

Hearing this, Qiu Lingshan's jaw dropped in astonishment. From the sound of it, Weizhao meant to kick up a storm at the Grand Family Assembly? Yet this news was nothing compared with what had come before — Weizhao was going to raise both her and Chen Yutian to Earth Rank experts?

Qiu Lingshan wondered whether she had slipped into a daydream. In the blink of an eye, the Earth Rank was no longer a dream? It was within reach? There had been a time when, in her fondest imaginings, becoming an expert at the peak of the late Yellow Rank had seemed a longing she could never attain — and now...

And all of it was because of Weizhao! Had she never met him, she would still be the same novice Yellow Rank expert she once was, wouldn't she? Thinking back to how the two of them had first met, Qiu Lingshan could not help blushing — and afterward people had even misunderstood, thinking she was helping Weizhao with that...

Still, if time could flow backwards, Qiu Lingshan thought she might well have cheerfully "admitted" it back then — so what if she had? If Weizhao had asked her, she rather thought she would have agreed!

At these thoughts, a strange and stirring charm flickered through Qiu Lingshan's lovely eyes. She bit lightly at her red lips, gazing at Weizhao with tender feeling, her cheeks flushing a vivid crimson. "Weizhao... you're so good to me..."

"Are you in heat?" Weizhao was startled. He had no idea what had come over the Qiu Lingshan beside him; she seemed a little... amorous? They were discussing serious business here — how had it turned into this all of a sudden?

Qiu Lingshan was instantly annoyed, privately blaming Weizhao for his utter lack of romance. This fellow was sometimes so devoted it was almost foolish, and sometimes a plain simpleton. For Feng Xiaoxiao's sake he would venture into a place as dangerous as an ancient tomb, and even travel to far distant lands in search of the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit — yet her own declarations of love he simply would not see.

"No, I'm not. How am I supposed to be in heat when you won't even strip naked?" Qiu Lingshan said to Weizhao, with the reckless abandon of one who has nothing left to lose.

"Let's go see Brother Yutian first." Weizhao did not carry the subject any further.

As for Qiu Lingshan, Weizhao could not put a name to what he felt for her. That he liked her — well, a little, naturally. No one is made of wood or stone, and he had been through a great deal with Qiu Lingshan; their relationship had gone from open hostility at the start to this present strange subtlety. What left Weizhao somewhat helpless was that Qiu Lingshan seemed to have made up her mind about him — simply because he had once seen her naked, it was as though she would marry no one else.

Weizhao thought Qiu Lingshan did not seem like a woman so bound by convention, yet in truth that was exactly what she was.

That said, for Weizhao to fall in love with Qiu Lingshan was still out of the question. Out of a man's covetous regard for a beauty, he felt a certain fondness toward her — but the moment that fondness turned into action, it would become a great deal of trouble.

And yet... it seemed there was no shortage of trouble already!

Qiu Lingshan ground her teeth over Weizhao's evasions, yet there was nothing she could do. It was the first time she had ever been moved by a man, and the more she came to know him, the more he fascinated her. This man carried far too many secrets, and he was extraordinarily powerful to boot — exactly what her standards for a partner demanded.

Weizhao was not merely a little stronger than her; he was stronger by an enormous margin! Though his strength was still only at the peak of the mid Profound Rank, Qiu Lingshan believed that in time he would surely achieve far greater things.

Had Weizhao not been confident, he would never have uttered that grand vow to turn the Grand Family Assembly into the Yu family's death anniversary! Tell me, among all the great families of the secular world, who would dare to speak of wiping out the Yu family? Never mind ordinary great families — even the hidden ones would never dare say such a thing!

Everyone knew that the Yu family had the hidden Yu family behind it, and that the hidden Yu family was one of the strongest among the hidden great families. Who would dare to oppose them?

Yet Weizhao dared, and he had already done it — and afterward he lived more splendidly than ever. Qiu Lingshan could only sigh: comparing one person with another truly can be the death of you. From the way Weizhao spoke of it, Yu Feng had taken no small share of grief from him at school, yet before Chen Yutian the man put on such arrogant airs. Had she only known it would come to this, she would have had Weizhao drive Yu Feng off earlier, and none of this would have happened.

The two of them walked side by side toward the inpatient department, and there, coming straight toward them, they saw a familiar face.

"Guan Xin?" Weizhao spotted her first and greeted her with a smile. He had always thought well of this shy, bashful girl, whom he had come to know just after arriving in Songshan City; later, on account of Guan Xuemin, he and Guan Xin had grown far better acquainted.

"Weizhao!" Guan Xin looked up and saw him at once, and joy leapt in her heart. She hurried over at a trot. It had been a long while since she had seen Weizhao, but her nature was such that she would never seek him out on her own; she was a reserved girl, one who buried her little happiness deep in her heart and watched Weizhao silently from afar rather than reaching out to him — the very opposite of Qiu Lingshan.

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