Chapter 2991 — Three Allies

"Who told you I'm crippled? And who told you I was poisoned?" Wei Zhao fixed his eyes on Elder Zhao and asked with mocking amusement. "Oh, that's right. That poison of yours was quite tasty. Right after I took it, it helped me break through to the Heaven Rank. A truly fine thing. Do you have any more? Give me another dose?"

"No... impossible! How can that be? Could it be..." Elder Zhao suddenly turned his head and glared at Elder You. "You old bastard You, you set me up! That wasn't poison, it was a drug for breaking through and advancing, wasn't it?"

Elder You was also taken aback, thinking, How could that be? That poison was given by the Xuandan Sect. How could it possibly be a drug for breaking through and advancing? But... Elder You suddenly thought of something: when Wei Zhao had been in trouble, the Heaven Silkworm Transformation had personally stepped in to resolve the trouble from the Dark Night Palace. Could it be that there was some unspeakable secret between the Xuandan Sect and Wei Zhao?

Although the drug had been given by Wei Zhao's rival, Kang Zhaoming, Kang Zhaoming was a pill refiner who had come to the craft late in life. How much knowledge of pharmacology and medicinal properties could he possibly have? What would he know? Perhaps he had been fooled by the Heaven Silkworm Transformation without even realizing it!

In that case, this poison really might be some scheme played by the Xuandan Sect! But no matter what, this was not something someone at Elder You's level could involve himself in. To think he had actually come running to join a plot to harm Wei Zhao—he really must have a death wish!

Even his own master, the Xuandan Sect, was helping Wei Zhao and did not want him dead. It seemed that his plans for secretly developing the You family would need some appropriate adjustments! At this thought, Elder You said mildly, "Yes, that's right, it was an advancement drug. So what if I was the one who gave it? I've been playing deep cover all along!"

"You bastard! You set me up!" Elder Zhao was so furious that his whole body twitched... He could not get a word out!

Wei Zhao, however, looked at Elder You with interest. His words were rather amusing—deep cover, indeed! But from the look of things now, that poison really had been given by the secret You family.

"So then, you three are all my allies?" Wei Zhao looked at Elder You, Sect Master Jin, and Sect Master Wo, and asked deliberately.

"That's right, though we wouldn't presume to call ourselves allies. We're just errand runners, peripheral underlings!" Elder You did not dare put on airs. The present Wei Zhao was no longer someone they could deal with.

Wei Zhao smiled and looked at them with profound meaning, saying lightly, "In that case, fine. Then help me wipe out the secret Zhao family. That will save me the trouble of acting myself!"

"What?" Elder You was instantly stunned at Wei Zhao's words! What? He was to act against the secret Zhao family himself?

Elder Zhao's expression was also extremely grim. He was furious that Wei Zhao would act against the secret Zhao family, yet he had no way to stop it, and could only try to frighten them. "Elder You, you had better think clearly. Don't fall for Wei Zhao's scheme. If you destroy our secret Zhao family, when the ancient sects learn of it, they will certainly not let you off easily!"

"Is that so?" Elder You made his decision very quickly. At this moment, if he did not act, Wei Zhao would probably destroy them along with the Zhao family. Elder You knew well how ruthless Wei Zhao was. When he had destroyed the secular Yu family, he had not even blinked, nor had he shown the slightest concern for the intervention of the secret families!

And now, Wei Zhao probably would not worry about pressure from the ancient level either. As for Wei Zhao and the ancient level, they had long since become enemies. The Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect, the Dark Night Palace—these were all Wei Zhao's enemies, yet Wei Zhao was still alive and well!

Earlier, the Heaven Silkworm Transformation had probably appeared to help Wei Zhao settle the pressure from the Dark Night Palace because Wei Zhao was in closed-door cultivation and the Heaven Silkworm Transformation did not want to disturb him, so it had intervened. Otherwise, with Wei Zhao's current strength, he could have completely finished off that black-robed elder of the Dark Night Palace!

"Senior Lin, may I ask how we should go about this?" Sect Master Wo asked impatiently.

"Apart from Old Zhao and Zhao Guangyin, wipe out all the core figures. As for the servants with no strength, just dismiss them," Wei Zhao said to Elder You. As for Old Zhao, Wei Zhao was taking Zhao Qitan's feelings into account; Zhao Qitan should be the one to deal with him in the end, no matter what.

As for Zhao Guangyin, Wei Zhao thought that he was, after all, Chen Xi's father, and Wei Zhao did not want to take his life. But though the death penalty could be waived, the living punishment could not be escaped. Wei Zhao would also cripple his meridians and dantian, but Zhao Guangyin would not recover so easily. As far as this life was concerned, he could only be an ordinary man.

"Yes, sir!" Elder You and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard they would not have to deal with Elder Zhao and Zhao Guangyin personally. They felt no pressure at all about dealing with the small fry, but if it came to Elder Zhao, even Elder You, a Heaven Rank expert, would still be injured if he acted.

After all, Elder You was a pill refiner and not skilled in combat, while Sect Master Wo and Sect Master Jin were weaker still, only Earth Rank experts. Facing Elder Zhao, a Heaven Rank expert, would put great pressure on them. If Elder Zhao fought them desperately, risking life and death, then they, as Earth Rank experts, would certainly come off worse.

So at first they had suspected that Wei Zhao wanted them all to perish together, but now it seemed that was not the case. This time Wei Zhao intended to spare them, though they had to do something to earn it.

Having received their orders, the three of them sprang into action, running straight out of the conference room to eliminate the Zhao family's core figures. Elder Zhao, meanwhile, slumped in his chair, his gaze somewhat vacant, unable to speak.

Zhao Qitan sighed softly and looked at Elder Zhao. "If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? If you had sincerely made the secret Zhao family submit to the leader, you would not have ended up like this, would you? I truly don't understand what's so good about Zhao Qibing that he made you go this far—"

"Zhao Qitan, you traitor, don't you talk that idle talk. You know your own strength well enough. Zhao Qibing is an early Earth Rank expert and a disciple of the ancient sect, the Dark Night Palace. And what are you? A mere peak mid-stage Mystic Rank. What right do you have to compete for the position of heir to the young family head?" At this moment, Elder Zhao finally spoke the words in his heart.

"Heh..." Zhao Qitan laughed at himself. "So, in your eyes, there is only Zhao Qibing. He's nothing but an early Earth Rank, and yet he's so formidable in your eyes?"

"Nothing but an early Earth Rank? And what are you? Laughing at others when you're no better yourself!" Elder Zhao had torn off all pretense and no longer cared! (To be continued)

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