Chapter 1421 — Young Master Bing's Frustration

"Really? Hahahaha!" Zhao Qibing was instantly beside himself with excitement, roaring with laughter. "Then doesn't that mean I have a hope of going back to the Zhao family and being acknowledged as one of their own?"

"Naturally. And more than that — in the whole Zhao family, I expect no one will dare look down on you from now on. Even the Young Madam will have nothing more to say!" Since the Medicine King had already been dispatched to Songshan City to help Zhao Qibing rake in money, then whether he liked it or not, in the eyes of the rest of the Zhao family he was already counted among the followers of that bastard son Zhao Qibing; and now that Zhao Qibing was riding high, his own standing would rise with the tide.

"Good, good!" Zhao Qibing nodded. "In that case, this really is a splendid thing. In a little while I will report the matter to my father."

As the two of them were talking, Uncle Zhu came into the back room of the Geili Fuyun Bar, his face ashen, bringing Zhao Fafa along with him.

"Uncle Zhu, how did it go? Did you teach that little wretch a lesson?" Through the Medicine King's explanation, Zhao Qibing had already learned what the Qi Gathering Pill was good for, and he was in soaring spirits, imagining his return to the Zhao family; so he quite overlooked Uncle Zhu's expression.

"Young Master Bing, do you know who that brat asked me to help him teach a lesson to?" The very memory of what had happened made Uncle Zhu fit to burst with rage. The boy had been sending him off to his death!

"Who? Wasn't it just some servant?" Hearing the unfriendly edge in Uncle Zhu's voice, Zhao Qibing was taken aback.

"A servant? That servant is Wei Zhao! And Wei Zhao's underling, Ergoudan! This is asking me to jump into a pit of fire!" Uncle Zhu jabbed a finger at Zhao Fafa. "He means to get us both killed!"

"Wei Zhao?" Zhao Qibing was stunned. "Then the girl he was talking about must be..."

"Tang Yun! Tang Yun! He dared to go and harass Tang Yun! I truly am astonished — how is he still alive?" Looking at Zhao Fafa and his fearless ignorance, Uncle Zhu did not even know what to say.

"Smack!" Zhao Qibing dealt Zhao Fafa a sudden slap across the face. "You son of a bitch, you've really outdone yourself. Even I wouldn't dare set my sights on Tang Yun, and you dared? You really are a piece of work. Get lost! The young master is in a good mood today, so I won't hold it against you. Don't let me lay eyes on you again!"

Zhao Fafa did not dare say another word; clutching his cheek, he turned and fled. He had no idea why Zhao Qibing was so furious, but it was plain that this Wei Zhao was formidable, feared by Zhao Qibing and Uncle Zhu alike. And Zhao Fafa finally understood that he had provoked someone he should never have provoked...

Zhao Fafa was gone, but Zhao Qibing still felt somewhat aggrieved. After hearing Uncle Zhu's account, his face had turned gloomy. "Wei Zhao! Wei Zhao again! Sooner or later I will do you in!"

"Young Master Bing, once you have won yourself a measure of support within the Zhao family, once the family head breaks through to the Heaven Rank, what will a Wei Zhao amount to then? Killing him will be a simple matter!" the Medicine King reminded him.

"True enough. Once Grandfather breaks through to the Heaven Rank, whom should I fear?" Thinking of his bright future, Zhao Qibing's expression eased somewhat. He picked up his phone and dialed his father Zhao Guangyin's number.

"Qibing, what is it? Has that Yu Huoxing of the Yu family come to you for treatment?" Zhao Guangyin had no idea why Zhao Qibing should be calling him at such an hour.

"He came, but I won't let him off cheap. I quoted him a consultation fee of a billion straight off!" Zhao Qibing said.

"What! A billion?" Zhao Guangyin was startled, and his brows knitted at once. "Qibing, that price of yours is a touch too high, isn't it? Our Zhao family and the Yu family are in-laws, after all. Won't this offend the Yu family?"

What Zhao Guangyin was wary of was his wife Yu Xiaojin's attitude. By doing this, was Zhao Qibing not openly setting himself against the Yu family?

"What? Father, are you blaming me?" Zhao Qibing was instantly displeased. He felt his father was forever fretting over this and that, and would never accomplish anything great.

"That is not it... but Qibing, this price really is a little high. Wouldn't something more reasonable do?" Zhao Guangyin could hardly say it was on account of Yu Xiaojin, so he put it that way.

"Father, hear me out before you speak!" Zhao Qibing said. "The truth is, I have learned an enormous secret. Aunt Yu is not at your side, is she?"

"A secret? No... I am alone in my study!" Zhao Guangyin said, startled.

"The truth is, I have learned that Yu Huoxing carries on his person a top-grade divine pill called the Qi Gathering Pill!" Zhao Qibing had already worked out how to make the most of the credit, and so he turned an accident into a long-laid plan.

"What! The Qi Gathering Pill? How could he have such a divine medicine?" Zhao Guangyin was so astonished he nearly flung the phone from his hand. The news was simply too stunning! Three years earlier, when old Master Zhao had failed to break through to the Heaven Rank, he had gone in search of this very pill; but how could such a pill be found so easily? His search had come to nothing and he had been forced to give up. Yet who would have thought that Zhao Qibing would have word of such a Qi Gathering Pill!

"He must have come by it by chance — who cares how!" Zhao Qibing said. "So I began to think: how can we get that pill into our hands and present it to Grandfather? Seizing it by force would never do, so I talked it over with the Medicine King and we named the price of a billion. Under the Medicine King's prompting, Yu Huoxing willingly handed over the pill himself!"

Zhao Qibing was a man who knew well how to win over his subordinates; in speaking to his father, he made a point of mentioning the Medicine King's contribution, so that the Medicine King would think all the more that Zhao Qibing was a fine master to serve.

"What! The Qi Gathering Pill... it is in your hands now?" Hearing Zhao Qibing's words, Zhao Guangyin was both shocked and delighted, and he rose abruptly to his feet. "Is it true? Such a divine medicine — Yu Huoxing was willing to hand it over?"

"Haha, of course! It is right here in my hands!" Zhao Qibing said smugly. "Naturally Yu Huoxing did not want to give it to me, but to save his own life he had no choice but to hand it over!"

"Then... does the hidden Yu family know of this matter?" Zhao Guangyin suddenly thought of something important: would the Yu family come looking for trouble?

"They certainly do not. Otherwise, even if Yu Huoxing had ten thousand times the courage, he would never dare give the pill to us behind their backs. Even if we cured his poison wounds, once he returned to the hidden Yu family he would certainly face severe punishment!" Zhao Qibing was untroubled. "So, Father, this matter cannot be told to Aunt Yu. It is enough that Grandfather knows!"

"You are right!" Zhao Guangyin nodded. This was a matter touching the future rise and fall of the Zhao family; of course he knew its weight. "Qibing, you have done very well this time. I will tell your grandfather exactly how it stands. This time, I expect you will be formally acknowledged and brought back into the family, and then I will ask your grandfather for a Foundation Building Pill, so that you too may set foot upon the path of cultivation!"

Fastest updates. For pop-up-free reading, please—