Chapter 1473 — Other Allies, for Wei Zhao Could Think of Nothing Else to Tempt the Ice Palace

One Fire Spirit Holy Fruit might still be bought with money, but for two, the Ice Palace would likely refuse to sell at any price, and for one of them Wei Zhao would have to offer a Qi Gathering Pill in exchange.

When the time came, Yu Bing would surely see the Qi Gathering Pill and connect it with what had happened to Elder Yu before, so rather than leave him to suspicion, it was better to tell the truth himself! Of course, Wei Zhao did not know that after returning, Elder Yu had concealed the robbery of the Qi Gathering Pill, flatly lying that he had never found it!

"It was not us, it was you and my father... But this sort of thing belongs to whoever seizes it, so there is no hatred to speak of," Yu Bing said. "Still, you are formidable enough. Now I finally understand what you meant when you said you were confident of handling an Earth Rank master... It is only a pity, my father was but one step away from breaking through to Heaven Rank..."

"I intend to trade this Qi Gathering Pill for a Fire Spirit Holy Fruit, so forgive me, I cannot give it to you. I know how important this thing is to your family, but I need it just as much," Wei Zhao said. "But I left Elder Yu a Qi Gathering Pill. Was it not meant for your father? Does your Yu family have someone else about to break through to Heaven Rank?"

"What! You left him one?" Yu Bing froze in astonishment. "You mean... Elder Yu still has a Qi Gathering Pill in his hands?"

"Yes. What, you did not know?" Wei Zhao looked at Yu Bing with some puzzlement and asked, "Did Elder Yu never tell you?"

"No..." Yu Bing drew a deep breath, a shadow crossing his face. "It seems the cultivator who came from the secular Yu family is indeed not of one mind with us. He kept that pill for himself..."

"The secular Yu family? You mean Elder Yu came from the secular Yu family? Can he be Yu Shuixing's elder brother? That Earth Rank master?" Wei Zhao asked, startled.

"Yes, that is him," Yu Bing said with a cold laugh this time. "Well, you need not worry now. If Yu Huoxing really pocketed that Qi Gathering Pill for himself, then our hidden Yu family need not back their secular Yu family any longer, and the conflict between you and our hidden Yu family can be resolved..."

"The problem is not that. It lies with Yu Ning herself..." Wei Zhao was reluctant to speak the name, but matters had come to this and it could not be avoided. "Your family expects too much of her, and too little of me... I do not know if any of that can change in the future... but at least not now, and... I already have a girlfriend..."

"You... already have a girlfriend?" Yu Bing was slightly startled. He had only paid attention to how Wei Zhao had stirred up storm after storm in Songshan City of late and made enemies of so many powers, and had never spared a thought for Wei Zhao's private life, so this sudden revelation sank his heart...

He wondered whether his little sister could accept such news. Yet Yu Bing could hardly blame Wei Zhao for anything, for Wei Zhao had never given his sister any promise back then. It had all been her own one-sided longing.

At first Yu Bing had even thought that his sister, raised within the family from childhood and having seen little of the world, had only lost her heart to Wei Zhao at first sight, and that after returning to the family for a time or meeting other outstanding young men she would forget him.

But the truth had proved otherwise, and as his own dealings with Wei Zhao grew, Yu Bing came to see how remarkable he was. This time above all, Yu Bing truly admired him, daring to do anything, snatching food from a tiger's jaws in the hands of an Earth Rank master. Even with his background, Yu Bing would never have dared such a thing, yet Wei Zhao had done it, and succeeded. In that, he admitted himself far inferior.

"Yes, I do," Wei Zhao nodded. "And I have two..."

Wei Zhao made no attempt to hide it. His aim was to pass the word to Yu Ning through Yu Bing, to let her know that he not only had a girlfriend but was quite the philanderer. Surely someone of her standing would give up upon hearing that.

Yet Wei Zhao's purpose seemed to miss its mark, and not only miss it, it inexplicably eased Yu Bing's heart. He had originally taken Wei Zhao for a rigid, straitlaced man, but now it seemed he was not. Since Wei Zhao already had two girlfriends, one more, his little sister, would make no difference. Though it looked as if his sister would be at a disadvantage, if Wei Zhao had been a rigid man, she would not even have the chance to suffer that slight.

The reason Yu Bing thought nothing of it was that he had been born into a hidden house, where three wives and four concubines were a perfectly normal thing. Only when the principal wife was especially formidable and backed by powerful influence, as in a marriage of alliance, would a man keep to a single wife.

Take for example Zhao Guangyin, the present head of the Zhao family, who for now has only Yu Xiaojin as his wife. Yet though in name Zhao Guangyin has but one wife, he has illegitimate children outside, and that is no secret.

And Yu Bing's own father had later taken two concubines, though neither had borne children. On this point Yu Bing was open-minded and saw nothing improper in it.

"Already two? Then one more makes no difference. Ha, Yu Ning can rest easy now, she still has her chance!" Yu Bing said with a laugh.

"Huh?" Hearing Yu Bing's words, Wei Zhao nearly fainted on the spot. He realized his words had not only failed to make Yu Bing give up, but had strengthened his resolve all the more. What manner of thinking did their hidden Yu family hold?

"What is wrong?" Yu Bing asked, puzzled by Wei Zhao's expression.

"Nothing..." Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. "Apart from me, does your Yu family have any other allies?"

"The Yu family does have ties, the Yu family and the hidden Zhao family are joined by marriage, but the one who came this time is no direct son or grandson of the Zhao family. It is Zhao Qitan, and he has now thrown in with my cousin Yu Shan. Those two are clearly set on forming an alliance..." Yu Bing smiled bitterly. "Every family has its own troubles, so apart from you, for the moment I truly cannot think of any ally worth courting..."

"Heh... it is nothing. Then let us go out and walk around, and look at the people of the other families. Even if we cannot win them over, we can forge some goodwill. And where goodwill is impossible, then let them know our strength, so they will not provoke us lightly during the trial!" Wei Zhao's aim was simple. If they could not be friends, then best not to be enemies. But if anyone truly held a hostile stance, Wei Zhao did not mind teaching them a lesson now, to save them from causing trouble during the trial.

This had also been Zhao Qitan's approach at first, only after hearing Yu Bing's words, Wei Zhao knew he and Zhao Qitan could never become allies. By instinct, that fellow from the Zhao family would likely not hold Zhao Qibing's affair against him, even if he learned of it, it would not matter. One could see his scheming plainly from the way he was courting Yu Shan.

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