Chapter 2608 — Elder Wei Is Domineering

What was he to do? Fighting was out of the question—he could not win, not even if he staked his life on it. For a moment Wei Zhao's mind was a tangled mess, and he felt utterly helpless.

All along, apart from that time he had been reduced to a cripple, Wei Zhao's road had been perilous but never fatal; however daunting the danger, he had gritted his teeth and pushed through. He had never known fear like this. But this time, Wei Zhao truly felt that his own strength fell short.

At that moment, Wei Zhao even felt a touch of envy for Zhong Yongliang—a man of mediocre ability who went around stirring up trouble everywhere, yet no one dared do anything to him. Why? For no other reason than that he had a powerful master. If he provoked someone he could not afford to provoke, he would invoke his master, and when they saw he was the disciple of Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable, leader of the Tomorrow-Upon-Tomorrow Sect, they could only let him go.

Wei Zhao, by contrast, had only himself. As for backing, it was a false one he had manufactured himself, making his enemies believe a great expert stood behind him so that they dared not act rashly. Everything else he had fought for with real blades and real blood.

But now that no longer worked! The little bit of fake backing he had built might mean nothing at all to these people, and if he clashed head-on with them, the one who died in the end would certainly be Wei Zhao! Not "if"—but "certainly." And if he could not win, then he could only run. Though Wei Zhao had two Heaven-and-Earth Nets, and according to what Sun Jingyan had said, only two experts had come this time, a man and a woman, and Wei Zhao could certainly use the nets to snare them for a while.

But what good would that do? Once he had netted them, where would he run? If they could track him to Donghai City, could they not track him somewhere else? Wei Zhao could not hide forever.

In fact, when Wei Zhao learned that his enemies were Tagan Long and his lot, he knew the situation had turned dire! It had slipped beyond his control. If only he could invoke a master now—what a fine thing that would be.

Helpless, Wei Zhao could only dial Elder Wei's number. Under normal circumstances, Wei Zhao would not go to Elder Wei unless it was something he could not solve himself.

"Xiao Yi, what is it? If it's nothing, I'm hanging up—I'm on my way to see a patient!" Elder Wei's somewhat impatient voice came through the phone.

"Old man, I'm in trouble!" Wei Zhao drew a deep breath and said it in front of Wang Xinyan, without avoiding her.

"Oh? What trouble have you stirred up now?" Elder Wei was slightly taken aback. Wei Zhao rarely spoke to him in such a helpless tone, so Elder Wei's voice turned serious as well.

"I've provoked two experts I can't afford to provoke..." Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile, briefly recounting the situation to Elder Wei, and stressing that he was no match for them at all.

"Heh, I thought it was something serious..." Elder Wei laughed, a relaxed laugh.

"What are you laughing at? I'm asking you, old man, is this funny? Can you solve it?" Wei Zhao was a little annoyed, but still asked with some hope: "Everyone these days relies on invoking their master. I don't have a master to invoke, do I?"

"Actually, you could invoke one too... it's just... mm, never mind that. You're in Donghai; I definitely can't solve it from here, but I have other ways," Elder Wei said.

"What ways?" Wei Zhao asked quickly, paying little mind to what Elder Wei had said before—after all, his master had been missing for over ten years; how could he invoke him?

"Run. Take Han Jingyi, and that whole harem of wives of yours, and go back to West Star Mountain Village," Elder Wei said.

"What do you mean? Go back to West Star Mountain Village? What if they chase us there?" Wei Zhao was stunned. What kind of move was this? It was exactly the same as last time, when he had been reduced to a cripple. But this time the situation was a little different. Last time, Wei Zhao had faced only ordinary great families; once he left, they might not bother to hunt him down. This time the enemies were different—they were at least of the ancient tier, and judging by this thousand-mile pursuit for revenge, it was very likely they would find West Star Mountain Village as well.

After all, the fact that Wei Zhao's hometown was West Star Mountain Village was hardly a great secret.

"Let them come," Elder Wei said calmly. "If they come, they won't be leaving."

"Won't be leaving?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled.

"You may not be able to invoke your master for now, but if you're in trouble and come home, then even if the sky falls, this old man will hold it up!" Elder Wei's voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable domineering force: "No matter who comes looking for trouble with you, I'll make sure he goes and never returns."

"Uh..." Wei Zhao could hardly believe those words had come from Elder Wei! But then he suddenly recalled the madman's strength—no matter how strong Wei Zhao became, Elder Wei was stronger; no matter how Wei Zhao struck him, he was never hurt... Could it be that the old man's strength had already... At this thought, Wei Zhao could not help but grow excited: "Old man, you're not one of those legendary Heavenly Dao experts, are you?"

"Heh... the Heavenly Dao, is it... perhaps... but I'm an external-style expert, so I don't know if that counts as Heavenly Dao. Heaven Rank, though, I should have," Elder Wei answered mildly, though inwardly he found it rather amusing—Heavenly Dao experts, they were nothing more than that. But these words he did not want Wei Zhao to know too soon.

If Wei Zhao had not already attained such strength and stirred up such enormous trouble, Elder Wei would not have said even this much.

With too powerful a backer, Wei Zhao would lose his drive to advance, and whenever trouble came he would think only of running home—that would be bad for his growth and development! But the present Wei Zhao already had his own pursuits and goals; with or without a powerful backer, he would keep striving and never slacken because of it. That was why Elder Wei had spoken these words.

"Hiss—" Wei Zhao drew a sharp breath. In the past, though he had felt Elder Wei was very strong, far stronger than himself, at that time Wei Zhao had only been a Yellow Rank expert. When Wei Zhao truly came into contact with the world of cultivation—the great family tier, the hidden tier, the ancient tier—he met many far more powerful people along the way.

By now, in Wei Zhao's eyes, Elder Wei's strength was probably about the same as cultivators like Jin Wudi, and his attacking power likely only on par with Old Man Pi, since it seemed he did not even hit as hard as Ergoudan.

Only, Wei Zhao had never imagined that Elder Wei might actually be a grandmaster of the external school.

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