Chapter 1369 — Tipping Off

That was what Zhao Qibing said, but it was not what he was thinking. He wanted to be head of the Zhao family himself; he spoke this way now only because his strength fell short. Yet however that might be, if he was ever to sit in the family head's seat, he first had to put Zhao Guangyin there.

Naturally, Wu Chengtian had received a call from Wu Gonggao as well!

"Chengtian, how have you been lately? I hear the Xiao family's two fine experts were killed?" Wu Gonggao had gone into seclusion after breaking through to the middle Mystic Rank, and the moment he came out he heard this shocking news! He knew his grandson kept close company with the Xiao family's people and feared the boy would be dragged in along with them, so he asked at once.

"That's right, my Chief finished them off with a single punch each! An external-school expert at the peak of the late Mystic Rank, and my Chief took them down one punch apiece — that's no small feat!" Wu Chengtian's tone turned smug whenever he spoke of Er Goudan.

"Your Chief? What? You're saying the Pi family's expert was killed by your Chief? What exactly happened? Since when do you have a Chief?" Wu Gonggao was thunderstruck by his words, his heart pounding so hard it felt ready to burst. "You were involved in this too? Do you have any idea — that's a Hidden Family! You've stirred up a catastrophe!"

"I wasn't involved. I only acknowledged him as Chief after the fact. I saw him kill the Pi family's expert Pi Yangyang with one punch, so I bowed to him as my Chief. Once he gives me a few pointers, I'll be made!" Wu Chengtian said smugly.

"Fool! You... how can you be such a fool? With a matter like this, other men can't hide themselves fast enough, and you went and willingly owned that man as your Chief? I hear he is Wei Zhao's underling — did you acknowledge Wei Zhao as your Chief as well?" Wu Gonggao was choking with fury. "Cut off all contact with him at once, or our Wu family is finished!"

"No, I didn't. The one I acknowledged as Chief is Wei Zhao's underling, Er Goudan. Wei Zhao is my old Chief!" Wu Chengtian said. "How could the Wu family be finished? On the contrary, I think this is the perfect moment for the Wu family to rise. With Chief Goudan's and old Chief Wei Zhao's guidance, my cultivation is bound to advance by leaps and bounds. Once the Wu family has an expert of my caliber in the younger generation, we'll have our footing on the great family stage in no time!"

"Aren't you and Wei Zhao sworn enemies? How did he become your old Chief? You idiot — Jin Wudi, the head of the Golden Bell Sect, has come down from the mountain, and his target is Wei Zhao! This time Wei Zhao is as good as dead. Go cut all ties with them at once, or the Wu family will be dragged down with them!" Wu Gonggao raged.

"Jin Wudi of the Golden Bell Sect? Isn't he an expert at the peak of the early Earth Rank? He means to move against the old Chief? No — I have to tell Chief Goudan right away and get him ready!" Wu Chengtian's first thought was to warn Er Goudan!

"Damn it! You wretch, you're the ruin of your father and the ruin of your grandfather! Once Jin Wudi strikes, do you think Wei Zhao can possibly live? You go carrying him a warning, and our Wu family will be dragged in for certain!" Wu Gonggao was about to explode with rage. Was this grandson of his short a few wits, still standing on Wei Zhao's side at a time like this? And besides, weren't the two of them rivals in love? At that thought Wu Gonggao asked, "Isn't Wei Zhao your rival in love? How can you..."

"Oh, since Sun Jingyan is a woman the old Chief has set his eyes on, I, as a lowly underling, naturally can't take her from him. I can only steel my heart and give her up! But it's no matter. What true man frets over finding a wife? Once I, Wu Chengtian, become a Mystic Rank expert, I'll have whichever woman I want. Three wives and four concubines won't be a problem either!" Wu Chengtian took it all very philosophically. "Sun Jingyan is fine enough, but she doesn't belong to me, and I won't waste my heart on her — it saves me from displeasing the old Chief. All right, Grandfather, I'll stop talking to you now. I have to go find Chief Goudan right away!"

"You... you... unfilial grandson! A truly unfilial grandson! You'll be the death of me..." Wu Gonggao's heart gave a wrenching spasm; his eyes rolled up and he keeled over in a dead faint.

But Wu Chengtian had already hung up, and had no idea that his grandfather Wu Gonggao had fainted once again.

Wu Chengtian raced over to the Gu family villa where Wei Zhao was staying and pressed the doorbell.

When the door god Er Goudan heard the bell, he opened the door and stepped out to see who it was. Finding Wu Chengtian outside, he blinked in surprise. "You... you're that Wu... Wu something. What are you doing here?"

"Wu Chengtian!" Wu Chengtian introduced himself with a face wreathed in smiles. "Chief Goudan, I've come to bring you a warning!"

"A warning? What do you mean?" Er Goudan was startled, and rather at a loss.

"It's like this: I have it from a reliable source that Jin Wudi, the head of the Golden Bell Sect, has come down from the mountain for the sole purpose of making trouble for old Chief Wei Zhao. They say he's a master at the peak of the early Earth Rank. I wonder whether Chief Goudan is confident he can handle him?" Wu Chengtian laid out the purpose of his visit.

"Peak of the early Earth Rank? Is that very impressive?" Er Goudan frowned. He had lived in a mountain village before, and never had much grasp of these rankings of strength, so he was genuinely asking whether an Earth Rank master was formidable.

But to Wu Chengtian's ears it became a scornful retort: is an Earth Rank expert really so impressive?

"Haha, in the eyes of a Chief like you, naturally not. But I hear the man's body-hardening external arts have reached the very pinnacle, that he is a grand master of the Golden Bell Shield. An ordinary Heaven Rank expert can do nothing against him!" Wu Chengtian warned.

"Pinnacle of the Golden Bell Shield? If he dares come, I'll kill him with one punch!" Er Goudan cared nothing for any Golden Bell Shield. If the man truly dared come here looking for trouble, he would simply punch him dead.

"Hahahahaha!" Suddenly a shrill burst of laughter came from beyond the villa's gate!

From a business van stepped an old man in a white robe — the laughter came from his mouth. Behind the white-robed elder followed Zhen Dazhou, Zhen Yingjun, Pi Zhishan, the two Xiao brothers, and Zhao Qibing seated in his wheelchair!

Every one of these people harbored a direct grievance against Wei Zhao, and so, after calling on Jin Wudi one by one, they had followed along to watch the fight. And the white-robed elder was none other than Jin Wudi!

Zhen Yingjun, Pi Zhishan, the Xiao brothers, Zhao Qibing — every last one of them believed that this time, Wei Zhao was doomed beyond any doubt!

With Jin Wudi, a master at the peak of the early Earth Rank and a grand master of the Golden Bell Shield, Wei Zhao could only be beaten to death one blow after another; there was no way he could do a thing to the man! So all of them had rushed over to watch the spectacle — to see how Wei Zhao would die!

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