Chapter 3060 — Ling Yi? Wei Zhao!

"Pure Star Heavenly Venerable, it is I, Feng Tianhu of the Feng family!" Although the Pure Star Heavenly Venerable had once been a friend of Feng Tianhu's, the man was now a late Heavenly Rank expert, far above Feng Tianhu in strength, so naturally Feng Tianhu had to treat him with the utmost deference.

Heavenly Venerable was the honorific title the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect bestowed upon the head disciple of the current generation. In the past, Feng Tianhu had simply called him Pure Star, but now he had to address him as Heavenly Venerable out of respect.

"Oh, Tianhu. What brings you here?" the Pure Star Heavenly Venerable asked.

"It is like this. I heard that Zhang Naipao has an enemy by the name of Ling Yi. Do you know of him?" Feng Tianhu asked.

"Ling Yi?" The Pure Star Heavenly Venerable was briefly taken aback, then realized who Ling Yi was. "Oh, the Ling Yi you speak of is Wei Zhao. Ling Yi is his assumed name. Why, is something the matter?"

"Ling Yi is Wei Zhao?" Feng Tianhu was greatly alarmed at these words. "Are you certain?"

"Yes, quite certain. Everyone in our Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect knows this. Why, do you know Wei Zhao?" the Pure Star Heavenly Venerable asked.

"Heh... Ling Yi is Wei Zhao?" Feng Tianhu ground his teeth in fury. Still, to the Pure Star Heavenly Venerable he said, "It is nothing. I was merely making inquiries. Thank you!"

"Oh, very well. Then if there is nothing else, I shall hang up." The Pure Star Heavenly Venerable had no time to waste on idle chatter with Feng Tianhu. He was now but half a step from the peak of late Heavenly Rank strength, and once he reached it, he would have a chance to tread the path of Great Perfection, and thus claim a share of the spoils when the Cloud-Tier Island plan came to pass.

After Feng Tianhu hung up, his expression turned terrifyingly grim. Feng Nitian, who stood nearby, had overheard his side of the conversation, and the moment the call ended he asked urgently, "Father, are you saying that Ling Yi is Wei Zhao? The very leader that Feng Shipian acknowledged?"

"The same," Feng Tianhu nodded. "The Pure Star Heavenly Venerable would never deceive me. It seems certain now that it is him!"

"**! On what grounds does that Wei Zhao help Feng Shipian and become his leader, yet strike out at me during the Ice Palace trials? Did he and Feng Shipian plot this together beforehand?" Feng Nitian was beside himself with rage, ever the petty man who measured noble hearts by his own base suspicions.

"Who knows? But this matter I will not let pass so easily where Feng Shipian is concerned. I intend to raise it at the family council and let everyone know of it!" Feng Tianhu said. "Although Feng Shipian has now been stripped of his position as heir to the young family head, that is hardly set in stone. You are a cripple now. If your grandfather should take a sudden fancy one day and restore his position as heir, that would be trouble indeed!"

"Exactly. What I cannot have, Feng Shipian must not have either!" Feng Nitian nodded, speaking with bitter hatred. "Father, you must help me deal with Wei Zhao and Feng Shipian. I loathe them to death!"

"Nitian, rest assured. Your vengeance is one I will most certainly take for you!" Feng Tianhu nodded and said.

Two great events shook the Feng family that day. The first was that Feng Nitian had awakened. For the Ancient Feng family this ought to have been a cause for great rejoicing, yet when the Feng family learned that Feng Shipian's leader, Wei Zhao, was the very man who had crippled Feng Nitian, their hearts grew heavy once more.

"Father, Shipian has actually acknowledged Wei Zhao as his leader. How is that any different from calling a thief one's father? That man is the one who crippled Nitian, an enemy of the Ancient Feng family!" Feng Tianhu was the first to raise the charge.

Feng Tianlin knitted his brows. He had not expected matters to develop to this point. The affairs of the Feng family were slipping further and further beyond his control. First had come the revocation of Feng Shipian's position as heir to the young family head, which he had been powerless to change. Now Feng Tianhu had dredged up this affair, even more damaging to Feng Shipian, catching him entirely off guard.

Feng Tianlin had originally intended, after some time had passed, to speak with the Old Master Feng about restoring Feng Shipian's position as heir. After all, the Ancient Feng family now had only Feng Shipian left among the third-generation direct descendants. If he was not made heir to the young family head, was the Feng family to have no successor at all?

But now Feng Tianhu had manufactured this scandal, leaving Feng Tianlin no room to maneuver and cutting off his retreat entirely. Feng Tianlin looked at his son Feng Shipian with the frustration of one whose iron will not become steel, seething with anger. Of all the people you could have acknowledged as your leader, you had to go and acknowledge an enemy of the Feng family. Are you not simply borrowing trouble where none existed?

"Third Uncle, those words of yours go a bit too far. How could I be calling a thief my father?" However easygoing Feng Shipian might be, faced with such harsh words from Feng Tianhu he had to retort, especially since they had dragged Wei Zhao into it. "First of all, if not for Wei Zhao, I would have perished in the trials of the Mystic Elixir Sect. And he helped Nitian obtain a Great Restoration Pill to heal his wounds, which might be counted as compensation to Nitian!"

"Compensation? Nitian is a cripple now! How is that compensation? A single Great Restoration Pill can make up for it? What kind of joke is this, Feng Shipian? Is your head addled? How can those two things be the same?" Feng Tianhu raged.

"Tianhu, in truth what Shipian says is not wrong. Before, he crippled one of our Feng family's juniors. During the trials, he saved another of our Feng family's juniors. Matters between them may be considered evened out!" Feng Tianlin had finally settled on a countermeasure and now spoke. "Nitian and Shipian are both juniors of the Ancient Feng family. The Ancient Feng family is a single whole. If you insist on making trouble for Wei Zhao over Nitian's affair, is that not repaying kindness with enmity? What would others think of the Ancient Feng family?"

"That..." Feng Tianhu was at once left speechless. He had not expected Feng Tianlin to frame the matter from the lofty perspective of the Feng family as a whole, and indeed that was how it stood. He truly had no way to refute it.

"Enough, no more quarreling. This may be counted as one life for another. Moreover, Wei Zhao helped Shipian obtain a Great Restoration Pill for Nitian to consume. Let this matter rest for now!" Old Master Feng waved his hand and put an end to the argument. In truth, Old Master Feng understood full well that Feng Nitian was finished, and only Feng Shipian, one grandson, remained. If he were to be struck down once and for all, what would become of the Feng family thereafter?

"Yes!" Feng Tianhu and Feng Tianlin both assented. Since Old Master Feng had spoken, the matter was settled once and for all. Though Feng Tianhu harbored no end of grievances, there was nothing he could do at that moment, and he could only return in indignation to Feng Nitian's room.

(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! I came back late today and only managed to write two chapters. If I can finish the third chapter, I will upload it; if not, I will make it up tomorrow, for four chapters in total.) RS

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