Chapter 1485 — Rumors: "Don't Let Zhang Naipao Know About This for Now, We'll Surprise Him Later," Wei Zhao Said.

"Of course!" Yu Bing nodded hastily. "You really scared me to death. Yesterday I thought you were only comforting me, and only today do I know that everything you said was true!"

"More or less. How about going out for a bite and picking up some news along the way?" Wei Zhao wanted to pry a little more about Feng Nitian so he could prepare for the trial, though that fellow's cultivation method was far too uncanny.

"Looking like this... won't I just make myself a laughingstock if I go out?" Yu Bing pointed at his swollen cheeks and shook his head with a bitter smile.

Wei Zhao set the Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Art in motion, reached out and brushed his hand over Yu Bing's face, then said, "There, we can go now, can't we?"

"Healed?" Yu Bing froze, about to retort that this had to be a joke, when in the next instant he realized his face no longer hurt at all! He touched it instinctively and discovered to his astonishment that both cheeks had returned to normal, without the slightest trace of swelling!

"Healed!" Wei Zhao nodded with certainty.

"I'm going mad!" Yu Bing stared at Wei Zhao, his eyes all but glowing green. "You actually possess healing-type true energy? How is that possible? Isn't that something only people of the Sun family can do? Do you have some connection with the Sun family?"

"A connection? Not that I know of... If you insist on one, Sun Jingyan of the Sun family is half my lover..." Wei Zhao said.

"Half a lover?" Yu Bing was taken aback, though he did not press further. Inwardly he was puzzled all the same. Why could Wei Zhao accept Sun Jingyan and accept other women, yet never accept Xiao Ning? Was it really because of resistance from his own family?

"It's fake." Wei Zhao smiled. "In name only. Come on, let's go out and get something to eat."

"All right..." Yu Bing drew a deep breath. In these two days, meeting one ruthless powerhouse after another in quick succession had left his heart barely able to bear it, as if it would explode! Yesterday's Zhang Naipao and today's Feng Nitian were both, in Yu Bing's eyes, figures he could only crane his neck to look up at, yet right before him stood an even more formidable powerhouse he had nearly overlooked!

Only at this moment did Yu Bing sigh at how sharp his little sister's eye was, and how foolish his father was. A man like Wei Zhao was someone you could not win over even if you searched with a lantern in hand, yet his father and grandfather looked down on him!

After all, everyone knew how coveted an accomplished cultivator of the secular Sun family was. Not only did the aristocratic families of the secular world flock to them, even hidden families and sects wished to marry into them. Once an ancient sect had even formed a marriage alliance with the Sun family, valuing nothing but the Sun family's power to heal injuries and transmit true energy. But Wei Zhao could heal injuries too?

Yet was Wei Zhao's healing art like the Sun family's, effective only on one person?

Thinking of this, Yu Bing could not help asking, "Wei Zhao, can your healing method be used on other people as well?"

"Yes, it works on animals too." Wei Zhao nodded.

"It works on animals too..." Yu Bing sucked in a cold breath, a sudden flash of hope crossing his eyes, and he said hurriedly, "Then what about an ancient spirit beast? Would it have any effect?"

"It should..." Wei Zhao nodded, looking at Yu Bing in puzzlement. "Why do you ask?"

"When Xiao Ning was little, she rescued an injured ancient spirit beast and has kept it in the Yu family ever since. Many physicians and alchemists have examined it, but none could cure it. Fortunately an ancient spirit beast has remarkably tenacious vitality, and so long as the true energy within its body is not exhausted, it can cling to life. All these years my little sister has been looking after it..." Yu Bing explained. "She has always hoped to find a doctor who could heal that ancient spirit beast. Could you help?"

"..." Wei Zhao had never expected that a casual gesture of his would stir up so much trouble. If he agreed to Yu Bing's request, he would inevitably meet Yu Ning when he went to treat that ancient spirit beast. But could Wei Zhao say he would not help?

Not to mention that Yu Bing had brought it up, and that for Wei Zhao it was but a lift of the hand, just thinking of those words Yu Ning had Yu Bing pass to him when he was injured, Wei Zhao could not possibly stand idly by!

So Wei Zhao gave a bitter smile and still said, "If there is a chance, of course..."

"There will be a chance." Yu Bing caught Wei Zhao's meaning and smiled.

The two left the inn and walked to the nearest snack stall by the inn. Many disciples who had come for the trial were eating there at the moment. That Wei Zhao had been crippled by Zhang Naipao yesterday was no secret, so the moment Wei Zhao appeared in the stall, all kinds of gazes were cast upon him.

Some were sympathetic and regretful, some mocking and jeering, some gloating, while others wondered why Wei Zhao did not hurry back to find a remedy and what he was still doing here.

But Wei Zhao paid them no mind. He found a table, sat down with Yu Bing, ordered a few dishes at random, and began to eat.

These people were only curious for a moment. Once Wei Zhao and Yu Bing started eating, they stopped paying attention to them and went back to their own talk. But men at some tables happened to catch sight of Wei Zhao, and so the conversation turned to Zhang Naipao and Feng Nitian.

"Did you see? That Zhang Naipao from the ancient sect is not to be provoked. That Ling Yi fellow is what happens to you when you provoke him!" a disciple of a hidden family said in a low voice. Though his voice was very low, it did not escape the ears of Yu Bing and Wei Zhao. They were all cultivators, and at such close distance, every word could be heard clearly!

But Wei Zhao and Yu Bing pretended not to hear. They had come precisely to gather news, so they said little and just ate on their own.

"Right, that Zhang Naipao is formidable, but I hear that Feng Nitian is just as formidable. His Heaven-Defying Divine Art can truly defy heaven!" another disciple from a small sect chimed in. "They say he commands a domain... Just now, did you all see? That Yu Bing beside Ling Yi had Feng Nitian use his domain on him, slapped in public and unable to fight back. It is simply heaven-defying!"

"That Feng Nitian is a man of the ancient Feng clan, an existence on the same level as the ancient sects. Disciples like us from hidden families and ordinary sects cannot afford to provoke them!" another man sighed. "During the trial, best to steer clear. Meeting those two means waiting for death."

"Ah, true enough. If you cannot provoke them, can you not hide? Still, those two over there are unlucky enough, offending two enemies of the ancient tier at once. Unless they drop out of the trial altogether, otherwise, in the trial... tsk tsk, the outcome goes without saying!" the hidden-family disciple who had spoken first said with some regret.