Chapter 3336 — Qing Yi's Shock

"Hehe, it's fine—isn't our senior sister also your itsy-bitsy-tiny little wife? Besides, I don't like handling the palace's affairs anyway." Feng Xiaoxiao was entirely unbothered. "But Yao Yao is actually a Inheritor too? How amazing! Still, didn't Wei Zhao hubby say she was his girlfriend? Don't tell me you and Yao Yao have already..."

"Heh, yes, Yao Yao is my girlfriend now... and there's something even more amazing: Xiaoshu is the fire-element Inheritor of Flame Mountain. She hasn't left yet, but it's all but certain," Wei Zhao said.

"What? Xiaoshu too?" This time Feng Xiaoxiao was thoroughly stunned. She had never imagined that Inheritors really did gather around Wei Zhao—and every one of them was connected to him!

Bing Tang was likewise utterly astonished. She knew about Gu Mengyao, but Shen Yushu was news to her. Now she found it hard to imagine: Feng Xiaoxiao, Tang Yun, Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu—all women closely tied to Wei Zhao, and all of them had become Inheritors. In the future, even if the Cloud-Tier Island were opened, Wei Zhao would hold the dominant position. Who could help it, when all these people belonged to Wei Zhao?

"Right. So go ahead and accept the inheritance without worry—your cultivation speed should pick up as well." Wei Zhao said. Feng Xiaoxiao had been the first to accept an inheritance, yet her cultivation speed was not especially fast. She had been in the Ice Palace for over half a year and was only an early-stage Heaven rank expert, and that was with all the Ice Palace's cultivation resources leaning toward her. But how long had Gu Mengyao been at the Night Palace? Clearly, accepting an inheritance and not accepting one were two very different things.

"Mm, I understand." Feng Xiaoxiao nodded, relieved. In truth, this matter had long troubled her. She knew there was no love without cause. In the Ice Palace, they had not only saved her life but also promised to heal her mother, and had even tilted their cultivation resources toward her. What was all that for? Was it not to make her a Inheritor?

Yet without Wei Zhao's approval, Feng Xiaoxiao had not dared agree rashly. Now that Wei Zhao had confirmed it, she would have far more room to stand on her dignity in the Ice Palace hereafter.

"This is the first thing I came here for..." Wei Zhao said, then gestured to the person on his back...

Only then did Feng Xiaoxiao suddenly remember that Wei Zhao was carrying someone on his back. She did not recognize the person, but since Wei Zhao had carried them here, there must be a reason.

"Last time you carried Xiaoxiao here for treatment. This time, don't tell me you need our Ice Palace to save this one too?" Bing Tang glanced at Wang Xinyan on Wei Zhao's back and frowned.

"I need to see Qing Yi alone. Bing Tang, make the arrangements." Wei Zhao did not explain further, because Lin Dongfang had instructed him to keep a low profile. Lin Dongfang's identity was to be mentioned only to Qing Yi, and no one else was to know too much.

"Fine..." Bing Tang was somewhat helpless at Wei Zhao's tone—as if she had become his little serving girl, and he was telling her to make arrangements? Don't you know I am the palace master of the Ice Palace? To see Qing Yi, you don't beg me, you simply order me to arrange it?

Of course, that was how it was with others—but toward the Wei Zhao of today, Bing Tang had not the slightest temper left!

It truly bore out what Wei Zhao had said back then: a hero need not fear too humble an origin. You may look down on the Wei Zhao of the past, but you must never look down on the Wei Zhao of the present. The victor is king and the loser a bandit—that is the way of it.

Had Wei Zhao lacked strength, he would likely have been driven out by now.

Feng Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback, not knowing why Wei Zhao wanted to see Qing Yi alone. Could it be that only Qing Yi could save the person he carried? That puzzled her somewhat. But she knew Wei Zhao would not hide things from her; perhaps he simply wished to avoid speaking before Bing Tang. So Feng Xiaoxiao asked no more.

Qing Yi, after receiving word from her disciple, hurried over as well. When she heard from the disciple that Wei Zhao had crippled a late-stage Heaven rank peak envoy of the Five Luminaries Sect and sent him fleeing in disgrace, she was astonished!

It seemed the earlier rumors were all true—Wei Zhao really had gained such strength. Yet Qing Yi was different from Bing Tang: she felt only joy. She had favored Wei Zhao from the start, believing him a man of real backbone. Now that Wei Zhao had succeeded, it proved her judgment had not been wrong.

"Wei Zhao, you were looking for me?" Qing Yi saw Wei Zhao as soon as she arrived. He was still the same Wei Zhao as before; judging by appearances alone, there was no difference at all. Who could have imagined such enormous changes in just over half a year?

"Yes, Qing Yi. Let's find somewhere private to talk." Wei Zhao nodded.

With Wei Zhao having said that, Bing Tang could hardly object. Wei Zhao and Qing Yi entered a private reception room, while Bing Tang stayed with Feng Xiaoxiao. Naturally, it would not do for them to eavesdrop, so the two went off to discuss the matter of the inheritance. Since Feng Xiaoxiao had already agreed, the affair needed to be set in motion as quickly as possible.

"Xiaoyi, I truly never imagined that in just over half a year you would possess such strength. Qing Yi is truly happy for you!" Qing Yi spoke from the heart, then her expression turned grave. "This visit—you asked to see me. What is it for?"

"Qing Yi, forgive my bluntness, but may I ask whether you have an elder sister? One who left together with Bing Tang's master back then?" Wei Zhao asked slowly.

"Oh? How do you know that?" Qing Yi was startled by Wei Zhao's question, for apart from a few people in the Ice Palace, no one knew of this matter. So Qing Yi found it very strange: how had Wei Zhao heard of it? Even Feng Xiaoxiao did not know, so it was even less likely Wei Zhao could.

"I have an elder—he told me, and he is the one who sent me to find you!" Wei Zhao said.

"An elder?" Qing Yi was puzzled. Wei Zhao had an elder? And this elder knew her? Was Wei Zhao not an ordinary wandering cultivator? How was it that his elder was also someone from the cultivation world?

"Yes, my grandfather." Wei Zhao nodded.

"Your grandfather? Who is he?" Qing Yi was all the more curious.

"His name is Lin Dongfang. I wonder whether Qing Yi has heard of him?" Wei Zhao was somewhat puzzled himself as to what connection Lin Dongfang had with Qing Yi, but since Old Man Wei had sent him to find her, there must be a reason, so Wei Zhao spoke the name.

"What—what did you say?" Qing Yi cried out, her voice failing her!

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