Chapter 1852 — Enemies at the Door, Part 2

Wei Zhao had just been about to try returning from the jade pendant's space to the outside world when he heard Gu Mengyao say, "Xiaoshu, I'm going to take a bath. Help Wei Zhao wipe off his sweat, will you..."

"Okay!" Shen Yushu nodded.

With that, Gu Mengyao began to undress, which gave Wei Zhao—who had been on the verge of waking—a small start, and he no longer dared to wake just then...

To wake at such a moment would embarrass everyone: the young miss would be embarrassed, and so would he. True, while treating the young miss's poison he had long since seen her body, but that had been in the course of healing her; now it would be rather awkward...

And in truth, Wei Zhao had a slightly base corner in his heart. Earlier, when the fire poison had invaded his body, he had not dared to watch Xiaoshu and Gu Mengyao undress; otherwise, his deviation in cultivation would surely have grown far worse.

But over these many days, two young maidens had stripped and bathed beside him day after day, and Wei Zhao could not help but harbor a few fantasies. He was no scoundrel, but under such temptation, if he still felt nothing and had no wish to steal a glance, then he would truly be a block of wood!

So even though Wei Zhao's self-control was strong, he still secretly used his perception to look toward the young miss...

Off it came, off it came... Wei Zhao felt his own saliva about to drip. Soon, only a breastband remained on the young miss's upper body...

Wei Zhao felt his breathing grow hurried. He told himself: the young miss is undressing for my sake—this is not me peeking...

But just as the young miss's fingers found the clasp of her breastband, a great crash came from beyond the door—someone had smashed open the courtyard gate—and then a low voice rang out: "Wei Zhao, you young wretch, roll out here and die!"

Gu Mengyao jumped with fright and hurriedly pulled the clothes she had just removed back on, abandoning all thought of bathing!

She and Xiaoshu exchanged a glance, and both their faces changed. So it had come after all—what was meant to come had come! After hiding for so long, the enemy had finally found them at their door!

In truth, ever since the three of them had made a name for themselves as a scavenging trio, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had feared discovery by their enemies, living always on hope and luck—and also because they had no other choice. For two girls, finding work that paid so well was already rare.

"What do we do?" Panic seized Shen Yushu. Without Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yutian to hold off the enemy for them, there was no chance at all they could fight their way out carrying Wei Zhao.

"I don't know. Let's see what happens first!" Though Gu Mengyao was equally frightened, if she showed herself more panicked than Shen Yushu, then Shen Yushu would lose her head entirely.

Wei Zhao was furious. Which miserable turtle's spawn had come seeking vengeance now? The young miss had been about to take off her breastband, and then they had to show up! For the first time Wei Zhao felt the urge to curse. He had finally allowed himself one base moment, and it had been interrupted—one can well imagine his mood!

Standing outside the courtyard were Yu Six of the hidden Yu family, You Thirteen of the hidden You family, and Zhao Guang'er of the hidden Zhao family!

With three Earth-rank experts locked onto the place, they had no fear that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu would escape, so they did not mind shouting their challenge from outside the courtyard.

"Wei Zhao, you young wretch, come out and die at once!" Yu Six said coldly. "Last time you escaped by luck. It will not be so easy this time!"

You Thirteen stood to one side without speaking. He had come here purely to follow the Yu and Zhao families. If Wei Zhao truly was here, he would not mind lending a hand and beating him to death; but if Wei Zhao was not here, he was unwilling to lose face over it!

For an Earth-rank expert to make a great uproar at the gate of an ordinary dwelling and end up with egg on his face—that would be a joke of epic proportions!

But Yu Six was different. He had come on a mission; he had to kill Wei Zhao and obtain the Qi-Gathering Pill. So while the others kept silent, he could not wait to speak.

And Zhao Guang'er was in fact even more impatient than Yu Six. He had come to silence them for good—it was just that Yu Six had beaten him to the first word.

Not far from the three of them stood a business van, inside which sat Kang Zhaoming, Zhao Qibing, and Yu Huoxing. The three had had little to do with one another before, but this time, all of them wanted to see Wei Zhao's wretched end, so they had tagged along.

Only, Yu Huoxing—an expert of the early Earth rank, no less—had actually hidden himself in the van with them rather than going out to face Wei Zhao, which earned him a measure of contempt from Kang Zhaoming and Zhao Qibing.

"Let's go out and see!" Fearing the newcomers might harm Granny Sun, Gu Mengyao seized Shen Yushu's hand and hurried toward the gate!

These people had come for them and Wei Zhao. They could not let Granny Sun, who had taken them in, be dragged into it for no reason.

"Ha ha, so you really are here! Where's Wei Zhao?" Yu Six's heart leaped with joy at the sight of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu.

"What exactly do you want with him? We bear you no grudge—we have never even met you. Why do you hound us so relentlessly?" Gu Mengyao was frantic within, doing all she could to stall for time and think of a way out; but she found that even stalling was useless.

"I have a grudge against him, of course! The mortal Yu family—he was the one who wiped them out, wasn't he? I represent the hidden Yu family, come to settle accounts with him." Yu Six spoke with an air of righteous grievance; naturally he could not admit that Wei Zhao had taken the Qi-Gathering Pill.

"The mortal Yu family brought ruin on itself. What has that to do with you?" Gu Mengyao frowned. "And from what I know, the hidden families are not permitted to interfere at will in the affairs of mortal families. On what grounds do you claim to avenge them?"

Following Wei Zhao and Wu Chengtian, Gu Mengyao had learned a good deal about the rules of the great families, and Shen Yushu, being of the mortal Chen family, knew those rules even better.

"Hmph! Enough nonsense—where is Wei Zhao?" Struck at his weak point, Yu Six naturally would not argue further with Gu Mengyao; he only snorted coldly. "Hand over Wei Zhao. A debt has its debtor—I will not harm you two girls. Otherwise, do not blame me for being ungracious!"

"Wei Zhao is in the hospital. He is not here..." Gu Mengyao, quick-witted, said, "His cultivation went awry and he suffered a deviation. We took him to the hospital..."

"Took him to the hospital?" Yu Six was slightly taken aback.

"Don't listen to her nonsense—Wei Zhao is right here!" Zhao Guang'er, who had kept silent all this while, spoke up. "Earlier they even bought medicine for Wei Zhao. Waste no more words on them—kill these two girls first, then we will go find Wei Zhao!"

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