Chapter 2746 — Kang Zhaoming's Plan

Besides, this was also a chance to showcase his younger brother's capabilities. He had no reason to refuse!

Just then, Wang Xinyan happened to wake up, and Kang Zhaolong, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, pounded his chest and declared, "Rest assured, Wang Xinyan is my fiancée. No matter how expensive or hard to find these herbs are, my younger brother can help find them!"

"By the way, Xinyan, how about we tell Uncle Wang and Aunt Xiao about this? While we're at it, we can ask them about what happened back then—see if they can still locate that wandering master they met, and whether they can get the prescription and the name of that spirit herb from back then?" Wei Zhao said to Wang Xinyan after Kang Zhaolong had left.

"This..." Wang Xinyan's expression dimmed a little. Over the past few days, she had come to understand her own condition. Wei Zhao's potions could not make her better; even though Wei Zhao had stopped cultivating, the time she spent drowsing each day was still increasing. Was this a sign that she was going to die?

Yet Wang Xinyan did not resent Wei Zhao. Helping him cultivate had been her own willing choice. She only felt that dying like this was a little hard to bear—she could not bear to leave her family, could not bear to leave Wei Zhao, could not bear to leave her friends...

Still, there was one benefit to dying: the conflict between Wei Zhao and the Xuandan Sect would never come to be.

"Xinyan, right now both Teacher Bai and I are at our wits' end. Won't you stop hiding it?" Wei Zhao urged, somewhat helplessly.

"Ah, all right. If Teacher Bai's potions still don't work, I'll tell my mom and dad..." Wang Xinyan nodded. She was a girl of rather gentle and yielding nature, and she did not like others to fret over her affairs.

After Kang Zhaolong left, he phoned Xiao Ben and confirmed that Wang Xinyan had indeed been frail and sickly as a child. Then, on one occasion, when Wang Xinyan's father, Wang Xuben, had gone to the Miao frontier region to gather medicinal herbs, he had encountered a wandering master who gave him some potions and a spirit herb. Only after Wang Xinyan took them did her health improve.

Having learned this news, Kang Zhaolong stopped doubting Wei Zhao and directly dialed his younger brother Kang Zhaoming's number.

"Brother..." Kang Zhaoming had also been meaning to call Kang Zhaolong, to tell him that he was preparing to make a trip to East Sea City in the near future on a mission, in exchange for the pill formula from Wei Zhao. But what troubled him was that he had no idea how to approach Wei Zhao. He was afraid that Wei Zhao would not only ignore him but give him a beating on top of it—what then?

"Zhaoming, is it convenient for you to take a call right now?" Kang Zhaolong asked. Although Kang Zhaoming was his younger brother, his status was now far different from before, and Kang Zhaolong could not help being cautious.

"Brother, I was just about to call you. These next few days, I may have to return to East Sea City," Kang Zhaoming said.

"What? You're coming back to East Sea City? That's wonderful—I was just wanting you to come back for a visit. The reason I'm calling is that there's something I'd like to ask your help with!" Kang Zhaolong said. "Your sister-in-law—that is, Wang Xinyan—has run into some health problems!"

"Health problems? What kind of problems?" Kang Zhaoming was taken aback.

"It's just that she was frail as a child, and recently it's flared up again. She's always drowsing..." Kang Zhaolong recounted the general situation with Wang Xinyan to Kang Zhaoming, and at the end said, "Zhaoming, you have to help your brother this time. I've already given my word about these herbs—you must get them..."

"That's easy enough." Hearing the list of herbs Kang Zhaolong described, Kang Zhaoming knew that although they might be worth a fortune in the mundane world, they were not especially rare to the Xuandan Sect. Given Kang Zhaoming's status, he could naturally get his hands on some—though of course, the cost would be recorded against the elders' monthly stipend.

Still, Kang Zhaoming had one advantage now: he was on a mission from Xuanzhen Ancestor, so he could perfectly well present these herbs that Wang Xinyan needed as a gift—a stepping stone for making contact with Wei Zhao. Thus this portion of the cost would naturally be charged to the Xuandan Sect and Xuanzhen Ancestor.

"All right, then I'll leave this matter in your hands, brother!" Hearing Kang Zhaoming's reply, Kang Zhaolong breathed a sigh of relief. At last he would have some face in front of Wei Zhao!

In fact, Kang Zhaolong had secretly analyzed the gap between himself and Wei Zhao. Wasn't it just that Wei Zhao could often produce novel little things to please a girl? He would do the same to curry favor with Wang Xinyan from now on, and winning her over should be no problem.

Of course, that was his own analysis. The relationship between Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan was no longer as simple as currying favor—the fate between the two of them was truly wondrous. From their very first meeting they had been seatmates, and to this day they were still seatmates...

"As for the exact time, I'll let you know once I have news." Over on this end, a disciple came to inform Kang Zhaoming that he was wanted in Tian Canbian's room. Kang Zhaoming was overjoyed and hurriedly ended the call.

Originally, Kang Zhaoming had been worrying over his lack of an opportunity to make contact with Tian Canbian. Now that one had suddenly appeared, how could he not be excited? He ran and stumbled his way to the gate of Tian Canbian's separate courtyard and knocked cautiously on the door.

"Elder Kang, the young sect master is already waiting for you. Come with me." The one who opened the door was still Tian Canbian's personal maidservant from before, though this time her attitude toward Kang Zhaoming was considerably better.

"Many thanks!" Kang Zhaoming's goal in life was to become a figure like this maidservant, able to accompany Tian Canbian at all times. So this maidservant was someone he would need to stay on good terms with in the future, and Kang Zhaoming was naturally polite.

The maidservant was somewhat surprised. Although the status of a Xuandan Sect elder did not compare to Tian Canbian's, she was only a maidservant, and others would still maintain some dignity with her. At most, the others would grunt an "mm," and none of them would say thank you.

"You're welcome." The personal maidservant's impression of Kang Zhaoming improved considerably all at once, and a trace of a smile flickered in her eyes.

"Might I ask the beautiful lady's esteemed name?" Seeing that he had successfully won the maidservant's goodwill, Kang Zhaoming was overjoyed and quickly asked. Although the maidservant was not much to look at, Kang Zhaoming had once been a skilled hand at wooing women, and with his sweet tongue he had in an instant turned the maidservant into a "beautiful lady."

"Elder Kang, asking like that is far too abrupt... I... I'm called Little Peach Blossom..." the maidservant said shyly. Within the Xuandan Sect, those who had dealings with the maidservants were basically all of the uncle generation, and those disciples did not dare to be impertinent before her. But the appearance of a young, dashing gentleman like Kang Zhaoming naturally set her heart stirring. What young girl does not dream of love? She could not spend her whole life as Tian Canbian's maidservant, could she? In the end, she would still have to marry, wouldn't she?

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