"That's true!" Gu Mengyao nodded. "Then how should we play along?"

Gu Mengyao was a sensible sort, and when she heard of Feng Xiaoxiao's circumstances, genuine sympathy stirred in her heart. If there was something she could do for the girl, the young lady was willing enough to do it — only, being made the way she was, she wanted to help yet her tone stayed as flat and cool as ever.

"No need to go out of your way to befriend her. Take it slow and let things run their course." Wei Zhao did not really know what the best approach was either, so he could only take it one step at a time. At least if Yaoyao and Xiaoshu no longer held any hostility toward Feng Xiaoxiao, there would be far fewer clashes from here on.

"Oh, leave it to me." Shen Yushu, though, patted her chest with the air of one who had it all figured out. "I'll keep quarreling with her, and then we'll come to admire each other, and just like that we'll be good friends!"

Wei Zhao's eye twitched. He was truly afraid Shen Yushu would smack the swell of her chest so hard she'd burst it. Still, he could not help admiring the method she had proposed — it was also the most workable one.

"Heh heh, Xiaoshu, then I'll leave it to you." Wei Zhao nodded.

"Oh, I love doing things for Brother Arrow most of all. But once Feng Xiaoxiao is gone, you'll have to make it up to Xiaoshu properly!" Shen Yushu said.

"..." Wei Zhao's brow darkened. Put that way, Xiaoshu almost sounded as though she were waiting for Feng Xiaoxiao to die — though he knew she meant no harm by it. He rose to his feet. "I'm going to see Uncle Qing. You two keep watching TV. But as for the particulars, you can discuss them with Yunyun."

"Mm." Gu Mengyao had wanted an excuse to get better acquainted with Tang Yun anyway, so once Wei Zhao finished speaking, she nodded quite naturally.

Wei Zhao got up and went into Uncle Qing's room. Uncle Qing had been staying in the villa these past two days, which made it convenient for Wei Zhao to treat his injuries.

When Uncle Qing saw Wei Zhao come in, he hurried to his feet. Toward Wei Zhao, Uncle Qing did not dare be the least bit negligent; his reverence for Wei Zhao came from the bottom of his heart. Wei Zhao was, so to speak, his savior — and if not for Wei Zhao, his meridians could never have been repaired!

One could say that Wei Zhao's kindness to Uncle Qing was nothing short of that of a parent who had given him a second life!

Toward Gu Pengzhan, Uncle Qing showed only the modest deference of an old friend; toward Gu Mengyao, he felt a doting affection that rose from the depths of his heart. Having lost both wife and daughter, he had come to regard the girl he had watched grow up as a daughter of his own.

"Xiaoyi, you're back!" Uncle Qing called Wei Zhao Xiaoyi, but only because Wei Zhao had insisted on it; even so, his words carried boundless reverence.

"Uncle Qing, how are you feeling?" Wei Zhao nodded and walked into the room. He had raised the matter of Uncle Qing's manner toward him twice already, but Uncle Qing remained the same, and there was nothing more Wei Zhao could do.

After all, Wei Zhao knew that the treatment he had given Uncle Qing was, by the standards of the martial world, nothing less than a grace of rebirth!

"Not bad — only the last meridian is left. Tonight it should be fully restored!" Uncle Qing said.

"Good. Then today we'll press on in one go and finish repairing your meridians!" Wei Zhao was a little impatient himself — after all, the strength of an Earth-rank expert was not to be underestimated! If Uncle Qing truly recovered his power, Wei Zhao would gain a top-tier right hand, and the threats of the Yu family, the Xiao family — all of them would cease to exist!

"Sorry to trouble you!" Uncle Qing nodded and sat down on the bed, waiting for Wei Zhao to come and channel his true qi into his body.

"General Mighty!" Wei Zhao called out to the general, and General Mighty obediently trotted to the doorway of Uncle Qing's room and crouched there, ready to stand guard for the two of them. These past days, General Mighty had grown used to guarding Wei Zhao and Uncle Qing.

"Woof woof!" General Mighty barked twice at Wei Zhao, as if telling him it was ready.

Wei Zhao nodded, sat down at Uncle Qing's side, and began to circulate the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, using the energy within his body to repair Uncle Qing's damaged meridians. After days of effort, Wei Zhao had already restored most of the damaged meridians in Uncle Qing's body; today it was the last one.

Wei Zhao's energy surged swiftly into Uncle Qing's body, and the meridians within him recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Mmm..." Uncle Qing could not help but moan in comfort. The true qi Wei Zhao sent over was swiftly absorbed by him. Before, Uncle Qing had somewhat doubted that Wei Zhao's true qi could truly be of use to him without any side effects, but after several days the facts had proven that Wei Zhao's true qi did him a great deal of good.

In the matter of healing the wounded, Wei Zhao was a veteran — he knew the road well.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, the last damaged meridian in Uncle Qing's body was completely repaired by Wei Zhao. With that, Uncle Qing had become a man capable of cultivating the internal arts.

Although there was not yet a trace of true qi within Uncle Qing's meridians, Wei Zhao could sense how thick and strong those meridians were! If enough energy were channeled into them, Uncle Qing could immediately be restored to the level of an Earth-rank expert!

It was just like Wei Zhao's own situation after his rank had dropped before — much like in an online game, where the level is still there but the experience points are gone.

And this had one advantage: so long as there was energy enough, he could become an Earth-rank expert again without any effort at all, spared the hardship of breaking through the barrier each time he cultivated to level up.

Having repaired the last meridian in Uncle Qing's body, Wei Zhao felt a fierce impulse surge up in his heart! He could hardly wait to restore Uncle Qing to the rank of Earth-rank expert! While repairing the meridians before, Wei Zhao had still been able to hold himself back, expending only a portion of his energy each day on Uncle Qing's treatment.

But at this moment, when every one of Uncle Qing's meridians had been restored, Wei Zhao truly could not wait any longer!

"Today is the day!" In his impulse, Wei Zhao gritted his teeth. He decided to channel energy ceaselessly into Uncle Qing's body this very day. Time waited for no one; Xie Yufeng's sudden appearance today had given Wei Zhao a faint sense of crisis.

Though Xie Yufeng's strength was a notch below his own, who could say whether even more formidable experts would appear after Xie Yufeng?

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