487 Zhou Baos Weakness (2/2)
”This is a jar of Bone-Forging Pill and a jar of Pulse-Setting Pill. After you return, settle the subordinates' matters and start your closed-door cultivation training. These two jars of pills are sufficient to break through the bottleneck and achieve Level Seven Expert Realm!”
”Thank... thank you, Your Excellency!” Jiang Xiao responded profusely. He had long known that Zhou Bao had elixirs that could help others elevate their cultivation. But Zhou Bao had always prioritized cultivating that Zhu Ba fella. This Zhu Ba inherently had better combat capability than him, so Jiang Xiao never said anything about the preferential treatment. Plus, in retrospect, this kind of elixir was extremely valuable and hard to come by. To use it on one person was already a significant move. He was not up to standard yet so not obtaining that elixir was also expected. Of course, only a thorough thinker like Jiang Xiao would reason this way. If it was someone else, they might have been filled with envy and rage.
”Use the elixir with a peace of mind. Don't worry. Also, there are also some other elixirs here with me. Please help me pass them to Wang Cheng. Handle the subordinates' matters and practice with a peace of mind. It is fundamental to raise your own abilities!”
”Yes!” Jiang Xiao once again received the jar of elixir. His expression had returned to normal and even had traces of respect and honor in them. Although Zhou Bao was not preparing to send him off, handing him such precious elixirs so suddenly was truly beyond his expectations. It seemed like His Excellency had a plan. Then, it was only natural for him to follow his orders.
After sending Jiang Xiao away, Zhou Bao dismissed everyone else and sat quietly on one of the chairs in the hall. His eyes that twinkled with joy and magnanimity slowly turned into a brooding mood.
”Who on earth is responsible for this? White Tiger, or Zhi IX!” He calculated secretly in his heart. ”Do they think that using such poor technique they can force me to admit defeat?!” Zhou Bao laughed coldly in his heart. ”However, I must admit that they are pretty smart. They can see my weakness. Hehe!”
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”The key of this plan was not implicating Kunlun Mountain or the Palace of Destruction Demons. It was also not about adding more enemies for Zhou Bao. It was mainly to trap Zhou Bao!”
At this point, in the West Capital of the Royal Capital and in a secret basement, a white-clothed man pretending to be an intellectual sipped his tea and expressed a look of peace and comfort.
”Trap him? Why? If we could convince Zhou Bao to help us out, that White Tiger would not have been a threat with Zhou Bao's abilities! Indeed, Zhou Bao has the ability to slay a Venerable Realm Genuine Immortal!” It was the Jin Dynasty's Emperor Yan Yuntian who was speaking this time. He had a vicious look on his face and compared to last year when Zhou Bao last met him, he had aged much. He no longer had the same charismatic aura as before. This couldn't be blamed on him. A year ago, he was the first saintly soldier in all of history. But with two unexpected attacks, his legendary saintly soldier status was eroded by the millennium families into a dizzy soldier. His power had been shrinking rapidly and now, his field of command did not exceed the West Capital and not even the Royal Capital. If it was not for his Expert Realm cultivation, he would have been overthrown by now. However, his situation now is not any better than being overthrown.
To fall from a Nine Five Venerable Realm to such a pathetic figure did not seem like a situation that anyone could adjust to. How then could we expect such an adjustment from a person of such high ambitions?
Therefore, he naturally wanted to turn the situation around. He thought and thought and finally thought of Zhou Bao. That was why he sent his pregnant daughter to send a letter. At the same time, he was thinking of other methods to trap Zhou Bao but who knew that that letter had no effect at all? On the other hand, the joke had been on his side. The ambitions of the Qin Family of the South Mountains were stirred up and they were led to contact Kunlun Mountain and Palace of Destruction Demon to collaboratively defeat Zhou Bao. It was now that he finally understood that the Qin Family of South Mountains, one of the great millennium families, was the secret weapon of the Divine Wind Palace.
This not only caused him deep dissatisfaction. This was because this time round, out of all the nine well-known families, only the Qin Family of South Mountains was the fiercest. Plus, with Zhi IX responsible for leading the Qin Family to commit something like this, it was obvious that the intention was to offend Zhou Bao, to confuse him and to prompt him to question.
After the boy heard Yan Yuntian's words, he was not confused at all. He only smiled, ”In the end, Zhou Bao is ultimately from Tian Long Taoism and has a strong relationship with Tian Long Taoism's Wang She. From what I know, before Zhou Bao had undergone cultivation, it was Wang She who was always protecting him. Now that he has cultivated successfully, he is ruling the lands of the northwest region. Tian Long Taoism even sent his subordinates and Wang She over and built a harbor of sorts! Only Heaven knows how close Zhou Bao and Tian Long Taoism really are. Do you really think he would lend us a hand in defeating Tian Long Taoism and those failing well-known families? I think it would already be a blessing if he does not attack us!”
”If that is the case, then why are we provoking him?!”
”I have my own reasons for doing so!” Zhi IX's eyes twinkled, ”The conflict this time round had risen too quickly. Be it us or the four great sects, no one had any adequate preparation. However, we five biggest sects ultimately know ourselves. No matter how much we battle, we all have some sense in us to not harm our pneuma. Plus there is a Golden Book of Fate above us, so no one would dare make any big moves. However, this Zhou Bao is different. He is only of a Level Nine cultivation, he's not in the list of fairies, the Golden Book of Fate has no restrictive power on him whatsoever and his combat capability is way too scary! If things really go in his favor, we will have no room for action left. Therefore, we must think of a way to trap him, to not allow him to act as he wishes. It is only with this way that we will not have more worries!”
”No worries? So you came up with such a pathetic technique?!”
”Pathetic?” Zhi IX smiled. ”Even if it's pathetic, but it's so useful! At least in our conflict with the four great sects, we can be assured that Zhou Bao will not interfere!”
”You're so sure?!”
”Of course. Zhou Bao's strength is indeed extreme. At the same time, his weaknesses are very obvious!”
”Weaknesses?!”