Chapter 4115 — The Two Women Meet

Sensing Wei Zhao's return, Xueli immediately stopped her cultivation and hurried to greet him. "How did things go with Tianchan?" she asked with concern.

"Don't worry, Xueli, everything went smoothly." Wei Zhao smiled and recounted to her, from beginning to end, all that had happened over the past two days.

After hearing him out, Xueli did not feel the slightest jealousy; instead, she sincerely considered Tianchan's situation. "If Tianchan can really move out of the Dan Hall, that would be wonderful. With Zheng Dongjue pressing down from above and Zheng Tianshuo pestering her from below, the Dan Hall has become a nest of trouble for her. If she stays there much longer, sooner or later something will go wrong."

"Exactly. That's why I asked Brother Tian to bring it up." Wei Zhao nodded in full agreement, then looked Xueli up and down, and something suddenly stirred in his heart.

If Tianchan truly could leave and establish her own household, letting her stay together with Xueli might not be a bad choice. After all, from what he had considered before, bringing Xueli back to North Island was actually a rather troublesome matter, and judging by Xueli's reaction, she did not seem averse to Tianchan at all. The two women ought to be able to get along harmoniously.

Still, this was only a sudden notion that had just popped into his head—not yet mature, and he had no idea how it might actually be carried out. Besides, whether Tianchan could even extricate herself smoothly was still unknown. At this stage, the idea could only be entertained in his mind; Wei Zhao did not voice it aloud.

What Wei Zhao had not expected, however, was that Di Xingdao would be extraordinarily efficient. He had barely finished this conversation with Xueli, and before the sky had even darkened, Di Xingdao had already returned with Tianchan.

The door opened, and Tianchan and Xueli happened to come face to face. For a moment, both were overcome with sighs and emotion.

Before this, the two of them had been transported together from the mortal world to Middle Island. Though they knew each other, they were not especially close and had never had any notable dealings. But now, brought together because of Wei Zhao, meeting again gave rise to a warmth akin to sisters reunited.

Whatever their lives had been like in the mortal world, after arriving on Cloud Terrace Island, both women's experiences had been a tale of hardship and bitter tears—one coerced in the Dan Hall, the other bullied in the Snow Sword Sect. They were, in the truest sense, fellow wanderers at the end of the world.

Because of Wei Zhao, the two women took each other by the hand and began recounting their experiences on Cloud Terrace Island. Sharing so much in common, they quickly drew close, and within mere moments they were addressing each other as sisters, chatting away joyfully.

"Brother Wei Zhao, you really are a fortunate man, enjoying the blessings of two beauties at once—the envy of all around you," Di Xingdao teased from the side, watching the scene with a smile.

Though he was Tianchan's brother, Cloud Terrace Island was not the mortal world. So long as one was powerful, having beauties beyond count was perfectly normal, and he would not resent Wei Zhao for having other women.

On the contrary, in the eyes of Di Xingdao and men like Hou Guanqi, for a genius with heaven-defying abilities such as Wei Zhao to have only Tianchan as his dao companion would have been truly strange.

Both Tianchan and Xueli were peerless beauties of unmatched charm. That Wei Zhao could make both women pour their hearts out to him was indeed an enviable fortune—even Di Xingdao, a cultivation fanatic single-mindedly devoted to the heavenly dao, could not help but voice his admiration.

What he did not know was that each of Wei Zhao's other confidantes was no less beautiful than these two women. When all of them could one day gather together, that would be the true winner in life.

"To have met them in this life is truly my good fortune," Wei Zhao said, nodding with feeling as he gazed at the heartwarming scene.

He too had not expected the two women to get along so harmoniously. Still, he could guess that while their closeness owed something to compatible temperaments, another reason was that they were mindful of his feelings. After all, from Wei Zhao's standpoint, if the two women were to quarrel under the present circumstances, it would surely give him a tremendous headache.

"Heh heh, but Brother Wei Zhao, I must still play the spoilsport and say one thing: enviable as the blessings of two beauties may be, you must not play the mandarin ducks and forget the immortals—do not grow lax in your cultivation," Di Xingdao cautioned.

The land of beauties is the tomb of heroes. Through the ages, countless geniuses blessed with extraordinary talent had frittered it away in realms of tender indulgence, only to end up as ordinary men. Di Xingdao genuinely regarded Wei Zhao as one of his own, and he did not wish to see such a tragedy befall him.

"Rest assured, Brother Tian. I am well aware that strength is king. Without sufficient strength, no matter how many beauties I had, I could not protect them. So to me they are not obstacles on the path of cultivation, but rather the driving force that spurs me to ever greater heights," Wei Zhao said with a smile.

"Indeed. The saying that beauty is a source of trouble is no lie. Their peerless charms are your good fortune, Brother Wei Zhao, but like that Zheng Tianshuo, they will always draw all manner of trouble. Only great strength can truly shelter them," Di Xingdao said with a nod.

"By the way, Brother Tian, how did you manage it so quickly? Have you already settled things with Zheng Dongjue?" Wei Zhao asked, changing the subject.

"But of course. With me handling it personally, how would that old cur Zheng Dongjue dare say no?" Di Xingdao laughed heartily. "I saw through him long ago—he is the classic bully who fears the strong and preys on the weak. If I had gone to him meekly to discuss it, he might well have taken advantage and climbed all over me. But this time I went straight to him and tossed him one line: Tianchan is my sister, and I am taking her out to establish her own household. Guess what he did?"

"What did he do?" Wei Zhao asked, playing along with feigned curiosity.

"The old cur was scared stiff on the spot. He hemmed and hawed for ages before finally croaking out that since this was a family matter of Elder Tian's, naturally everything should be up to you. Haha, that ugly, bitter-melon face of his—just thinking about it makes me laugh," Di Xingdao said with a roar of laughter.

"That Vice Hall Master Zheng probably could not gauge your strength for the moment, and did not dare rashly tear off all pretense of civility with you, the legendary Vice Island Master of Middle Island. Full of schemes and plots, yet without the nerve to break openly—so he had no choice but to give way," Wei Zhao said, also amused.

Though he had met him only once, Wei Zhao could tell that a man like Zheng Dongjue was certainly not a pure, top-tier expert like Di Xingdao, but rather a sinister sort accustomed to playing with power and intrigue. The longer such people lived, the smaller their courage grew; that he was cowed by Di Xingdao's reputation was not surprising in the least.