Chapter 1057 — Wei Zhao's Strength
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Feng Xiaoxiao found it rather incredible! Because of her father's work, she naturally knew more of such inside matters than others — but she also knew all the better how rare martial artists were in the secular world! Yellow-rank adepts were one thing; after all, there were always such adepts to be found at the side of the wealthy!
Many cultivators, upon reaching the Yellow rank, stalled there and went no further. Having no higher aspirations on the path of cultivation, they naturally pursued the money and pleasures of the mundane world; it was nothing unusual for them to sink into the role of running dogs and hired muscle for the rich. But the Mystic rank was not so common. Generally, a formidable one who could cultivate to the Mystic rank, if there was even the slightest chance of advancing further, would not stoop to becoming a bodyguard for the wealthy. Still, nothing in this world is absolute; Mystic-rank adepts were few, but they did exist.
But Wei Zhao, a high school student, actually held a formidable one at the peak of the early Mystic rank in such contempt — then what about himself...? Feng Xiaoxiao had known before only that Wei Zhao was formidable, but she had never imagined he was this formidable! If so, then Wei Zhao really might be even stronger than Xie Yufeng!
"Wei Zhao, darling... you..." Feng Xiaoxiao stared at Wei Zhao wide-eyed, incredulous. "Don't tell me you're even stronger than Xie Yufeng?"
Wei Zhao nodded. Since he had already accepted Feng Xiaoxiao, there were naturally some things he would no longer keep from her. As for matters of strength, Tang Zhi, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu all knew; and besides, Feng Xiaoxiao's father, Feng Tianlong, had once been his comrade-in-arms — how could Wei Zhao possibly hide anything?
"Just a little stronger than Xie Yufeng," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Wow!" Hearing Wei Zhao's confirmation, Feng Xiaoxiao was beside herself with excitement and could not help crying out: "Xiaoxiao, you are too awesome! Picking a boyfriend at random, and he turns out to be a Mystic-rank adept — wahaha, I've hit the jackpot!"
"..." Wei Zhao looked at Feng Xiaoxiao's delighted expression, somewhat at a loss for words. He could not fathom what she was so happy about. What use was a Xuan-rank expert? It would not cure her illness either...
"Hahaha, doesn't that mean you're stronger than most of the experts from the great families?" Feng Xiaoxiao circled around Wei Zhao, her eyes sweeping over him from head to toe, as though hoping to spot something extraordinary. "No wonder you could attend the auction — so you're an expert too!"
"I wasn't at the time, only late Huang-rank..." Wei Zhao said. "Though I can generally punch above my level and handle experts a bit stronger than myself..."
The thought struck him that his last breakthrough had been thanks to Feng Xiaoxiao. He had already touched the barrier to the Xuan-rank, but without her push to break down and rebuild, he would never have become a Xuan-rank expert so easily!
"Oh?" Feng Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback at Wei Zhao's words.
But Wei Zhao had clearly said this to put Feng Xiaoxiao at ease — after all, she had so little time left, and he did not want her living in fear every day.
"Heh, so don't overthink it. Whether it's Wu Chengtian or Xie Yufeng, neither is a problem. Never mind Wu Chengtian — even if his grandfather came, I wouldn't fear him in the slightest." Wei Zhao smiled as he spoke.
"Wu Chengtian's grandfather..." Something suddenly occurred to Feng Xiaoxiao — at the end of the Yanjing auction, she had provoked Wu Chengtian's grandfather, Wu Gonggao. At the time, Wu Gonggao had flown into a rage, looking as though he meant to beat her to death, and Wei Zhao seemed to have stepped in front of her?