Chapter 1555 — Wei Zhao's Master
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Even as he spoke, the footsteps had drawn close — plainly the newcomer had reached a spot not far from the cave mouth!
"Eh? There's a cave mouth here. Let this old man have a careful look!" Suddenly the man outside the cave spoke. His voice was somewhat deep and full, yet tinged with the hoarseness of age and exhaustion, as though he had not rested in a very long time.
Zhao Qilei gave a shudder. With the man close at hand, his strength could now be sensed by Zhao Qilei and Wei Zhao — he was in fact a formidable expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank!
"Boss Wei Zhao, peak of the late Heaven Rank..." Zhao Qilei's scalp prickled. "What does he mean by exposing his strength like that?"
"Unclear. Let's watch and see." In the Ice Palace, Wei Zhao had dealt with the Ice Palace Master several times, and he no longer feared Heaven Rank experts as he once had; it was only that this man's purpose was still unknown to him.
Was he passing through, or did he have some other design? Why had he found himself a cave, and why examine it so carefully?
At last the newcomer walked to the cave entrance. Seeing the firelight within and the two men, Wei Zhao and Zhao Qilei, he was visibly taken aback, and could not help uttering a cry of surprise: "Eh?"
And Wei Zhao and Zhao Qilei, for their part, could now see the newcomer clearly. The man looked about fifty or sixty years old, his hair loose and wild, his clothes ragged and torn; but since he was a Heaven Rank expert, it was hard to judge his true age.
Judging by his dress and bearing, he looked more like a vagrant or a mad old man — nothing at all like the proud, ethereal air of a Heaven Rank expert.
The strange man entered the cave, looked at Wei Zhao, and blinked. Wei Zhao was just about to ask a question when the strange man charged at him like a madman! Wei Zhao was aghast, and hastily and silently stirred the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, shielding his body with his qi — but how could Wei Zhao dodge the speed of a Heaven Rank expert?
In a single instant the strange man was in front of Wei Zhao, both hands seizing him by the shoulders. Just as Wei Zhao was about to fight back, the strange man suddenly cried out: "Disciple! My good disciple, your master has finally found you!"
"?" Wei Zhao was stunned, not knowing what the strange man meant; but at the same time he let out a breath of relief. Though the strange man had released his qi, he showed not the slightest intent to attack Wei Zhao — even the hands gripping Wei Zhao's shoulders exerted no strength at all.
"Good disciple, your master knew you could evade those people!" the strange man cried excitedly. "But it has been more than twenty years — why did you never come looking for your master? Your master searched for you so bitterly hard!"
Wei Zhao frowned. Hearing this, he could be entirely certain: the strange man must be a madman, and it seemed he had taken Wei Zhao for some disciple of his. Yet he had said more than twenty years — then his disciple must have been lost to him over twenty years ago, and in that case he had surely mistaken the man. Twenty years ago, Wei Zhao had not even been born; how could he possibly be his disciple?