Chapter 1559 — Didn't Come Back
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"All right..." Wei Zhao managed a wry smile, then circulated his mental technique and released his aura.
"Late Profound Stage? Didn't you already become an Earth Stage expert long ago? Why are you only at the late Profound Stage?" The strange man furrowed his brow suddenly and spoke.
Wei Zhao jumped. As expected, the flaw had been spotted! He forced himself to say, "Ah... yes..."
"That's right — you must have been injured back then, and without the aid of heavenly treasures over all these years, your strength never recovered. Am I not correct?" Without even waiting for Wei Zhao to explain, the strange man had already fashioned a perfectly good excuse on his behalf.
"Uh... yes." Wei Zhao blinked in surprise, then nodded along.
"No matter — we can start over!" the strange man declared. "Over the years, your master has stolen the enemy's mental technique. Once I hand it to you, we will know them as they know us, and win every battle. Once you have mastered it, your master will take you back to claim your revenge!"
"All right..." Wei Zhao had no idea what the strange man was talking about.
"Rest now — your master is sleepy!" The strange man said his piece, flopped down on the ground inside the cave, and went straight to sleep without a second thought about Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao gazed at the map in his hand and allowed himself a bitter smile, resolving to find an opportunity to return it to the strange man.
"Boss, we..." Zhao Qilei had not dared draw a breath for fear the strange man would go berserk again. Now that the man had finally fallen asleep, he carefully extended a finger and pointed at the stranger, then whispered to Wei Zhao: "Should we run now? Is he asleep?"
But Wei Zhao shook his head. Although the strange man appeared to be sleeping, the perception of a Heaven Stage expert was beyond question — who knew when he might suddenly wake? If he woke up and mistakenly believed Wei Zhao had been posing as his disciple in order to steal the treasure map and flee, there would be no way to talk their way out of it. The man might even kill Wei Zhao and Zhao Qilei on the spot.
"We'll decide tomorrow." Wei Zhao was truly at a loss. He needed to devise some excuse to part ways with this strange man, for with the man's strength, catching up would be effortless.
Zhao Qilei nodded and lay down to sleep in a somewhat gloomy mood, while Wei Zhao sat cross-legged inside the cave and began to cultivate...
In the middle of the night, the strange man was deep in sleep when he suddenly sprang upright and cried out in alarm: "Run! Li'er, run! They're here — they're chasing you!"
Wei Zhao's eyes snapped open in astonishment. He had just opened his mouth to speak when the strange man burst out of the cave and vanished into the boundless darkness in a matter of moments. By the time Wei Zhao rose and hurried outside to give chase, the man's trail had long since disappeared!
"Ah..." Wei Zhao sighed and glanced back at the oil-paper package on the ground, unable to keep from shaking his head in helpless resignation. The strange man was clearly not in his right mind — who knew what bizarre dream he had just had in his sleep? Perhaps he had dreamed of his enemies at the door and bolted in a panic.
As for giving chase — Wei Zhao knew full well he was no match for a Heaven Stage expert and would never catch up. He could only return to the cave and wait for the strange man to come back on his own.
"Boss, what happened... that old madman..." Zhao Qilei had been roused by the sudden commotion as well. He opened his eyes and stared at Wei Zhao in a daze.
"He ran off... He might come back on his own in a while. Go back to sleep." Wei Zhao offered a wry smile.
"Oh..." Zhao Qilei nodded. If Wei Zhao said everything was fine, then everything was fine, and he promptly lay back down and closed his eyes.