Chapter 2416 — A Plan That Kills Two Birds with One Stone
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It was only that what Wei Zhao studied were certain original insights the white-collar instructor raised in class, along with the odd digressions and curious anecdotes he let slip from time to time, which gave Wei Zhao a refreshing sense of novelty. As for the notes Wang Xinyan had taken, they were all rigid, by-the-book knowledge — but Wei Zhao knew all of it already, so after flipping through a few pages he closed the notebook.
Wei Zhao's chief aim now was cultivation. As for this knowledge of pharmacology and medicinal properties, he no longer set much store by it; his own medical skill was already more than sufficient for everyday healing, and he could not become an alchemist for the time being, so his enthusiasm for study had faded. Cultivation, on the other hand, was the goal Wei Zhao pursued without fail, so he had best seize this excellent opportunity and throw himself into training.
Seeing Wei Zhao close his eyes, Wang Xinyan knew he was cultivating. She hesitated a moment, then slipped off her jacket and, feigning casualness, shifted her body a little toward Wei Zhao — though her faintly trembling form gave her away. Wei Zhao might have had his eyes shut, but that did not hinder his perception of everything around him; he did not even miss the novel points the white-collar instructor raised.
Wang Xinyan's move set Wei Zhao's heart at ease, and at the same time puzzled him. Since Wang Xinyan was just as before, still willing to help him cultivate in this somewhat embarrassing fashion, then why had she insisted on bringing up that fiancé of hers, Kang Jinglong?
Unable to work it out for the moment, Wei Zhao could only let it be and watch matters unfold slowly. A girl's heart is not for guessing — how true that proved. The more one guessed, the more one only tangled oneself in confusion.
The white-collar instructor had long grown accustomed to Wei Zhao sitting through class with his eyes closed, but Wei Zhao had passed his examination — he need not even attend class if he chose — so naturally the instructor paid it no mind.
Kang Jinglong took a seat beside You Panhu. Though Kang Jingming had been taken as a closed-door disciple by the Fifth Elder of the Xuandan Sect, which made him proud and had involuntarily raised his own standing a great deal, before You Panhu, Kang Jinglong still did not dare carry himself too presumptuously.
He was no fool. The Kang family might look formidable now, but however one put it, the Kang family's foundation was far too thin, while the You family was an old-line hidden clan and a clan of alchemists besides, held in high regard even by the Xuandan Sect — naturally not something the Kang family of this moment could compare with.
Of course, if Kang Jingming one day truly rose to great heights and became one of the Xuandan Sect's elders, then Kang Jinglong would certainly no longer face You Panhu from a slightly lower posture.
"Brother You, we meet for the first time — I hope you will look after me!" Though the two had spoken by phone before, this was their first meeting in person; previously they had only seen photographs.
"Ha ha, Brother Kang jests. It is Brother Kang who will be looking after our You family from now on!" You Panhu was not the head of the You family and would at most rank among its elders in the future, but Kang Jinglong was a different matter. Kang Jingming had gone off to the Xuandan Sect to serve as an elder and could not possibly return to head the Kang family, so the head of the Kang family would surely be Kang Jinglong and no one else. Thus You Panhu did not put on airs either.
"We shall look after each other." Kang Jinglong chuckled. "By the way, Brother You, I hear Wang Xinyan and Wei Zhao have grown very close?"
"Mm, they are indeed very close," You Panhu said with a nod. "Brother Kang, there is one thing I ought to remind you of — Wang Xinyan is your betrothed, after all, and mixing about with Wei Zhao like that, it is hardly proper!"