Chapter 2660 — Unknown Secrets
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Brother Liang, what do you think of these dwellings?" Zhang Naipao led Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu to the back mountain and said with some apology, "The dwellings with the best views have all been taken by the senior outer disciples. You've come late, Brother Liang—though I could use my authority to find you a good dwelling, that would have to wait until resources are redistributed after the New Year. For these next two months, I'm afraid you'll have to make do..."
"No matter!" Zhong Yongliang waved a hand and said, "I think this place is quite good too—quiet, no one to disturb me. In those crowded places, those outer disciples all rise early every morning to cultivate—especially the ones training in external martial arts, huffing and shouting all day long, disturbing my lazy sleep."
"That's true enough." Zhang Naipao nodded. "My dwelling is in the inner sect. If it weren't for the sect rules, it would be just right for you two to live with me, Brother Liang—my dwelling is very large, and one person simply can't use it all."
"Haha, Paozi, I'm already very satisfied that you have the heart for it!" Zhong Yongliang clapped Zhang Naipao on the shoulder. "The most correct decision of my life was taking you as my little brother. I can see it too—if not for your sake, the old master wouldn't pay the slightest attention to my trivial troubles, much less give me a treasure to challenge Wei Zhao with. Even when I lost and broke the treasure, the master didn't reprimand me—all of that is because of you!"
"Brother Liang, don't say that. When I was in trouble, it was you who reached out a helping hand—otherwise my family would have been ruined long ago, and how could I be cultivating here in peace?" Zhang Naipao shook his head and said solemnly, "Brother Liang, just settle down and stay here for now. When I find a chance, I'll see whether I can beg another treasure for you, so you can go back and teach Wei Zhao a lesson!"
"All right, no rush. I'm already delighted that you have the heart for it." Zhong Yongliang was overjoyed at these words.
At Donghai City Engineering University, they waited until school let out in the evening, and still there was no sign of Zhong Yongliang or Gao Xiaofu. The two had simply vanished, and the earlier challenge had turned into a farce.
What puzzled Wei Zhao, though, was this: Zhong Yongliang clearly had a trump card, so why had he suddenly given up the challenge? Could his spirit beast have broken? Or could it be used only once, and after that one time it no longer worked? Of course, Wei Zhao could never have imagined that Zhong Yongliang's spirit beast had actually become a dried centipede, poisoned to death by Shen Yushu.
"Brother Arrow, Zhong Yongliang really didn't come!" The bite wound on Shen Yushu's leg had fully healed, with no aftereffects whatsoever; it was only that she, like Wei Zhao, was puzzled—why had Zhong Yongliang never come to challenge in the end, and why was there no word from him at all?
"I don't know. Who knows what mischief he's up to? But he's the one who broke his own promise—he can't blame me." Wei Zhao shook his head, started the car, and headed in the direction of the Xueshang residential compound.
What Wei Zhao had not expected was that at the gate of his villa in the Xueshang compound, a person was actually standing, pacing back and forth, and one could not tell what he meant to do. Had the figure not looked somewhat familiar from a distance, Wei Zhao might even have taken him for a thief with some ill intent!
He honked twice and pulled the car into the courtyard, and the person waiting at the gate, seeing Wei Zhao's car come in, immediately followed after it.
"Yu Dake?" Wei Zhao looked at the newcomer in some surprise—it was actually Yu Dake, the disciple of the hidden You family whom he had met at the Hidden World Clans Summit, the one who had wanted to kill himself!