Chapter 2864 — Tianchan Pays a Visit
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"Oh?" Tianchan frowned. Could it be, she wondered, that Wei Zhao ran into Zhang Naipao again in the Five Fiends Wilderness, the two of them fell to fighting, and both perished together? Since Wei Zhao carried a map to the safe zone, and Zhang Naipao carried one as well, their meeting had in fact been inevitable...
At that thought, Tianchan's heart clenched with sudden anxiety, and she began to worry about Wei Zhao. Had she known the two were enemies, she ought to have warned him. Now it seemed her guess was near the mark—the two of them must have fought.
"Manager Sun, which room is this Zhao Qilei staying in? He should know something. I will go and ask him." In truth, Tianchan need not have explained so much. Even if she had said nothing and simply demanded Zhao Qilei, Manager Sun would not have dared ask a single question.
It was only that, when it came to matters concerning Wei Zhao, Tianchan behaved like a foolish young girl, protesting her innocence a little too much. Yet Manager Sun, however bold he might be, would never dare let his thoughts wander—and besides, in his eyes Tianchan was a man. Whether she sought out Zhao Qilei, or Zhang Naipao, or Wei Zhao, there was nothing strange in it at all.
"Let me see... he is upstairs, 307!" Manager Sun said.
"All right, carry on." Tianchan nodded, turned, and went upstairs, and only then did Manager Sun breathe a sigh of relief.
Tianchan came to the door of Zhao Qilei's room and knocked.
"Who is it? One moment!" Zhao Qilei's voice came from within. As a cultivator who had successfully passed the trials, he was waiting in his room for the Xuandan Sect's reward, while those cultivators who had failed to gather spirit herbs but had still made it out through the teleportation array had already returned to their own sects.
But Zhao Qilei had another reason for staying: he was waiting for Wei Zhao. Though it was already the twenty-first day and Wei Zhao had still not returned, Zhao Qilei did not want to give up. He firmly believed that Wei Zhao would surely come back alive.
So when he heard the knock, Zhao Qilei was rather excited, thinking it was Wei Zhao returned—after all, he had only just finished breakfast with Feng Shihua, Ge Xian, and Li Ciba.
None of the four had the heart for anything else; after breakfast they had each returned to their rooms to wait for news of Wei Zhao. That was why Zhao Qilei mistook the knock at this moment.
Zhao Qilei rose and opened the door, then started in surprise—for outside stood a stranger he had never seen before!
A few other cultivators who had also passed the trials were still lodging at the inn, and although Zhao Qilei did not know them well, their faces were familiar. But the person before him was plainly not a cultivator staying at the inn.
"You are?" Zhao Qilei asked, looking at Tianchan with some puzzlement.
"Let me introduce myself. I am Tianchan, the Young Sect Master of the Xuandan Sect." Tianchan introduced herself.