Chapter 3001 — His Name Is Lin Dongfang! (Second Update, Asking for Monthly Votes!!)
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"What answer?" Bingtang asked.
"He said he did not know what rank of expert he was. If he had to say, he supposed he was a rankless expert, because he was neither an external cultivator nor an internal cultivator, yet he was more formidable than any cultivator in the world!" Aunt Qing seemed to sink into memory, recalling those years and those events.
"More formidable than any cultivator—and the people from that place?" Bingtang hesitated a moment, then asked.
"Probably somewhat more formidable than them as well. Back then, in the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow sect, he killed Patriarch Kuanglong with a single punch!" Aunt Qing said, "That is not something any cultivator could do."
"So those rumors were all true..." Bingtang had more or less heard of these things, but mostly as hearsay, and because of Aunt Qing she had never looked into them deeply. Only now did she know for certain. "Then... what is his name?"
"His name is—Lin Dongfang!" Aunt Qing remembered that name carved into her bones.
"Lin Dongfang? Hm? The same surname as Wei Zhao?" Bingtang was slightly startled, then looked at Aunt Qing with a half-smile. "Aunt Qing, it isn't because Wei Zhao is also surnamed Lin that you favor him so, is it?"
"Perhaps..." Aunt Qing did not deny it, but nodded slightly. "Still, Wei Zhao has merits of his own."
"Aunt Qing, go tell Xiaoxiao this good news. She will surely be very happy when she hears it," Bingtang said after a moment's hesitation.
"Oh?" Aunt Qing was slightly taken aback. This did not seem like Bingtang's character. Because of her own history, Bingtang had since childhood always appeared cold and indifferent toward matters of love between men and women. And now she was actually taking the initiative to ask Aunt Qing to tell Feng Xiaoxiao this news?
"Actually, Aunt Qing, now that you've told me so much, I understand your feelings, and naturally I understand Xiaoxiao's feelings too. I disliked Wei Zhao, perhaps because he was the first rogue cultivator who dared to challenge the dignity of the Ice Palace, and the first man to make me say something as foolish as becoming his tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny wife. So I have always been prejudiced against him. But as you said, Aunt Qing, he truly is formidable!" Bingtang had to admit it herself: Wei Zhao was a formidable person. A rogue cultivator who could rise from the Mystic rank to the Heaven rank in such a short time—that was truly incredible!
"Heh, good then!" Aunt Qing smiled. "Actually, I didn't want to see conflict arise between you and Vice Palace Master Feng over this matter either."
Aunt Qing left, but Bingtang sank back into thought. Unbidden, she recalled the scene of Wei Zhao's first visit to the Ice Palace: Wei Zhao standing in the wind and snow, waiting with unyielding persistence for a chance to see her, going half a month without food or drink, standing there just like that—all for Feng Xiaoxiao's sake.
It was clear that Wei Zhao's feelings for Feng Xiaoxiao were indeed sincere. Before, she had felt Wei Zhao was unworthy of Feng Xiaoxiao, but now Wei Zhao was already an expert of the early Heaven rank. Advancing to the peak of the late Heaven rank—even reaching the great perfection of late Heaven rank peak strength—was not impossible. (To be continued)