Chapter 3301 — Gu Mengyao's Thoughts
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Out of that unconditional trust in Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao felt certain that he was not hiding abroad. If he wanted to hide, how much better to hide at West Star Mountain? With Ergoudan there, anyone who came would be a dead man. What need was there to leave the country?
So Wei Zhao must have other matters to attend to. The young lady remained ever convinced that Wei Zhao was the strongest and most formidable of all!
Just as she was pondering the purpose of Kang Jingming's visit, the Grand Elder walked in. Clearly she too had received the disciple's report and had come to discuss countermeasures with Gu Mengyao.
"Yaoyao, are you cultivating?" the Grand Elder asked amiably.
"No, Grand Elder. I've just had word from the gate-keeping disciple that Kang Jingming of the Xuandan Sect has arrived," Gu Mengyao said.
"Yes, that's just why I came to find you, Yaoyao. What do you suppose Kang Jingming is doing here?" the Grand Elder asked.
"I'm not sure either. He and I were never close before, though he does know Wei Zhao," Gu Mengyao said honestly.
At the name Wei Zhao, the Grand Elder could not help but frown. To be frank, the Grand Elder did not think much of Wei Zhao—especially given the rumors that had lately come out of the Ancient Plane, which only convinced her that Wei Zhao was a man who knew how to put on airs but had no real strength to speak of.
So now, hearing that this affair might have something to do with Wei Zhao, she said with some displeasure, "Could it be that Wei Zhao's true strength has been exposed and he's come looking for trouble with you? After all, you and Wei Zhao were once on very good terms! Yaoyao, why don't you tell him later that you've already cut all ties with Wei Zhao? What do you say? I said long ago that Wei Zhao was unreliable. A lone cultivator—how could he possibly possess such formidable strength? Now it's all come out, and his enemies want their revenge, don't they?"
But at this point the Grand Elder suddenly noticed that Gu Mengyao's expression had turned very grim, and she had no choice but to stop talking. It was not Wei Zhao she feared, but Gu Mengyao's displeasure!
"Grand Elder, Wei Zhao is not as the rumors say. He is very powerful. I hope you will not slander him again!" Gu Mengyao said sternly, her face solemn.
"Fine, fine. I only meant it for your good, Yaoyao. If Wei Zhao were really so powerful, why hasn't he come back now, instead of hiding abroad?" The Grand Elder was somewhat unconvinced in her heart, and she could not tell what bewitching draught Wei Zhao had given Gu Mengyao that even now she still spoke up for him.
"Wei Zhao has his own affairs. Where he goes, he need not tell anyone, need he? What others say is their own business!" Gu Mengyao explained.
"All right, let's go and see Kang Jingming together first, and find out just what business brings him here!" The Grand Elder did not want her relationship with Gu Mengyao to suffer over a lone cultivator like Wei Zhao, so she brought the subject up no more. Still, to speak honestly, she looked down on Wei Zhao.
Gu Mengyao also knew that the Grand Elder surely thought nothing of Wei Zhao, but there was nothing to be done about it. A heart dwells in another's breast, and it was not hers to command. Although the Grand Elder voiced her approval of some of Gu Mengyao's orders, that approval came only on the premise that the Dark Night Palace suffered no harm. Gu Mengyao was certain that if she ever did anything truly damaging to the Dark Night Palace, the Grand Elder would be the first to leap up in opposition!