Chapter 3554 — The Guide Envoy
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
With that, he set the flying spirit beast in motion. It rose into the air and bore Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang away…
Dongfang Badao was beside himself with fury, and a touch of regret crept into his heart. If he had not put on airs and let slip that unpleasant remark, would he have been left behind like this? And now, to make matters worse, others had snatched his place.
What he could not fathom, however, was that Wei Zhao sat cross-legged on the high platform, utterly at ease, cultivating. Did the brat feel no urgency at all?
Wei Zhao's guess had been right. Just as the others were craning their necks in wait, another flying spirit beast flew over. This time, though, the rider was a man in his fifties or sixties, his gaze deeply sinister. Drawing up beside the high platform, he cast a cold look over the crowd and, before anyone could speak, pointed at Dongfang Badao and Wufa the Boxer. "You two newcomers, up!"
Dongfang Badao was up in years, and being called a newcomer nettled him. But having already learned firsthand how formidable these people were, he dared not make the slightest scene now. Since someone had come to fetch him, he hurried onto the flying spirit beast.
Wufa the Boxer was somewhat puzzled as well, but he followed onto the beast. Clearly, this guide envoy in his fifties or sixties had a particular interest in newcomers advanced in years.
Now the only ones left on the platform were Wei Zhao and a skilled lone cultivator from a minor family—the most taciturn person here, who had said not a word since ascending the platform.
This man was Xiao Che, from the Xiao family, a very minor cultivation clan in the mortal world. The family had once been a low-ranking ancient house, but after several generations of meager strength, it had been struck from the rolls of the ancient stratum and had never risen again.
In this generation, at long last, a cultivation prodigy named Xiao Che had appeared, and only then had the family reentered the Heaven Rank Assembly. The Xiao family still pinned its hopes on Xiao Che breaking through the heavenly dao and returning to restore the family's former glory…
Raised in such a family, Xiao Che had learned to keep his head down; he dared not offend anyone, for any offense could bring utter ruin upon his clan. But now only he and Wei Zhao remained, and after several dealings with Wei Zhao of late, he had formed a favorable impression of the man. So he rose to his feet and said to Wei Zhao with a wry smile, "Brother Lin, with your strength, you could have left long ago… why…"
"Ha ha, since they have all gone, there is no reason to keep us here. I expect someone will come for us soon enough," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Young Master Lin certainly takes things in stride!" Xiao Che said with admiration.
"Look, someone is coming now!" Wei Zhao pointed into the distance.
Xiao Che started and looked up. Sure enough, a dark speck in the sky was growing larger and larger—it was the flying spirit beast they had seen before!
As the beast drew near, they could see a boy of about twenty with a face full of freckles upon it. He halted the beast, fixed his eyes on Wei Zhao and Xiao Che, and at once wore an expression of having known all along. "You two, come up. It is like this every time…"