Chapter 3601 — Seeking Help
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Kusheng wanted him to stand up for Wei Zhao, but there was no great hurry just yet; so he simply sat down and gave Lu Bianren a thorough account of the past few days' events, including the matter of Wei Zhao's final assignment to the dead Mine No. 10, and made clear the purpose of his visit.
"So this Junior Brother Lin of ours is quite a character. But after all, he has only just arrived, and being handled like this by Meng Jueming will cost him in the end. If he truly wastes three whole months in the dead Mine No. 10, that's effectively adding to the difficulty of his establishing his foundation within a year." Lu Bianren analyzed with keen interest. After Kusheng's account, his interest in this tough newcomer from the mortal world, Wei Zhao, was growing by the minute.
"Junior Brother Lin doesn't know the danger in all this, and his stubbornness plays right into Senior Brother Meng's hands. So after much thought, I can only come to you, Senior Brother Lu, to step in and help." Kusheng did not know about Wei Zhao's haul of eight fine pieces of jade the day before. In his view, every extra day Wei Zhao spent in Mine No. 10 was a day wasted, and the sooner the third pavilion master stepped in to rescue him, the better.
"Hmm... By rights, I now oversee Reflection Cliff, and without Steward Hu Yunfeng's orders I cannot leave at will." Lu Bianren mused. This was no excuse but the plain truth—otherwise, on the day of the welcome assembly, he would not have been denied even a chance to show his face.
At these words Kusheng's heart sank. The third pavilion master was the only help he could turn to now. If even he could not step forward, then there would truly be no way to stand up for Wei Zhao.
To his surprise, Lu Bianren's tone shifted: "However, this matter concerns newcomers from the mortal world and the grand plan of our entire Qingyun Pavilion. Even if it means a scolding from Steward Hu, I must make the trip."
"That's wonderful! On behalf of Junior Brother Lin, I thank you first, Senior Brother Lu. Shall we go see Senior Brother Meng right away?" Kusheng was overjoyed. Though Lu Bianren now had neither power nor prestige, he was, after all, the third pavilion master with backing of his own in Qingyun Pavilion. If he was willing to step forward, Meng Jueming would not dare defy him to his face.
"No. We go straight to the Spirit Jade Hall," Lu Bianren said, shaking his head.
He knew what Kusheng had in mind—to have him bring pressure to bear on Meng Jueming from above, so that Meng Jueming would never target Wei Zhao again. That would be a clean, once-and-for-all solution. But he knew Meng Jueming: a man of great ambition and utterly pragmatic. His pressure might work on others, but on Meng Jueming it would have no effect at all. Meng Jueming might agree to his face, but he would surely comply in appearance while opposing in secret—and might even target Wei Zhao all the more viciously behind his back, achieving the very opposite.
By contrast, going straight to the Spirit Jade Hall and drawing on the network of contacts he had built up over the years would be a faster way to free Wei Zhao from the dead Mine No. 10.
Seeing that Lu Bianren had made up his mind, Kusheng said no more. So long as Wei Zhao was helped, his purpose was served. RS