Chapter 3823 — A Bit Pathetic Indeed
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"Heh heh... Didn't you just say that the newcomer steward's duties include keeping watch at the spirit herb garden? Then just keep your eyes wide open and watch—won't that settle it? Or is it that your math was taught by a PE teacher, and you've no confidence in yourself?" Wei Zhao looked at Kang Jingming with a strange expression, his face saying plainly that he feared for the man's intelligence.
To be stared at by so many people with looks that said "what a fool," Kang Jingming dearly wished he could slap every last one of them into idiots. Unfortunately, that was hardly realistic—and even if he could raise a hand, he still could not beat Wei Zhao.
"Hmph. Silver tongue, sharp teeth. I'll be waiting to watch you cry!" Kang Jingming snorted coldly. Seeing that the newcomer challenge tournament was about to begin, he had no choice but to exchange a glance with Zhong Yongliang and turn to leave.
Zhong Yongliang sneered inwardly. You fool, you truly haven't been stomped on enough, have you? Leader Wei Zhao has been stomping on you all the way from the mortal world to Cloud Terrace Island, and you only grow braver with each setback! That psychological fortitude of yours really isn't something ordinary people possess!
Good thing I threw in my lot with Leader Wei Zhao long ago—otherwise who knows when I'd have been stomped into a sorry pulp again!
Watching the departing backs of Kang Jingming and Zhong Yongliang, Miserable Senior Brother and Xiao Che exchanged a look. Though they had relied on their sharp tongues to leave the strutting pair with a bloody nose, the eyes they now turned on Wei Zhao could not quite hide their worry.
"Junior Brother Lin, those spirit herb seeds—are you sure you can handle them all by yourself...?" Miserable Senior Brother held it in for a moment, but in the end could not resist asking.
Wei Zhao had not only claimed forty seeds for himself, but had also taken Xiao Che's and Qiao Hongcai's on top of that. Even though Miserable Senior Brother still had no idea that Wei Zhao was even holding on to Li Zhengming's and Zhong Yongliang's seeds as well, he knew at least one thing: if something went wrong on Wei Zhao's end, then in the spirit herb trial at the very least, their whole gang would be wiped out.
Given the circumstances of Qingyun Pavilion newcomers, a total wipeout was hardly anything unusual—but what worried Miserable Senior Brother now was that, after being provoked like this by Kang Jingming, Wei Zhao might well spare no effort in pouring his true qi into that enormous pile of spirit herb seeds.
Once too much true qi was spent, it would not only damage his strength—it might very likely leave openings for him to exploit during the challenge tournament. Even the strongest of experts could not avoid that, and Wei Zhao, Qingyun Pavilion's number one newcomer, was naturally no exception.
Even Miserable Senior Brother, always so honest and kindhearted, could not help beginning to suspect at this point: could this be a trap Meng Jueming and his people had set specifically for Wei Zhao?
Based on earlier speculation, after the appearance of that young master Xu Lingchong in the previous round, Meng Jueming was bound to make a big move—and that big move need not be aimed at Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai, those two underlings. It was quite likely that he would seize the chance to strike at Wei Zhao himself.
After all, with a young master Xu mixed up in it, if the result were merely to deal with Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai, that would be far too petty. To catch the bandits, one must first catch their king!
This worry was not Miserable Senior Brother's alone—even Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai had little trouble thinking of it. After all, Kang Jingming and Meng Jueming and the rest were all retainers under Young Master Xu, all one and the same gang; that they shared such tacit schemes among themselves was only natural!