Chapter 3877 — Murong Zhen's True Intent
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Unexpectedly, before stepping down from the arena, Murong Zhen took the initiative to propose: "Young man, if you don't mind, the two of us need only swap rankings, and you may continue living in Cave Dwelling No. 15 at the foot of the mountain. How about that?"
"Huh?" Cha Wu was instantly stunned, and everyone else wore expressions of bafflement as well.
Murong Zhen covered her mouth and laughed, then said in a cloyingly sweet voice that made one's scalp tingle: "Oh, I'm a bit of a neat freak—I don't want to live in a filthy cave dwelling, and I actually prefer the little wooden hut everyone built for me!"
"Th-then... very well, thank you, Miss Murong!" Cha Wu said once he had come to his senses, hastily expressing his gratitude.
Though Cave Dwelling No. 15 at the foot of the mountain was the most wretched dwelling in the Welcome New Pavilion and beneath the notice of an expert like Murong Zhen, for him—a lowly figure at the very bottom of the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers—no matter how poor the spiritual energy concentration in that worst of cave dwellings, it was still far better than a little wooden hut outside.
Murong Zhen gave a charming smile that set every heart aflutter, swayed her hips, and stepped down from the arena.
And while Murong Zhen basked in the admiration of the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers, Wei Zhao and Meng Jueming, without prior agreement, both shook their heads in unison. What exactly Murong Zhen meant by this move, neither of them could understand.
In the newcomers' challenge tournament, fighting one's way up from the very last cave dwelling was the optimal strategy for accumulating as many challenge points as possible. No one would find it strange for anyone to do so—yet in the case of this Murong Zhen alone, it seemed rather bizarre.
She had enrolled midway and was now already a peak expert of the early Foundation Establishment stage, with a background as an elder of the Soaring Sky Pavilion; even if she stayed on at the Azure Cloud Pavilion in the future, she would not lack a patron. In theory, there was no need for her to attach such importance to this newcomers' assessment, already more than half over, still less to start step by step from the very last cave dwelling.
By Wei Zhao's and Meng Jueming's reckoning, for Murong Zhen to secure her footing here in the days to come, she would most likely use this appearance of hers to make her stance clear through action—for instance, challenging either Xiao Che or Qiao Hongcai, or perhaps challenging Wei Zhao directly. Only thus could she make Meng Jueming feel her worth.
Of course, other possibilities could not be ruled out—for instance, she might step forward to challenge Meng Zhou. That would earn her Meng Jueming's enmity, but it would equally serve as a means of asserting her presence; and with Wei Zhao's faction holding him in check, even Meng Jueming would be unable to do anything about her.
Yet Murong Zhen chose none of the above. Instead, she chose an approach no one had anticipated: challenging Cha Wu, who ranked at Cave Dwelling No. 15 at the foot of the mountain.
With this, what this woman was scheming, neither Wei Zhao nor Meng Jueming could make out at all.
In their eyes, challenging Cha Wu was a completely meaningless move on Murong Zhen's part. Even doing nothing at all would have been better—there was simply no need for such a superfluous act that only invited suspicion.
Or could it be that Murong Zhen's purpose was precisely to make Wei Zhao and Meng Jueming suspicious of her, thereby leaving the two of them hesitant and wavering?