Chapter 3882 — Challenging Wei Zhao!
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She had merely been currying favor with Meng Jueming before, and had not thrown in her lot with him entirely. If she challenged Wei Zhao today, then regardless of victory or defeat, the greatest beneficiary could only be Meng Jueming.
When the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits—that principle needed no elaboration.
If, before this, Murong Zhen had not taken the rumored early Foundation Establishment Wei Zhao too seriously, then after witnessing the potential of both Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai, her thinking had already changed.
Even if Wei Zhao's strength truly was only early Foundation Establishment as others said, this was most certainly not an early Foundation Establishment to be trifled with. One slip, one moment of carelessness, and one might well capsize in the gutter.
So by Murong Zhen's original intent, she had not planned to challenge Wei Zhao today. But one sentence from Meng Jueming the night before had quietly changed her mind.
"It has been decided above: before long, I will take up the post of third pavilion master of the Welcome Pavilion. Whether that news is true or false, with your connections, Miss Murong, I trust it will not be hard to verify. And when that time comes, the post of senior disciple managing the newcomers of the Azure Cloud Pavilion will fall vacant."
That one sentence set Murong Zhen's heart pounding.
Over the past month or more, she had thoroughly investigated the matter: the reason she had been banished to the Welcome Pavilion was entirely the work of Lou Tianyou.
This man was not only Xu Lingchong's diehard brother but also the eldest young master of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion, with deep backing of his own. Add to that his spreading the tale of how she had once offended the eldest young miss of the Shangguan family, and Murong Zhen had by now become all but a rat crossing the street in the Soaring Heaven Pavilion. Even that Elder Murong behind her did not dare raise his head to speak for her, and others certainly would not speak up on her behalf.
Barring any accident, her becoming a disciple of the Azure Cloud Pavilion was already a settled matter. In the future, even if she entered the Three-Tier Pavilion, she would still be one of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's people and could never return to the Soaring Heaven Pavilion.
If she wished to rise in the Azure Cloud Pavilion, if she wished to take revenge on that eldest young miss, Shangguan Lan'er, she could rely only on herself.
As for the post of senior disciple managing the newcomers at the Welcome Pavilion, though it could not be called especially important or illustrious, nor did it carry much power, if she, Murong Zhen, could hold it concurrently during her newcomer period, it would be a most impressive and rare line on her record.
Then, once she entered the Azure Cloud Pavilion, she would immediately be promoted another rank. Such an opportunity was all but unattainable.
Murong Zhen wanted that position. And if things truly went as Meng Jueming said, and he was promoted to third pavilion master of the Welcome Pavilion, then he would be both her former superior and her immediate superior, with enormous say over who filled that post.
Meng Jueming saw through Murong Zhen's ambition and so set forth his condition: he would recommend her for promotion, and the price was that she challenge Wei Zhao.
"Judge, sir. Murong Zhen of the second cave dwelling at the foot of the mountain challenges Wei Zhao of the first cave dwelling at the foot of the mountain." Once on the platform, Murong Zhen cast off her usual coquettish, flirtatious manner, her expression more grave and stern than ever before.
Amid the uproar, Wei Zhao raised his head with no small surprise. He simply did not believe that a woman like Murong Zhen would willingly become Meng Jueming's dependent. For her to do such a foolish thing now, there had to be a reason behind it.