Chapter 4046 — Scared Out of Their Wits
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At the sight, Murong Zhen turned pale with fright. She had no idea what Shangguan Tianxia was taking Wei Zhao out there alone to do—but judging by the direction the flying spirit beast was heading, it was flying straight for the dilapidated training ground where she and Kang Jingming had held Shangguan Lan'er captive!
There was no time to reason out why. Murong Zhen hurriedly slipped away from the Law Enforcement Hall, ran to a quiet, deserted spot, and sent a flying-hawk message to Kang Jingming, far away at the other end of the Northern Island.
"Shangguan Tianxia appears able to sense Shangguan Lan'er's location. He has taken Wei Zhao and is coming by flying spirit beast—flee at once!" Reading the scrawled note in his hand, Kang Jingming nearly frightened himself into a heart attack, and Cha Wu beside him went pale as death.
Their kidnapping of Shangguan Lan'er had been a follow-up move to the rumors from before, meant only to frame Wei Zhao—never had they imagined that Shangguan Tianxia, Pavilion Master of the Skyward Pavilion, would come in person!
With their paltry strength, they were hard-pressed even to face Wei Zhao, let alone a top-tier figure of Shangguan Tianxia's boundless powers. If such a man fixed his eyes on them, they would not even know how they died.
"A flying-hawk message travels little faster than that flying spirit beast. Deacon Kang, we'd best run for our lives—one step late and we're done for!" Cha Wu urged in a frantic rush.
Kang Jingming's terror was no less than Cha Wu's own. Loath as he was to see his carefully laid kidnapping plot cut short, in the end his own neck came first; Shangguan Tianxia and Wei Zhao might arrive the very next moment, and then there would be truly no escape.
"Wait! Even if we run, we can't just run like this. Do exactly as I say—hurry to Shangguan Lan'er and shout something like this... then run!" Kang Jingming said suddenly.
At this point, taking Shangguan Lan'er with them was utterly beyond his nerve. What if Murong Zhen's guess was right, and the man really could sense Shangguan Lan'er's location?
Still, having clawed his way up from the mortal world, Kang Jingming had no small store of cunning. Even if he could not take Shangguan Lan'er with him, he could at least shout a few words to muddy the waters.
Reluctant as he was, Cha Wu dared not argue with Kang Jingming at such a moment—every moment's delay was another measure of deadly danger—so he had no choice but to steel himself and do it.
Rushing to the ruined training ground, Cha Wu forced down the terror in his heart and, lowering his voice, said to Shangguan Lan'er: "Miss Shangguan, the leader says he kidnapped you this time just to stage a hero saving the beauty. He's going to come rescue you himself in a moment, to put on a show in front of your grandfather. Don't let him fool you—it's all his own playacting!"
Shangguan Lan'er lifted her eyelids, her long curling lashes fluttering twice. "What's that supposed to mean? This young lady doesn't understand."
"...It means Leader Wei Zhao is coming to rescue you soon, but it's actually fake! He wants to show off a hero saving the beauty!" Cha Wu explained helplessly.
"Rescue me? Then why does he have to fake it?" Shangguan Lan'er asked, puzzled.
"..." Cha Wu was going mad. Time was short, and this young miss's head seemed none too quick—she simply could not follow. He could only roar: "Just remember that Wei Zhao is a liar! That's all!"
"Oh, all right. This young lady's got it." Only then did Shangguan Lan'er nod.
To be continued. R752