Chapter 4178 — The Man in Black Appears Again
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Seek revenge, and he might well be killed instead. Forgo revenge, and he could not swallow the bitter rage; with the knot in his heart unloosed, it might even hinder his future cultivation. The man in the bamboo hat was now truly caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Am I just to watch that brat Wei Zhao run wild?" the man in the bamboo hat muttered, pinching his chin in unwilling resentment. Just then, a hand suddenly came to rest on his shoulder without a sound.
"Who's there?" The man in the bamboo hat was scared out of his wits, nearly frightened into madness. He sprang a step forward, then turned to look behind him, still pale with shock—at a mysterious figure dressed all in black, whose true face could not be seen.
Cold sweat broke out all over the man in the bamboo hat. He eyed the figure warily. To appear behind him without a sound, less than a step away, while he—a mid Golden Core expert—had not sensed a thing; if the other had meant to kill, he would already be dead a hundred times over. This mysterious man in black's strength was unfathomably deep.
"I have a way to let you raise your strength quickly. Interested?" the mysterious man in black said mildly.
"Raise my strength quickly? There's such a good thing?" The man in the bamboo hat gave him a wary look, then sneered. "There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Your tricks are far too childish, sir—you underestimate me."
In the jianghu there was far too much scheming and double-dealing; one careless step and a man could fall into another's trap. As a mid Golden Core expert, the man in the bamboo hat had seen plenty of such things.
"Heh, quite the guard you keep." The mysterious man in black smiled, unoffended. Then his figure suddenly flickered, vanishing into thin air, and in the next instant he stood behind the man in the bamboo hat.
The man in the bamboo hat's heart lurched again. Compared with this mysterious man in black, the supersonic speed Su Zhaohe had displayed on the stage earlier was child's play, not worth mentioning.
And he confirmed one thing once more: if this man wished to kill him, it would truly take no effort at all.
Yet the mysterious man in black clearly had no such intent. He merely leaned close to his ear, spoke a single sentence, and turned to go.
And yet that one simple sentence changed the man in the bamboo hat's expression at once, and his attitude underwent a complete about-face. He nodded hurriedly in agreement and followed the mysterious man in black away, his face full of conviction.
A short while later, the man in the bamboo hat was in an underground secret chamber, injected with some kind of potion and circulating his energy to digest its power.
At the same time, directly above that chamber, in an elegantly appointed private room, the man in black was reporting with the utmost deference to a mysterious woman.
"I have already injected him with the potion, and taught him the knack for digesting its power," the man in black reported, head bowed.
"Good." The mysterious woman nodded as she went on arranging flowers.
"But, if I may make so bold as to ask, sir—what potion is this, exactly?" the man in black could not help asking in some puzzlement. This was the first time he had come across such a potion; he had never seen its like before, which, given his level and standing, was a rare thing indeed.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. You've been with us long enough—do you not even understand these rules?" A note of displeasure crept into the mysterious woman's flat tone. (To be continued..) R527