Chapter 4187 — Xu Lingchong's New Partner
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"But Su Zhaohe is only at the early Golden Core stage, and Xu Lingchong is an expert at the mid Golden Core stage!" Shangguan Lan'er could not help reminding him.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. Though he was only at the early Golden Core stage, he had broken through perfectly and was the strongest of Golden Core cultivators; even facing a mid-stage expert he would be more than a match. He might not be able to kill the man in a single blow, but suppressing him would be no trouble at all—of this he was confident.
"Then you'd better be careful, little junior brother. I once caught a distant glimpse of Xu Lingchong, and I felt that this fellow really did seem different from before—from afar he carried an indescribable air of wickedness, neither yin nor yang, and he's been back several days now without once coming to pester me." Shangguan Lan'er blinked her big eyes as she spoke.
With the old Xu Lingchong, whether there was any business or not, he would come pestering her every few days. To be ignored like this now was as good as the sun rising in the west.
"As for that neither-yin-nor-yang business, you can't blame Xu Lingchong for it—the source of it lies with Little Bai." Wei Zhao could not help but smile. Xu Lingchong had been snipped clean off; if he could still be manly, that would truly be a ghost story.
As the two were talking, Zhong Yongliang came charging in along the distant forest path, winking and grimacing at Wei Zhao from afar. At the sight, Wei Zhao knew something was wrong; he said a word to Shangguan Lan'er and hurried over.
"Leader Wei Zhao, we're in big trouble this time!" Zhong Yongliang cried in his usual alarmist way.
"What is it?" Wei Zhao looked at him in surprise.
"Xu Lingchong is back, and he's transformed into a mid Golden Core expert—stronger than ever before! And his whole temperament has changed too!" Zhong Yongliang reported.
"Yes, I already know that. My senior sister just told me." Wei Zhao nodded, calm as ever.
"No, it's like this—I just heard it from his own mouth. He's now the deputy steward of Central North Island, and he's cultivated the Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual. The one who passed this divine art to him is a Central big shot called Lord Cannon!" Zhong Yongliang poured out everything he had seen and heard to Wei Zhao like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
"What? The Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual? Lord Cannon?" After hearing it all, Wei Zhao's expression could not help turning a little strange.
Seeing Wei Zhao's face, Zhong Yongliang knew they were thinking the same thing, and said at once, "Leader Wei Zhao, you don't suppose this Lord Cannon is that little bastard Paozi?"
"That... is really hard to say..." Wei Zhao knitted his brows slightly and asked, "You know Zhang Naipao best of all—can you be sure it's him?"
"I'd bet it's him!" Zhong Yongliang nodded heavily, then ground his teeth. "But that little bastard had better not really turn traitor. Damn it, if he dares to betray us, I'll personally do him in!"
"Yes, there's no way to verify this for now. Let's just watch and see how things develop. You keep a close eye on Xu Lingchong, that's all." Wei Zhao thought for a moment.
Having suddenly learned this news, he felt things had become a little complicated. What on earth was this unfathomable Center? How was it that there was one on Central Island and one on North Island as well, and both so powerful?
Back in the mortal world, Wei Zhao had already heard the name of the Center. An Liwen seemed to have been mixed up with them, and Patriarch Xuanchen had also cooperated with the Center. But at that time there were only a few bio-humans, and he had not paid them much mind. How was it that now, upon reaching Cloud Terrace Island, the Center's power had grown so formidable?