Chapter 4187 — Xu Lingchong's New Partner
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Was the Center of the mortal world and the Center of Cloud Terrace Island the same bunch, or was it merely a coincidence of names, with the two having nothing to do with each other?
If the two Centers were one and the same, and could extend their tentacles into both the mortal world and Cloud Terrace Island at once, then this mysterious Center's power would be truly terrifying to hear of.
"All right, I'll do as you say, leader. By the way, Xu Lingchong has already reached the Welcome Pavilion. He wanted to see you, but found you weren't there, so he sent me out to keep watch. What do you plan to do, leader? Go back and meet him, or just ignore him altogether? I can simply say I couldn't find you." Zhong Yongliang asked.
"No need. I'll go back and meet him right now." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. "To be honest, I really am a little curious just what this Young Master Xu has turned into now."
With that, Wei Zhao turned and said a word to Shangguan Lan'er and Huang Xiaotao, then rose and returned to the Welcome Pavilion with Zhong Yongliang.
At the Welcome Pavilion, the cave dwelling's main door opened once more, and Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou came out smiling, walking shoulder to shoulder, one on the left and one on the right.
"This man is my partner from now on. You are to call him Brother Meng!" Xu Lingchong instructed Kang Jingming and the others.
"What?!" Kang Jingming was stunned on the spot. Just then Zhong Yongliang returned, and at the sight he could not help but curl his lip—no matter how he looked at the relationship between these two, something felt off, a little strange.
Since when had Young Master Xu become so courteous to the worthy? Compared with before, Meng Zhou had indeed become more unfathomable, but in both strength and status he could hardly be mentioned in the same breath as Si Haitao. Yet Young Master Xu had always treated Si Haitao coldly—so why was he so warm to Meng Zhou alone?
And he was even to be called Brother Meng? Meng Zhou had once been nothing but a bit of cannon fodder—when had his status risen so high that he now trod directly over the heads of their sort?
"Well? Where's Wei Zhao?" Xu Lingchong stood shoulder to shoulder with Meng Zhou, paying no attention at all to the crowd's strange expressions, and turned to ask Zhong Yongliang.
"I saw him heading this way just now. He should be back by now," Zhong Yongliang nodded.
"Good. Let's go take a look!" A cold arc tugged at the corner of Xu Lingchong's mouth, and he at once led the group, striding ahead toward Wei Zhao's cave dwelling.
At the cave dwelling's entrance, Xu Lingchong and his party came face to face with Wei Zhao, who had deliberately returned.
Looking at Wei Zhao, who now seemed reborn and remade, Xu Lingchong's cold, vicious gaze could not help but freeze for an instant; and Wei Zhao, sizing him up from head to toe, was likewise startled in his heart.
Clad in wickedness from head to toe, Xu Lingchong's present neither-yin-nor-yang air made him seem remarkably well matched with Meng Zhou, who stood beside him now and carried an equally eerie aura.
Before either side had spoken a word, the cold aura around Xu Lingchong suddenly turned savage and frenzied. The powerful field of a mid Golden Core expert poured out without reserve, pressing down on Wei Zhao's head like a mountain flood bursting forth all at once.