Chapter 4195 — Count Yourself Lucky
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He was, after all, an expert of the mid-Golden Core stage—merely disheveled, not truly hurt. Had he not been caught unprepared, he could never have been so easily handled by Wei Zhao.
Meng Zhou, standing beside him, was also raring to go. This time Wei Zhao had struck first; if he sought his own death, he had only himself to blame. The Sandie Pavilion's rules forbade launching attacks on fellow disciples, but there was no rule saying one could not act in self-defense when attacked.
Yet before the two of them could move, Wei Zhao was the first to speak, with a cold laugh. "Senior Brother Xu, the two of you are trespassing in my cave dwelling, aren't you? The inner-sect tournament is at hand—if the higher-ups were to learn of this, tell me, would you still be competing in it? Heh heh..."
"You! Hmph!" Xu Lingchong was instantly choked speechless. Only then did he realize that he had been the first to trespass, and by the Sandie Pavilion's rules, whatever they did after that was wrong—the other party could kill them on the spot with impunity.
Meng Zhou had no choice but to stop as well, yet he still refused to leave just like that. His eyes roved straight to the quilt on the bed; he itched to reach out and strip it back, to see clearly the face of the person inside.
"What? You two still don't wish to leave? Does that mean you want me to have someone see you out?" Wei Zhao stood between the two of them and the bed, and said with a cold curl of his lip.
"Hmph, we'll see about that!" Xu Lingchong backed toward the doorway in a show of weakness, while secretly shooting Meng Zhou a look—a signal for the two of them to strike at once, one from the left and one from the right.
So long as they could strip back the quilt and confirm that the one inside was indeed Shangguan Lan'er, then even bearing the crime of trespass would not matter. By then all eyes would be on Wei Zhao, and this fellow would surely die a miserable death!
Wei Zhao saw through their intent and thought to himself that this was bad. One was mid-Golden Core and the other early-Golden Core; if they truly struck at once from left and right, it would be nearly impossible for him alone to stop them both.
Just as the two sides faced off, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door—Miserable Senior Brother, Xiao Che, and the others had heard the commotion and come rushing over.
"Junior Brother Lin, are you all right?" The cave door stood wide open, and Miserable Senior Brother, seeing the tense standoff inside, asked with concern.
"I'm fine. The question is whether Senior Brothers Xu and Meng are fine," Wei Zhao said, casting them a cold sidelong glance.
"Hmph, count yourself lucky today. Brother Meng, let's go!" Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, Xu Lingchong, though unwilling, had no choice but to withdraw first with Meng Zhou.
With so many people drawn over to watch, if they forcibly made a move now, even if they did discover it was Shangguan Lan'er, it would do them no good—because in that case Shangguan Tianxia would not go after Wei Zhao first, but would come straight to settle accounts with the two of them. Such a fury was more than they could bear!
Watching the two leave in unwillingness, Wei Zhao finally let out a breath of relief. After saying a word to Miserable Senior Brother and the others, he at last sealed the cave dwelling and let Huang Xiaotao come out.
"Have they gone?" Huang Xiaotao cautiously poked her head out from under the covers. (To be continued..) R527