Chapter 4331 — Who the Hell Are You!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Second Brother, I'm heading up to my room first. You go relieve Third and Fourth on the boat at the docks—let them come out and relax a bit, have a drink and a meal, so they don't grumble behind our backs." Having given his orders, the man in black rose and went straight upstairs.
Wei Zhao could not help but start. By the look of it, this fellow was staying at the very same inn as he was! No wonder they had run into each other here. The old saying was true enough: enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.
The man in blue was somewhat reluctant, but he did as he was told, rising and heading out the door.
The corner of Wei Zhao's mouth lifted slightly. Quietly he locked onto the man in blue with his spiritual sense, then rose and followed him out. The fellow was an expert at the peak of the late Golden Core stage—but before Wei Zhao, a mid Golden Core, he was hardly an opponent. One could not quite call him an ant, yet he was no more than a weakling to be snuffed out with a casual flick of the hand.
Even though Wei Zhao had him locked with his spiritual sense, the man in blue never noticed a thing from first to last. He made his way all the way to the cordoned docks and vaulted into a cargo ship.
Wei Zhao looked closely—the ship was exceedingly familiar. It was indeed the very one from the escort job, only the distinctive emblem of the Qingtian Escort Agency had been scraped off its bow.
An ordinary cargo ship could simply have been left in a dockyard beside the wharf during the cordon; there would have been no need to deliberately station men aboard to guard it. But these fellows had guilty consciences—the ship itself was plunder taken midway, and they were counting on the goods aboard to turn a fat profit. Naturally they would not rest easy.
Wei Zhao waited from afar outside the docks. With his spiritual sense locked on, he had no fear of them slipping away. After a moment, two men came down from the cargo ship—the other two pirates from the original robbery, the Third and Fourth the man in black had mentioned.
The two chatted and laughed as they walked out of the docks, plainly off to find some place to relax and enjoy themselves. That meant that at this moment, only the man in blue remained aboard the cargo ship.
At the sight, Wei Zhao smiled faintly, strode over to the ship with perfect ease, and with a slight push of his feet leaped up onto the deck.
Then he walked straight toward the cabin. Tracking him by spiritual sense, he knew the man in blue was inside.
"Why are you back? Didn't I tell you two to go eat?" Since Wei Zhao made no effort to conceal himself, his footsteps carried clearly to the man in blue's ears—though he assumed it was Third or Fourth who had turned back.
At that moment the man in blue lay sprawled on a wooden plank bed, one leg crossed over the other, comfortably sipping his wine, thoroughly enjoying himself with his eyes closed in rest.
"No need. I've already eaten—and I ate together with the two of you." A teasing curve lifted the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth.
"Who's there?" The man in blue froze for a moment before it registered, and then his face drained of color. The full aura of his peak late Golden Core cultivation surged out unchecked as he jabbed a finger at Wei Zhao: "Who the hell are you, barging onto my ship like you own it—are you tired of living?"
"Oh? You're sure this ship is yours?" Wei Zhao could not help but laugh, leaning back lazily against the doorway. "But from what I know, this ship doesn't seem to belong to you, does it? This is the Qingtian Escort Agency's... or have you joined the agency?" (To be continued) R655