Chapter 4364 — Reunion After Long Parting
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Anyone else, had their junior sister climbed so high and become a personal disciple of the East Sea Divine Nun, would have wanted to beat gongs and drums and let the whole world know—but with his retiring nature, how could he ever do such a thing?
Besides, in strength, potential, and depth alike, Wei Zhao was unquestionably a being of the transcendent first rank—and even that was modesty speaking.
Others might revere a Mountain-Opening titan like the East Sea Divine Nun as a god, but for him it was at most a matter of looking up with a measure of respect; one day he would stand shoulder to shoulder with such figures, or even far surpass them. So naturally he did not regard Huang Xiaotao's entering her tutelage as climbing some lofty branch—at most he judged that the East Sea Divine Nun would not treat Huang Xiaotao badly.
"That's true enough. Escort Huang always kept so quiet about it—anyone who didn't know would truly find it hard to believe," Qi Wenmo said with a hearty laugh, then grew excited: "This is a joy of the first order—we must celebrate properly!"
For him and for the whole Qingtian Escort Agency, this was a day of great rejoicing. Three titans of the Mountain-Opening stage had come to their very door, and that alone was enough to make the Qingtian Escort Agency the center of attention throughout all of South Continent—even at the upcoming South Continent Escort Assembly to come.
And what gladdened Qi Wenmo even more was that Cheng Qitian was dead—and dead at the hands of the East Sea Divine Nun. That man he had endured for a long time, yet he had never found a proper way to strike; now, without the slightest warning, a great enemy had been wiped from his path as if from thin air. Even the legendary meat pie falling from the sky could hardly match this!
And beyond that, the long-vanished Huang Xiaotao had in the blink of an eye become a personal disciple of the East Sea Divine Nun, which meant that so long as the Qingtian Escort Agency stayed on good terms with Ling Yi, they would at the same time have won the friendship of this top genius of the Morning Star Academy.
He would not presume to say they could thereby make the East Sea Divine Nun regard them with new eyes, but even so much alone was an enviable connection—after all, a top genius whom even the three titans of the Morning Star Academy valued so highly was destined for boundless prospects. Who knew but that from here on they had found a great tree under which to take their ease in the shade!
Reckoning up one blessing after another, Qi Wenmo felt that fortune was simply beaming upon him—and at bottom, all of it had come to him through Wei Zhao. He suddenly felt himself to be a man of truly piercing insight, and thanked his lucky stars that he had spotted Wei Zhao at the docks that one time; only so had all these good things come knocking at his door.
Otherwise, never mind all these blessings—the matter of the escort robbery alone would have kept him in the dark from beginning to end, and he might well be playing the fool even now, danced in circles by that old fox Wei Zhaotong!
"Brother Ling, you keep the two young ladies company for a while—I'll go arrange the banquet and treat you all properly!" Qi Wenmo said excitedly, still unable to calm himself; excusing himself to the two women, he at once went in person to see to the preparations.
"Then let's sit a while in my room," Wei Zhao said with a smile, leading Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao to his own quarters. It was, after all, the finest guest room in the Qingtian Escort Agency, and its furnishings were quite elegant and tasteful; the small parlor attached to the room was just the place for the three of them to talk.