Chapter 4606 — Utterly Ignored
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
To this proposal there was naturally no objection. They were all set to sweep Wei Zhao away in high spirits. Since Wei Zhao was back, there was of course no need to take any South Island missions. Even Ma Dangfeng, who had been weighing on them so heavily moments ago, was now thrown clean out of their minds.
Ma Dangfeng's face went livid. From beginning to end, Wei Zhao had not spared him a single extra glance. It was as though he had become a clown of no consequence—to be ignored so utterly and completely. How could he possibly swallow such an insult?
"Stop right there!" Ma Dangfeng roared, and only then drew everyone's attention. Looking Wei Zhao up and down with cold contempt, he put on an air of lofty disdain: "So you're Wei Zhao?"
"Oh? And who might you be?" Wei Zhao glanced back at him, and only then recalled that this seemed to be the very fellow who had attacked Lu Bianren and the others just now—though his own hand had dispersed the blow. Had he not been so overjoyed at seeing Lu Bianren's group, he would not have been so dismissive as to forget the man entirely. Whoever the fellow was, he had dared to strike at his brothers, and there would have to be a proper reckoning.
That look and tone, as though regarding a common thug off the street, pricked Ma Dangfeng's overinflated pride once more. Everywhere he had gone before, he had been the radiant center of attention, the one everyone fawned over. Yet now that Wei Zhao had arrived, every eye in the room had drifted, consciously or not, to the other man. Ma Dangfeng, the top rookie king who thought so highly of himself, could not even earn a second glance.
"I'm your granddaddy!" Ma Dangfeng blurted out in a fury. A mere stepping stone, one he was about to trample underfoot, and the wretch dared to put on airs before him? He truly did not know death when he saw it!
At that, the crowd exchanged glances, and the looks they turned on Ma Dangfeng unconsciously grew a shade lighter. They did indeed think highly of this top rookie king of the Nascent Soul stage, but a true master ought to have magnanimity. Only petty street folk would open their mouths to claim grandfatherhood over others. Ma Dangfeng's bearing was truly hard to admire.
"Oh." Under all those watching eyes, Wei Zhao showed not the slightest sign of anger. He merely gave the fellow a bland glance, then turned his head and asked, "Senior Brother Ku, where did this madman come from?"
At those words the crowd outside erupted. Held back by Ma Dangfeng's fearsome strength, they dared not join in the mockery, but Wei Zhao had spoken with unmistakable pity on his face—a top rookie king of the Nascent Soul stage, dismissed as a madman. If word of this got out, how could the man ever show his face again?
This was the first face-to-face meeting between Wei Zhao, the former rookie king, and Ma Dangfeng, the current one—like Mars crashing into Earth. The spectacle alone had been sensational enough, and Wei Zhao's remark only added a whiff of gunpowder. The onlookers outside were instantly intrigued, and more and more people came crowding over at the news, until the threshold of the room was nearly worn through.
"This man is called Ma Dangfeng. He's a disciple of our Azure Cloud Pavilion too..." Ku Zhongle began to explain to Wei Zhao.
But before he could finish, one of the lackeys Ma Dangfeng had brought had already cut in: "Hmph, listen well, you ignorant fool—this is the famous Brother Qiang, now steward and Second Senior Brother of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's inner sect, and the top rookie king who crushed all before him at this intake's inner sect tournament. If you know what's good for you, get over here and kowtow to Brother Qiang and beg his pardon, or else..." (To be continued...)