Chapter 4614 — The Center's Attitude
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Young Master Xu, with our combined strength we need not necessarily fear that creature Wei Zhao, but the fact that he could so easily finish off Ma Dangfeng shows he is not to be underestimated. If we face him on our own, our chances of victory are uncertain. Perhaps we should first seek instructions from above?" Kang Jingming said after weighing the matter over.
"What do you think, Bro Meng?" Xu Lingchong turned to Meng Zhou. He might not take the others' opinions to heart, but Meng Zhou was different—his trust in Meng Zhou now surpassed that in anyone.
"Zhaoming has a point. Until we have sounded out the true depths of Wei Zhao's strength, we would do well not to act rashly." Meng Zhou's bearing had grown considerably steadier. He paused, then went on: "Besides, the higher-ups previously ordered us to gather information on Wei Zhao; this counts as completing that task, and it would be no bad thing to report in and ask for instructions at the same time."
"Fine, then it is settled." Xu Lingchong decided on the spot. Though dressing down Ma Dangfeng had vented a good deal of his anger, he still could not swallow the thought of simply leaving Wei Zhao be; better to use this as a pretext to report in and see whether the mysterious man might lend a hand.
Having written out the whole affair, cause and consequence, in cipher, Xu Lingchong released a spirit beast from the underground chamber—it looked like a vampire bat, tiny in body yet exceedingly swift. This was what the mysterious man had given him for communications; even a Nascent Soul expert would find it hard to intercept it mid-flight, so great was its safety.
Somewhere on North Island, the bat slipped silently into an underground chamber at a speed the eye could scarcely follow, when of a sudden its form was wrapped in a thread of true qi, faint as a trace and just as elusive, and the cipher note on its back fell straight into the hands of the black-robed mysterious man.
Reading through the contents, the black-robed man showed no particular surprise, as though he had long known of the matter. After musing for a moment, he rose and walked to another, more innermost chamber, where a woman sat—and before her stood, remarkably, a top-grade computer of a kind rarely seen even in the mundane world, apparently running some sort of computation.
"Miss Luan, this is the message Xu Lingchong has just sent. Please have a look." The mysterious man respectfully handed the note to the woman.
"Oh? He wants to deal with Wei Zhao?" The woman called Miss Luan curved the corners of her mouth slightly.
"Given all that has passed between them and Wei Zhao, such a thought is hardly surprising. But this time it was Ma Dangfeng acting on his own initiative—it seems he was frightened out of his wits by Wei Zhao's strength," the mysterious man said mildly.
"Only a year and a half in the Southland, and his strength has gone from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage—he can even dispatch a mid-Nascent Soul expert with a single casual strike. It seems this Wei Zhao has found no small number of fortuitous encounters in the Southland. Truly not to be underestimated," Miss Luan said, her tone unfathomable.
"Then what is your meaning, Miss Luan?" the mysterious man asked, seeking instructions.
"Keep them under watch for now, and tell them not to act rashly. I have already told you about Wei Zhao—leave him alive; he may yet become a card in our hand, and when the time comes he could prove very useful. But if he dies now, that lot might well go mad, and Dr. Li would be in serious trouble." Miss Luan spoke lightly. (To be continued...) R752