Chapter 4692 — Turn and Run
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A top-tier prodigy who could cross several realms and still fight above his level—that had always been merely a legend. Even looking across the prodigy-teeming Eastern Continent Academy, not one such figure could be found. Yet now, that legend was standing before her in the flesh.
Her heart was all towering waves and crashing tides. Only now did Huo Yudie belatedly realize why Wei Zhao had remained so composed along the way when traveling with Ren Zhongyuan and the others!
So this fellow treated killing a consummate Nascent Soul expert like child's play all along, while Ren Zhongyuan and his lot still paraded about with the airs of lofty experts—when in truth, they were nothing but monkeys putting on a show for an audience!
What kind of ruthless monster was this! Huo Yudie stared at Wei Zhao, her mind involuntarily wandering again. Ah, when they actually found the Thunder Profound Vine, would this fellow take a fancy to the treasure and just kill her? That way he wouldn't even need to give her a twenty percent cut—he could simply swallow the whole thing himself…
Huo Yudie was dumbstruck—and Xia Qianqian, shielded behind Qi Wenmo at that moment, was likewise wide-eyed, staring in astonishment at the utterly unruffled Wei Zhao.
In truth, tales of Wei Zhao had long been flying thick and fast across the South Continent sea region, and Qi Wenmo had mentioned him to her more than once. But hearing others talk was one thing; seeing it with her own eyes was quite another! Never in her wildest dreams could Xia Qianqian have imagined that the honorary chief escort Qi Wenmo spoke of would prove so terrifyingly formidable!
The Qingtian Escort Agency actually had such a powerful backer! A peak early-Nascent Soul expert was nothing much, but a peak early-Nascent Soul expert who could annihilate a consummate Nascent Soul in a single blow—that was an entirely different matter altogether. Even a fool could work it out: as long as such a figure did not die young, he was bound to grow into a top-tier existence of the Five Great Cloud-Tier Islands in the future—of that there was no doubt!
Xia Qianqian could not help giving herself a reminder. It seemed that once she returned this time, she must tell her father all about today's events. She had rather feared her father might disapprove of her affairs with Qi Wenmo, but now, having witnessed Wei Zhao's astonishing display, her worries evaporated entirely.
As the helmsman of the Treasure Ship Transport Company, her father's judgment far exceeded her own. As the saying went, when one man attains the Way, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Qi Wenmo's own background and strength were hardly weak to begin with, and now with Wei Zhao as such a formidable supporter—one who could casually refine him Condensation Golden Cores, with a strength terrifying to such a degree—anyone at all would refuse to let such a figure slip by, let alone a merchant as shrewd and discerning as her father.
"Heh heh, looks like you owed me quite a bit from a past life, Brother Ling—and this life you've come to repay the debt by bailing me out!" Qi Wenmo laughed heartily and stepped forward to give Wei Zhao a bear hug. Wei Zhao's prowess had long been deeply ingrained in his heart: even the Old West Mountain Sect, that colossal devil-cultivator force of the Mountain-Opening stage, had been powerless against his brother—let alone some mere consummate Nascent Soul!
"I'd say it's the three of them instead—these three fellows risked their lives to create an opportunity for you two. Compared to such righteous souls who laid down their lives to set the rhythm, I'm far behind. I just came along to play a minor role and wrap things up." Wei Zhao chuckled. (To be continued…)