Chapter 4815 — I Just Want to Say a Few Words
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
And Wei Zhao's first plan was naturally to go visit Morning Star Academy. Although he had no need to worry about Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao's circumstances, since he had rarely made the trip to the Eastern Continent, he naturally ought to go see them and catch up properly.
Although they were in the same Yellow-Tier Seas, this was the Eastern Continent—the Yellow-Tier Seas alone was already larger than all the seas of the Southern Continent put together—so Morning Star Academy was not exactly close, though fortunately it was not too far either.
After getting a map from Chen Xinglan and studying it carefully, Wei Zhao found that even without a flying spirit beast, it was only a few days' journey from here to Morning Star Academy. Of course, that was measured by his own speed; an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivator would have to walk for a month or more. After all, no normal person would be so extravagant as to use movement techniques and martial arts just to travel—only a fool would do such a thing.
Once everything was settled, he specifically sent word to invite Liu Ziqi and Huo Yudie over as well, and after everyone had a meal together, Wei Zhao finally took his leave of them all and set off.
During these two months at Xiangyun Academy, Wei Zhao had specifically sent Huo Yudie back to Chenjiao Academy to investigate one matter, a matter he cared about a great deal! It concerned that mortal-world woman who had offended Yao Jiali and was ultimately secretly released by Huo Yudie.
Just who was this mortal-world woman, and was she or was she not one of his own beloved companions? Wei Zhao had been uneasy about this all along, eager to know the answer.
Yet although Huo Yudie had spent considerable effort investigating, and even Liu Ziqi had stepped in to help, they had still been unable to reach any concrete conclusion. Even Chenjiao Academy's records concerning that mortal-world woman were exceedingly sparse, and since her disappearance she had vanished from the world as completely as if she had evaporated, never to appear again.
There was only one thing known: the woman had gone by the alias "Xiao Nian."
Wei Zhao was utterly helpless in the face of this result. Knowing only an alias, there was simply no way to determine who the woman really was—after all, upon arriving in such a completely unfamiliar place, anyone might use a false name.
Helpless as he was, Wei Zhao could not afford to keep pouring himself into this matter indefinitely. The woman had already vanished, and lingering here further was meaningless. Better to go first to Morning Star Academy and see Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao; as for the matter of this mortal-world woman, he could only look into it again when the chance arose later.
Ning Xuefei and the others escorted him all the way to the academy gate. Wei Zhao was just about to wave farewell when a man not far ahead suddenly walked straight toward him, looking as though he had been waiting at the gate for some time.
"Stop right there!" Before the man could get near Wei Zhao, Leng Rufeng suddenly blocked his path. He now styled himself Wei Zhao's junior, so naturally he would not let anyone come disturb Wei Zhao.
"I..." The man was startled on the spot. Even without releasing his aura, a cultivator of Leng Rufeng's strength exerted a pressure that ordinary people could not withstand. The fellow stumbled back several steps and nearly tripped over his own feet. He had apparently meant to say something more, but one glance from Leng Rufeng and he immediately did not dare speak.
Wei Zhao glanced at him without a word, but inwardly he could not help smiling to himself. The deterrent force of this fellow Leng Rufeng was simply outrageous; this junior of his had truly not been taken on in vain, and he was perfectly suited to serve as a bodyguard.