Chapter 4816 — Heading for the Morning Star
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"This... could I speak with Brother Lin face to face? There's a small favor I'd like to ask of him. I'd be grateful if Brother Leng would grant me the convenience." The man peered past him at Wei Zhao.
Leng Rufeng was just about to drive him off when Wei Zhao suddenly spoke. "Never mind, Rufeng. Let him through."
"Thank you, thank you." Only then did the man hurry over, and reaching Wei Zhao he bowed deeply. "Brother Lin, my name is Jiang Yuechuan. I heard you were preparing to go to the Morning Star Academy, so I have taken the liberty of seeking you out. I was hoping you might do me a small favor."
"Oh? Whatever you have to say, Brother Jiang, just say it plainly." Wei Zhao gave him a somewhat surprised glance. The man's cultivation was utterly ordinary—only the early Nascent Soul stage—and yet he actually knew Wei Zhao was bound for the Morning Star Academy. His information network was impressively quick. After all, Wei Zhao had never mentioned the matter to any outsider; he had merely asked Chen Xinglan to help him find a map.
"It's like this. I have a betrothed named Qin Chan, and she is at the Morning Star Academy as well. We have not seen each other for ten years now, so I hoped Brother Lin might carry a pill to her for me, just to show my heart. I would be endlessly grateful." Jiang Yuechuan made his request with an earnest expression.
"Ten years without seeing her? Then why not go see her yourself? The Morning Star Academy may not be close, but making the trip isn't all that difficult, is it?" Wei Zhao and the others exchanged looks of puzzlement.
"To tell you the truth, it isn't that I don't want to go—I simply cannot go at all." Jiang Yuechuan shook his head with a bitter smile and sighed. "Brother Lin, you may not know this, but disciples of a Yellow-Tier Academy are forbidden to travel to other academies on their own, except on official exchanges arranged by the academy! And the ones who qualify for those exchange slots are either the academy's own inner disciples or cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. I am nowhere near qualified!"
"There's such a rule?" Wei Zhao glanced at Jiang Yuechuan and shook his head, speechless. To him it had seemed the simplest thing in the world for Huo Yudie to come to the Xiangyun Academy; he had never imagined there was so much hardship involved.
"Indeed! Only someone of Brother Lin's standing and strength can roam the Yellow-Tier Seas at will, while I..." Jiang Yuechuan gave an awkward laugh, his expression gloomy. "My betrothed Qin Chan and I both come from poor families, and we have no connections in the academy. I imagine she is still at the Golden Core stage, just as she was ten years ago, so..."
"Very well. Seeing how deeply devoted you are, I'll do this favor." Wei Zhao nodded. The man's persistence reminded him of himself—had he not traveled thousands of miles to Cloud-Tier Island precisely to find a way to wake the Young Mistress and Yu Xiaoke and the others?
"Thank you, Brother Lin!" Jiang Yuechuan was overjoyed and hastily produced a pill he had long since prepared, handing it to Wei Zhao.
A Gestation-Forming Golden Pill? Wei Zhao recognized it at a glance and found his opinion of Jiang Yuechuan rising another notch. To an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, this Gestation-Forming Golden Pill was a rare and precious thing—and here was a man merely at the early Nascent Soul stage, bold enough to entrust a perfect stranger with such a treasure. That took real nerve.
"Heh. Aren't you afraid I'll pocket it myself?" Wei Zhao said deliberately. Since Jiang Yuechuan could not go see Qin Chan in person, Wei Zhao could have swallowed the pill along the way and no one would ever be able to prove otherwise.