Chapter 4816 — Heading for the Morning Star
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Brother Lin jests. You are the consort of West Island, and you can casually produce seventh-grade pills to give away—a sixth-grade Gestation-Forming Golden Pill would hardly be worth your notice. Besides, you are a man of your word, which is precisely why I dared to presume upon you." Jiang Yuechuan's face was grave.
"Heh. It seems you know quite a lot about my affairs. Your information is indeed quick." Wei Zhao smiled faintly.
"I wouldn't presume. My strength is meager, and I cannot serve as a close guard to you and Miss Ning the way Brother Leng does, but after all I have spent ten years in this academy. On the strength of that seniority I have made a fair number of connections and have ears in many places. There are great services I cannot render, but if Ren Zhongyuan and his lot make any move, I can inform Brother Leng at once." Jiang Yuechuan offered himself.
"Very well, then I'll trouble you." Wei Zhao nodded. With Jiang Yuechuan passing along word and Leng Rufeng standing guard at her side, Ning Xuefei would have double insurance and be absolutely safe. Then he could set his mind completely at ease.
"It is only my duty." Jiang Yuechuan's face lit with delight. This was not merely a return of kindness; the chance to forge a connection with a formidable figure like Wei Zhao would greatly benefit him as well. Then he deliberately lowered his voice. "By the way, a few days ago Yi Xiaotian slipped off on a mysterious long journey. I don't know what he was up to, but the very first thing he did after returning was hold a celebration with Ren Zhongyuan. I suspect something is afoot, Brother Lin. You would do well to be careful."
"Yi Xiaotian? Good. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Let us part here, and meet again in time." With that, Wei Zhao took his leave of them all.
Huo Yudie and Ning Xuefei were both reluctant to let him go. They had long since steeled themselves for this, yet when the moment of parting truly came they could not hold back their tears. Only after Wei Zhao repeatedly promised that they would meet again before long did the two finally laugh through their tears, and each gave him an embrace before they could bear to let him go.
Even after Wei Zhao's back had vanished beyond the academy gates, the two women still would not turn away for a long while. Liu Ziqi and Chen Xinglan once again offered earnest consolation at length, and only then did the two finally snap out of their wife-watching-stone stupor.
After that, Huo Yudie did not return to the Chenjiao Academy. The disciple assessment was already over in any case, so she simply had Chen Xinglan arrange an exchange-disciple slot and stayed on to keep Ning Xuefei company.
Ning Xuefei could not have wished for more. Though Leng Rufeng and Yang Qianshuang were there to protect her, Huo Yudie was, after all, her true sister at heart. Many intimate matters could be spoken of only to Huo Yudie, and were not for outsiders' ears.
Once out of the Xiangyun Academy, Wei Zhao immediately activated the Super Butterfly Microstep and sped on his way. He had not felt it before, but now that he thought of soon seeing Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao, impatience swelled in his heart, and he did not wish to delay a single moment.
Yet barely half a day later, Wei Zhao abruptly halted his journey, changed course, and made his way to a nearby small town, where he found an inn and took a room.
Since the town was not far from either the Xiangyun Academy or the Chenjiao Academy, it still lay, by the markings on the map, within the sphere of influence of both academies—an affiliated town of the academies, so to speak.