Chapter 4960 — The Guild Master Strikes
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Yet unexpectedly, Chang Minghui merely shot the two of them a venomous look, and the Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle swiftly climbed into the clouds and vanished from sight. He had simply left.
"This..." The battle had ended so abruptly that Liu Ziqi could not react in time, and he stared blankly at Wei Zhao.
"What a pity." Wei Zhao, however, shook his head with a bitter smile. He had already guessed why the other man had suddenly departed—because this had been the most crucial link in his plan. Had it succeeded, Chang Minghui truly would have died here tonight. But for such a vicious, domineering creature to turn and flee without hesitation the moment he sensed something amiss—one hardly knew what to say.
Chang Minghui was no mindless fool, after all. The man was merely crude and arrogant on the surface; when the critical moment truly came, he would never do anything stupid. It had been so at the banquet earlier, and it was so now.
"Master Lin, Zhuang has arrived a step late and given you a fright. Your wounds—are they serious?" Zhuang Yifan suddenly appeared out of thin air before the two of them, addressing Wei Zhao with a face full of concern.
Only now did Liu Ziqi understand—so this was who had come. No wonder Chang Minghui had fled so suddenly. Had he not run, he truly would have died here tonight. With Zhuang Yifan's strength, once he set his heart on killing, there would be no way out for him at all.
"Oh, it's nothing," Wei Zhao said with a faint shake of his head.
"I am truly sorry. Zhuang was preparing to enter seclusion to take the Earth-Solidifying Pill, and only just now did I sense something amiss. I never imagined that creature Chang Minghui would be so utterly audacious as to dare strike at Master Lin so openly in League territory. Had he not fled so swiftly, Zhuang would have seen his blood spilled three feet across the ground today!" Zhuang Yifan said, his face somewhat unable to hide his embarrassment.
"Guild Master Zhuang need not blame himself so. I was not badly hurt in any case. The attack came without warning—it is quite normal that he escaped." Though he said this, Wei Zhao's expression at that moment was rather intriguing.
"No, no. For such a thing to happen to Master Lin in League territory, I, as Guild Master, cannot escape blame no matter what. It seems those good-for-nothings in the guard corps are overdue for a thorough housecleaning—a thing like this happens and they show not the slightest response. A pack of useless sacks," Zhuang Yifan could not help but vent his anger.
Wei Zhao and Liu Ziqi exchanged a glance and said nothing. From the start of the clash with Chang Minghui until now, a full half-incense stick's time had passed, and yet not a single one of the League guard corps' many Mountain-Opening stage experts had arrived. That really was hard to justify.
"How about this: Master Lin, the two of you come with me to the League branch. The League's finest healers are there, and wounds should not be delayed," Zhuang Yifan proposed.
"That won't be necessary. I know a little medicine myself; treating wounds like ours is more than enough," Wei Zhao waved him off.
"Oh? I never expected Master Lin to be skilled in medicine as well?" Zhuang Yifan was taken aback, then clapped a hand to his head as it came to him: "Ah, see how poor my memory is! Master Zhang Lifeng was not only a Pill God but also the foremost medical sage of Cloud-Tier Island. As his closed-door disciple, Master Lin's superb medical skill is only to be expected."
"Heh heh. If Guild Master Zhuang has no other business, I shall go back and treat Aunt Liu's wounds first," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Yes, yes—tending wounds comes first. I'll see you off." With that, Zhuang Yifan wrapped Wei Zhao and Liu Ziqi in his true qi without further ado, and in the blink of an eye delivered the two of them back onto the treasure ship of the Morning Star Academy.