Chapter 4977 — Taking Him Down a Peg
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Standing on the deck, Wei Zhao looked out over the bustling Yellow-Tier Harbor and could not help but feel a surge of emotion. His journey to the Eastern Continent had not been long—only a few short months—yet what he had been through had been full of twists and turns, and every last matter had left a deep impression.
Just as he was lost in reflection, Wei Zhao's eyelid suddenly twitched. Over Yellow-Tier Harbor a fierce wind rose all at once, and in the clouds of the sky above, a man and an eagle flickered in and out of view.
"Eh? Is that not the Life-Reaper? What is he doing here?" Okuda Qi's voice suddenly sounded from beside him. The man had always made a habit of dealing with the great personages of every faction, and Chang Minghui was a name of great renown in the Yellow-Tier sea, so there was no way he would not know him.
"He is here to kill me." Wei Zhao gave a faint smile.
"Truly? When did Young Hero Lin offend such a creature?" Okuda Qi was startled at the words.
"Earlier, on the Road of Giants, I beat his wife and son. Naturally he hates me to the bone. If not for him, I would not be leaving the Eastern Continent in such a tearing hurry." Wei Zhao smiled bitterly.
"Such a thing happened? I recall his wife, Zang Zili, is a skilled hand of the early Kaishan stage, is she not? You could even beat her?" Okuda Qi was once again stunned as though beholding a prodigy.
"That is hardly a good thing, or why else would this creature have chased me all the way here, reeking of murderous intent?" Wei Zhao shook his head with a bitter smile. He had still underestimated Chang Minghui's resolve to kill him. The man had clearly been badly wounded last time, yet so soon he had come back for another round—and chased him all the way to Yellow-Tier Harbor. That was truly beyond what he had expected.
"You need not worry. Since you have come aboard my ship, what use is it for this Life-Reaper to chase you here? Just stand here and watch—see whether he dares come one step closer!" Okuda Qi chuckled. By the look of him, he had not the slightest intention of giving Chang Minghui any face.
"This..." Wei Zhao could not help but be taken aback. He truly had not expected Okuda Qi to be so loyal.
"Heh heh, this is not for your sake alone. Come to think of it, I have a bit of a grudge with this creature myself. Back when I went to his wife to have pills refined, the wretch opened his jaws like a lion and wanted to stick a foot into my warship's affairs—the bullying was too much. This is the perfect chance to take him down a peg!" Okuda Qi sneered.
"Then I thank the captain. I am endlessly grateful." Wei Zhao clasped his hands in gratitude. If Okuda Qi had not stepped forward to shield him today, that scene from the South Continent sea might well have played out again—except that then it had been the Old Sect of Xishan chasing him across the world, and this time it would have been Chang Minghui.
As the two spoke, Chang Minghui on the other side had also spotted Wei Zhao's figure. After all, Wei Zhao stood openly on the deck; if a skilled hand of the late Kaishan stage could not even detect him with his divine sense, that would only prove him a fraud.
"So he really is here!" Chang Minghui was overjoyed. After seeing off his clansman Chang Tianwen last time, he had first gone back to settle Zang Zili and Chang Laiting. Both of them were now little more than living corpses—half-dead vegetables—and unless he could find a peerless healer of the medical dao like Zhang Lifeng to exert every effort to save them, it would be very difficult for them to ever wake.
This outcome naturally left Chang Minghui grinding his teeth with hatred. In his fury, he paid no heed to his own lingering injuries and pursued without hesitation to the Chenxing Academy. Yet he dared not descend directly upon the academy, and could only quietly seek someone to make inquiries for him—only to learn that Wei Zhao had gone to the Xiangyun Academy.