Chapter 4983 — Two Thugs
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"That's hardly surprising. The Famous Elixir Sect may be headquartered here on the Central Isle, but word is they've built themselves up quite nicely over in the Eastern Isle too, forging ties with all sorts of powers there. This Zheng Dongyang appears to have some manner of partnership with them, which is why Tong Yangxi was able to bring him in. He may be Zheng Dongjue's elder cousin, but if a man chooses where to set up his own banner, even Zheng Dongjue has no say in it." Wei Shenjin explained.
"That's true enough." Wei Zhao nodded in sudden understanding, though a faint sense of wrongness still lingered at the back of his mind—only just what was wrong, he could not for the life of him put his finger on.
After a moment's pause, he turned to Wang Xinyan and asked, "By the way, how have things been at the Elixir Hall lately? Has Grandmaster Zhang come back these past two years?"
"No. The old gentleman hasn't shown himself in a very long time. These two years the Elixir Hall has still been Zheng Dongjue's to command." There was a sigh in Wang Xinyan's voice.
A situation that dragged on this long boded ill for her. Zheng Tianshuo had never once given up his designs on her. True, overawed by the Heavenly Dao Walker, Zheng Dongjue dared not do anything outrageous on his grandson's behalf—but now the Heavenly Dao Walker had gone to the Eastern Isle, and Zhang Lifeng, the Elixir God, came and went like a dragon glimpsed through clouds. The Elixir Hall was all but Zheng Dongjue's own word made law.
Should Zheng Dongjue ever take it into his head to do something ugly, Tian Chan would have almost no power to resist. Even with Hou Guanqi and Cai Zhongxuan—those nominal disciples of Zhang Lifeng—stepping forward to shield her, they could never hold back a Zheng Dongjue who covered the sky with one hand.
Wei Zhao had been prepared for such an answer, yet he could not help feeling a little disappointed all the same. His trip to the Central Isle this time was chiefly to see Tian Chan and Xueli, true—but he had not come without a thread of hope. If luck favored him and he could meet Zhang Lifeng, then those slumbering beauties of his might yet be saved.
Alas, it was fated to remain a lovely fantasy. By the look of things, meeting this master of his—bargain though he was—would be no easy matter. The hour of destiny had simply not arrived, he had to admit.
As the group talked, a clamor suddenly rose outside. Someone was shouting at the door: "Who was it that laid hands on our Famous Elixir Sect men just now? Get out here and show yourself!"
At this sudden commotion, the patrons inside the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion all rushed out, and a great crowd of onlookers promptly gathered outside, every one of them pointing and murmuring. The Heavenly Elixir Pavilion and the Famous Elixir Sect had truly locked horns today—this place was fated to know no peace.
Wei Zhao and Tian Chan exchanged a glance, then followed the crowd out the door. At once he spotted the middle-aged man standing at the very center of the throng, and the moment Wei Zhao saw the emblem on the man's sleeve, he froze.
"You're the Profound Ascension cultivator who wounded Diao Huanshan?" The middle-aged man's gaze snapped straight to Wei Zhao.
"That's right, it was me. Who are you to the Morning Star Academy?" Wei Zhao said with a slight frown.
The middle-aged man had come brimming with menace, but at these words he could not help being taken aback. He had not said a single word about it—how did this fellow already know he belonged to the Morning Star Academy?
Little did he know that Wei Zhao had spent so long at the Morning Star Academy that he had even come away with the title of honorary dean. If he could not recognize the Academy's emblem by now, he would have to be blind.