Chapter 3072 — It's the Same Person

"Pfft... No way? Such a coincidence?" After hearing this, Wei Zhao felt that the matter was far too coincidental—his very first assignment after coming down from the mountains was actually to protect Feng Shihua's family!

"Yeah, I was puzzled before—why would you suddenly go protect someone else, boss? So this was the assignment!" Feng Shihua said.

"Since it's one of our own, then forget the money and all that. Just give me some cultivation resources, whatever you've got." Wei Zhao might be short on money, but protecting Feng Shihua's family meant he couldn't accept payment.

"That works too!" Feng Shihua didn't refuse at all, but agreed readily: "My father happens to have three hundred and fifty million in private savings. Boss, just take it and use it—this isn't a fee, it's me, as your junior brother, sponsoring you. I've heard about your company troubles too, so consider this my humble contribution!"

"Fine, then I'll accept it without declining." Since Feng Shihua had put it that way, Wei Zhao nodded and agreed.

"Oh, right, boss—the reason I'm calling is actually to warn you: the people causing trouble for my sister are from the ancient Eastern family!" Feng Shihua said. "Their backing is extremely formidable. Boss, if you refuse, it's no big deal—after all, I don't want you to bring trouble down on yourself!"

"The ancient Eastern family?" Wei Zhao's heart stirred, but he said lightly: "The ancient level, is it... It doesn't matter. I'm already a Heaven-rank expert now, and sooner or later I'll set foot in the ancient level. The Eastern family—I might as well get a look at them first."

If it had been any other family, Wei Zhao would still have helped, but he would probably have made Feng Shihua keep his identity strictly secret. He didn't want to make enemies of ancient sects for no reason—at least he had concealed his identity from the ancient Feng family.

But the ancient Eastern family already had a grudge against Wei Zhao. The death of Elder Dongfang would sooner or later be traced back to him, so whether Wei Zhao opposed them or not no longer mattered. Even if Wei Zhao killed a few more members of the Eastern family, it would only deepen the grudge; and if he didn't, once the Eastern family learned of Elder Dongfang's death, they wouldn't let Wei Zhao off easily either.

"Boss, have you thought it through?" Feng Shihua was slightly taken aback. He didn't know what Wei Zhao was thinking—he assumed Wei Zhao was doing this for his sake.

"Heh, of course I've thought it through." Wei Zhao laughed. "All right, I understand. Have that sister or cousin of yours contact me!"

"It's my sister!" Feng Shihua said. "Oh, right—my father concealed his surname earlier. Boss, please don't be angry!"

"Heh, I concealed mine too. Before you know someone well, there's nothing blameworthy about it!" Wei Zhao said indifferently.

"Got it, boss. I'll have my father and sister contact you right away!" Having settled the matter, Feng Shihua felt much lighter at heart—especially since Wei Zhao had said he was going to set foot in the ancient level anyway, and opposing the Eastern family wouldn't bring him any trouble.

"How did it go?" As soon as Feng Shihua hung up, Feng Tianqi asked hurriedly.

"The boss agreed. And he already knows about the Eastern family—but he's not worried. He even wants to use the Eastern family to get a look at the ancient level..." Feng Shihua said.

Feng Tianqi nodded and said with some feeling: "I have to say, Wei Zhao's growth over this past year has been astonishingly fast—from nothing to bursting onto the scene. The great families and the hidden families can no longer stop his stride. I'd guess the ancient level is in for another bout of blood and slaughter. It's fortunate that you established a relationship with Wei Zhao early on, Shipian. Perhaps Wei Zhao will turn out to be the last lifeline for us, father and son..."

Feng Tianqi hadn't thought much of Wei Zhao at first, so when Feng Shihua returned to the family, he'd also felt his son had been rash to acknowledge a secular-world lone cultivator as his boss. But as he watched over this period, Feng Tianqi came to understand just what kind of man Wei Zhao was!

A lone cultivator who wiped out a hidden family without blinking—what kind of means and boldness was that! And Wei Zhao had already made an enemy of the Mingri Fumingri sect, yet remained completely unscathed. What did that mean?

Everything pointed to one conclusion: Wei Zhao possessed abilities far beyond ordinary people. So making him Xu Shilan's close bodyguard was truly a wise move!

"Dad, it's great that you support me." Feng Shihua breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Feng Tianqi didn't oppose his pledging himself to a boss, which made him very happy.

"Of course I don't oppose it!" Feng Tianqi smiled. "I'll call Feng Sanmang right now and make the arrangements."

"Master!" Seeing Feng Tianqi's call, Feng Sanmang hurried to find a place where no one was around and answered in a low voice: "Is there something you need me to do?"

"Sanhuang, how has Xiaohan been lately?" Feng Tianqi asked.

"Master, the young miss has been very safe lately—no danger. But because of the attack last time, she's been keeping a low profile and hasn't gone to other cities for events," Feng Sanmang said.

In truth, it wasn't that Xu Shilan had chosen to keep a low profile lately. The real reason was that Feng Nitian had been crippled, and Feng Tianhu no longer had the heart to go after Xu Shilan—all his attention had been on Feng Nitian. Now that Feng Nitian was dead, he had set his sights on Xu Shilan once more.

"Mm. But Sanhuang, great danger is coming very soon!" Feng Tianqi told him. "The Eastern family's people are preparing to move against Xiaohan. That Dongfang Buruo has taken a fancy to Xiaohan and wants to... What's more, they're sending an early Heaven-rank expert to deal with you!"

"What! An early Heaven-rank expert!" Feng Sanmang was startled. He had never imagined that Feng Tianhu could mobilize a Heaven-rank expert against him and Xu Shilan. Had the Feng family changed hands? Had Feng Tianhu already taken over as head of the family? "Could it be that Feng Tianhu has risen to power and joined forces with the Eastern family? No, that doesn't make sense either—the second madam should be on the master's side..."

Feng Sanmang only understood the surface of Feng family affairs; as for what had specifically happened recently, he was too far away to know.

"You don't need to look into these matters. Feng Tianhu hasn't risen to power—things went awry by a strange turn of events, and that's what caused the Eastern family to make their move..." Naturally, Feng Tianqi couldn't easily explain that it was all the result of Dongfang Xiaocui's foolishness.

"But... an early Heaven-rank expert—I'm no match for one at all! What am I supposed to do?" Feng Sanmang's heart seized with alarm! (To be continued)