Chapter 3157 — Tianchan's Longing

Ancestor Xuanchen was thoroughly satisfied. He had expected to have to do a fair amount of persuading, but Tianchan had proved so reasonable. Still, Ancestor Xuanchen had been considering things from the standpoint that Tianchan was a girl; yet judging by what he saw now, these past few years of disguising herself as Tiancan Bian had made Tianchan's temperament far more like a man's. So Ancestor Xuanchen had no misgivings either, and took Kang Jingming away with him.

After Ancestor Xuanchen had gone off with Kang Jingming, only Tianchan and Xiao Taohong were left in the room. Tianchan then spoke up: "When the time comes, you'll go apply for a position at Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals. Do whatever the job asks of you. You may get on good terms with Kang Xiaofeng, but there's no need to go out of your way to seduce him. Whatever Kang Jingming says to you, you can simply ignore; just see to your own duties. As for that file, don't give it a thought for now."

"Yes, Young Sect Master," Xiao Taohong answered at once. Truth be told, if she did not have to sacrifice her charms, Xiao Taohong was more than willing to go out into the secular world and see something of it. After all, she had grown up inside the Xuandan Sect and had never had any contact with the outside world. She would not complain about it, but who does not yearn for those new and unfamiliar things?

If there was a chance, Xiao Taohong would be quite glad to take a stroll through the secular world.

Tian Die'er worked with remarkable efficiency. That very evening, a file on Kang Xiaofeng was delivered into Tianchan's hands! The Blood-Robe Huangquan Sect might not employ high-tech methods, but that did not rule out Tian Die'er's using them. There were plenty of reports about Kang Xiaofeng and Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals; one had only to look and they could be found. As for Kang Xiaofeng's own history, a few inquiries among his former classmates would yield a fairly accurate picture.

When Tianchan saw that Kang Xiaofeng had been Wei Zhao's first underling, she could not help but be a little surprised. She had not expected Kang Xiaofeng and Wei Zhao to share that connection...

Kang Xiaofeng was Wei Zhao's underling, and Xiao Taohong was her own maidservant... If Xiao Taohong really did end up with Kang Xiaofeng, that would not count as a loss for her... Suddenly Tianchan realized she seemed to be thinking too much. Why had she suddenly started turning over such muddled matters?

It made Tianchan's cheeks grow a little warm. Fortunately, only Tian Die'er was in the room, and Tian Die'er's worship of Tianchan was so blind that she would never think anything Tianchan did was improper, nor would she ever question her.

"This Xiaofen was a woman Kang Jingming cast aside in the past, and she jumped off a building? And she's a cripple?" Tianchan was rather astonished. Kang Xiaofeng truly was too magnanimous—to have actually fallen for Xiaofen!

As for Xiaofen's leg later healing, Tianchan was not surprised. She herself had been on the verge of dying from a fall off a cliff, and Wei Zhao had still brought her back to life; a single leg was no problem at all for Wei Zhao.

Still, these matters led Tianchan to one conclusion: Kang Xiaofeng was a decent man, and that set her mind at ease regarding Xiao Taohong.

After sending Tian Die'er away, Tianchan summoned Xiao Taohong once more.

"Young Sect Master, you wanted to see me?" Xiao Taohong had no idea why Tianchan had called for her again so soon.

"Kang Xiaofeng is a decent man. If it were possible, he would not be a bad choice," Tianchan said lightly. Even Tianchan herself could not say why she had said it—simply... to find a figment of an identity?

"Ah?" Xiao Taohong was taken aback. She had not expected Tianchan to say such a thing. "Young Sect Master, what are you..."

"It's nothing. This is the file on Kang Xiaofeng. Take a look. I only feel that if you stay in the Xuandan Sect, sooner or later Kang Jingming will be the death of you. Staying in the secular world is not a bad opportunity..." As she spoke, Tianchan set a stack of documents before Xiao Taohong.

"Young Sect Master, I don't want to leave you. Please don't send me away," Xiao Taohong said in alarm.

"Who said I was sending you away? I only want you to stay in the secular world. One of these days I may not want to be Young Sect Master anymore, and I might come looking for you. Then you will still be able to see me," Tianchan said. "You should understand what I mean."

"Ah... I understand..." Xiao Taohong was briefly stunned, then recalled that Tianchan was a woman. In the future, the Xuandan Sect would certainly need heirs, but Tianchan could not provide them. Only Tianbian could take over Tianchan's position, then bear children, and produce a new Young Sect Master.

Yet Xiao Taohong could never have guessed that Tianchan's thinking was simply because Kang Xiaofeng was Wei Zhao's underling...

"Yes. Take a look at this file. It will give you some understanding of what sort of man Kang Xiaofeng is, so you'll know how to handle him," Tianchan said with a nod.

"Yes, Young Sect Master." Xiao Taohong picked up the file on Kang Xiaofeng. It was extremely detailed: from Kang Xiaofeng being in the same class as Wei Zhao at school, to the feud with Kang Jingming's family, to attending the birthday banquet with Xiaofen and avenging her, to later serving as vice general manager of Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals—every last detail was written out clearly!

In fact, when Tianchan had first received this file, she too had found it rather remarkable. Wei Zhao had actually been a student? And according to the file, Wei Zhao had once seemed unable even to contend with secular families—a single secular Yu Family had filled Wei Zhao with dread, let alone the hidden families!

Yet in less than a single year, he had grown to such a level. It was truly inconceivable! From a Yellow-rank expert to a Heaven-rank expert in under a year?

Tianchan suddenly felt a sense of defeat. She and Bingtang were both among the very finest talents of the ancient plane. Apart from people like Zhang Naipao, who cultivated by extreme means, those who could break through to the Heaven rank without taking pills were exceedingly rare!

Even so, it had taken them more than ten years—not like Wei Zhao, who had set foot on the Heaven rank in under a year! Previously, Tianchan had felt that the gulf between her own status and Wei Zhao's was so vast that she could never have a chance to be with him again in this lifetime.

But now, having read this file, Tianchan's heart was suddenly filled with hope once more! If Wei Zhao were given a little more time, the ancient plane would no longer be an obstacle to him—just as the family plane and the hidden plane had once been, they would all become stepping stones for Wei Zhao's soaring ascent.

And when that moment came, even Ancestor Xuanchen would be unable to pose a threat to Wei Zhao! Now Tianchan also understood why Ancestor Xuanchen was so wary of Wei Zhao. Given time, they would likely all be no match for him!

[I have to attend an event at Qidian and have no time to write, so my stockpile can only sustain one update a day. My apologies! Normal updates resume on the 1st! The Yuren Qidian Readers' Club event will be on Wednesday the 30th, 3:30–5:00 p.m., at Zhihong Hall, Library and Information Center, Shanghai University of Engineering Science (Songjiang Campus, 333 Longteng Road, Songjiang). Readers in the area are welcome to attend!] RS