Chapter 1474 — One Acquaintance After Another, Though This Is an Internal Matter of the Hidden Zhao and Hidden Yu Families, and None of Wei Zhao's Business
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Wei Zhao counted four cars in all, their license plates from four different places. The Hummer in the middle, however, bore a plate from a city near Songshan City.
After the cars parked one by one, several people got out of the other three and hurried over to the Hummer, all but fawning as they vied with one another to open its door.
A good while passed before two legs emerged from the Hummer.
"This one... puts on even more airs than the last..." Yu Bing said, speechless. "But this one clearly has some strength. Of the youths beside the Hummer, I know two - experts of the hidden Zhuang family. For them to bow and scrape like that, this person must be neither from a hidden family nor an ordinary sect. If my guess is right, he's from one of the ancient sects!"
"People from the ancient sects have come too..." Wei Zhao was rather startled. "But isn't the Ice Palace an ancient sect as well? Why would people from other ancient sects come to take part in its trial?"
"As far as I know, the ancient sects may take part in one another's trials; they simply don't have to pay the steep deposit we do. Their participation is a matter of friendly courtesy - a way of tempering their disciples. But the last Ice Palace trial had no such rule. It was a provisional arrangement made at another ancient sect's trial, and it seems the Ice Palace has followed their example this time," Yu Bing explained.
"I see." Wei Zhao nodded. "With these ancient sect disciples joining in, the fairness of this trial will be plainly skewed. The way these people fawn on the ancient sect disciples says it all."
"Exactly!" Yu Bing smiled bitterly. "These ancient sect disciples aren't necessarily all that formidable, but their name carries weight, and some scions of hidden families just love to cling to their coattails."
Zhang Naipao was tasting what it was to be a leader for the first time. He had never imagined that the name of an ancient sect would be so sought after - and as an inner sect disciple of the Tomorrow and Tomorrow Sect, he was all the more an object of flattery for these scions of hidden families!
Though the Tomorrow and Tomorrow Sect had a poor reputation among the ancient sects and was called a demonic sect, its strength was formidable. Its old ancestor in particular was a peak late Heaven Rank existence; ordinary Heaven Rank experts were beneath his notice.
This was why Zhang Naipao, an expert of only peak mid Profound Rank, was fawned over and flattered by so many hidden family scions!
Zhang Naipao's advancement had, in fact, been swift. He was a diligent man, and he kept one thing constantly in mind: to win fame and success as soon as possible, then descend the mountain and avenge Brother Liang! Though his life now was glamorous, he understood that all of it had been given to him by Brother Liang, and he would not fail the hopes Brother Liang had placed in him!