Chapter 1681 — A Call for Help
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"...Hello..." There was a pause on the other end before the word "hello" came out.
"May I ask who's calling? Is something the matter?" The line fell silent, and Wei Zhao felt rather baffled.
In truth, Xiao Ken was also gathering his words. He had made this distress call to Wei Zhao on impulse, but for a moment he had no idea how to explain the matter to him.
"I... I'm Xiao Ken..." Xiao Ken said a little cautiously. "Do... do you remember me?"
"Xiao Ken? Oh, I remember you! You're that boy from the orphanage, aren't you?" Wei Zhao pondered briefly, then recalled Xiao Ken—the boy who rather idolized Yu Xiaoke.
"That's me, that's me!" Hearing that Wei Zhao remembered him, Xiao Ken was suddenly rather delighted. "Do you have time right now...?"
"Now? What's the matter?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. It was already nearly eight in the evening—what could Xiao Ken suddenly want with him at such an hour?
And it was not Yu Xiaoke who was seeking him out, either. As a rule, anything concerning the orphanage would surely come through Yu Xiaoke; that Xiao Ken had suddenly called meant he must be approaching Wei Zhao behind Yu Xiaoke's back. This left Wei Zhao somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, I have something very important to tell you. Can I see you? It's urgent—really urgent!" Xiao Ken said with great certainty.
"All right. Where are you? I'll come to you now." Wei Zhao hesitated only a moment before agreeing. He had a fairly good impression of the boy, so if Xiao Ken needed his help and it was nothing too troublesome, Wei Zhao would still say yes.
"I'm at the orphanage..." Xiao Ken said. "I'll wait for you in the alley by the orphanage gate, then. I'd like to see you alone..."
"Fine, I'll be there shortly." Wei Zhao nodded. Hearing this, he grew all the more certain that Xiao Ken was contacting him behind Yu Xiaoke's back.
After hanging up, Shen Yushu asked, "Arrow Bro, it's so late—you're going out again?"
"Yes, a bit of business. Xiao Ken from the orphanage is looking for me—seems to be something urgent!" Wei Zhao said.
"Oh... then go and come back quickly... Sister Yao and I were just getting to the good part! After your Rising Dragon Fist, what did you do to that blue-haired fellow?" Shen Yushu had heard only half the tale and was rather impatient.
"Haha, I'll tell you the rest when I get back!" Wei Zhao rose with a smile, picked up his car keys, and walked out of the villa.
As for the matter of martial techniques, Wei Zhao intended to consult Uncle Qing. Jiao Yazi knew nothing of such things, and the only person about him he could ask was Uncle Qing—Uncle Qing had once been an Earth Rank expert, and would certainly have some understanding of martial techniques.
In this, too, the fault was his own: he had never before looked into the Earth Rank, nor known that the Earth Rank was a watershed, the true beginning of the road to the higher ranks. He had supposed it was like the Mystic Rank and the Yellow Rank of old—that one simply relied on true qi and the brute force of fist and foot to fight the enemy.