Chapter 2768 — A Strange Girl
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The two emerged from the treasure vault and retraced their way back along the path, but they had gone only a few steps when the Supreme Elder's expression shifted sharply!
Not far ahead, Mother Tang was leading Tang Zhi toward them.
The Supreme Elder halted in her tracks, which puzzled Wei Zhao; he looked up and saw that the "Snow Valley patrolling overseer" who had helped him just now was heading their way, and at her side was a girl dressed all in white.
Her face was bare of powder or paint, yet that pure, luminous beauty made Wei Zhao's heart lurch for no reason at all—an inexplicable stirring he could not name.
Just as Wei Zhao looked at Tang Zhi, Tang Zhi happened to see him too. A flash of emotion crossed her exquisite features, a thin mist rose in her lovely eyes, and she quickly lowered her head, afraid that her strange behavior might rouse Wei Zhao's curiosity.
Tang Zhi had never imagined that the person her mother was bringing her to see would be Wei Zhao! How had he come to Snow Valley? What was he doing here? But from the look of things, he surely had not come looking for her—for in that instant Tang Zhi could sense that Wei Zhao did not recognize her.
What a strange girl! Seeing Tang Zhi lower her head, Wei Zhao wondered what was wrong with her and wanted a closer look, but the Supreme Elder seized his hand and said, "Mr. Lin, we must hurry!"
"Ah... oh..." Wei Zhao was hauled along by the Supreme Elder, dragged quite a distance in an instant. The Supreme Elder was a formidable expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank, so Wei Zhao had not the slightest thought of resisting—and even if he had, he could not have stopped her.
Yet the image of that girl seemed carved into his heart, impossible to dispel. Wei Zhao wanted a clear look at her face, so he turned back—and just happened to see the girl lift her head and gaze at him as well.
At that ordinary meeting of four eyes, Wei Zhao's heart pounded. It was as if he knew her, as if in a past life he had glimpsed this beautiful girl.
Otherwise, Wei Zhao—who had seen no small number of beauties in his day—could not possibly have lost his composure over a single girl; indeed, he had still not even seen her face clearly, for in the moment Wei Zhao stood transfixed, the girl lowered her head once more.
Could this be what they called love at first sight? Wei Zhao was puzzled by this stirring felt at a very first meeting, the like of which he had never known before...
The girl grew smaller and smaller in Wei Zhao's eyes, gradually shrinking to a tiny dark speck until she could be seen no more—the Supreme Elder had dragged him far away.
"Supreme Elder, who is that girl beside the Snow Valley patrolling overseer?" Wei Zhao turned his head and asked curiously. He had even forgotten to check the girl's cultivation level.
The Supreme Elder's expression shifted slightly. In a cold, solemn tone she said, "Mr. Lin, do you not think your question is a trifle impertinent? Who she is is an internal matter of our sect. I am under no obligation to answer for Snow Valley's secrets. It is none of your concern. You came here only to make an exchange; now that you have your goods, you had best be on your way!"
"My apologies..." Wei Zhao shook his head, thinking that he had indeed been impertinent. Who this person was, Snow Valley was under no obligation to tell him; and even if he knew, it had little to do with him. Prying privately into another sect's affairs was rather taboo, so Wei Zhao had no choice but to let it drop.
Tang Zhi lifted her head. By now her face was streaked with tears. She stared blankly at Wei Zhao's receding figure and the direction he had gone, her fists clenched, her whole body trembling... "Yun'er, he's gone. Let us go back," Mother Tang sighed, unsure whether bringing Tang Zhi here had been right or wrong.
"Mm..." Tang Zhi nodded. "Thank you, Mother. One look at him, and knowing he is doing well—that is enough for me..."