Chapter 2785 — Vengeance Possible and Impossible
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"This..." Zhang Naipao did not know what to say. He was beside himself with excitement—though what he felt most was joy. Brother Liang was formidable again at last! Before, Zhang Naipao had remained respectful to Zhong Yongliang, yet as his own powers had grown, he had dreaded seeing Zhong Yongliang sink into mediocrity, and there had been nothing he could do about it. Now it seemed Brother Liang had been born to lead—wherever he went, he led, and the moment he joined the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect, he had risen to the top again!
"Naipao, I had high hopes for you to begin with, and now there is my master's connection besides—the future of the sect rests on your shoulders!" Chunyang Tianzun said.
"Yes..." Zhang Naipao was overwhelmed with emotion.
Gao Xiaofu was delighted too. If Brother Liang was formidable again, did that not mean his own fortunes would rise as well? The disregard they had suffered here would soon turn into flattery from every quarter. When that time came, as Zhong Yongliang's personal lackey, his own prospects would be boundless.
"Oh, right—where is that fellow Kuangniu?" Zhong Yongliang asked.
"Master, Patriarch Kuangniu is in seclusion at the moment. Perhaps..." Had it been Chunyang Tianzun on his own, he would never have dared disturb Patriarch Kuangniu at such a time—but Patriarch Kuanglong was another matter.
"Come on, let us fetch him out. There is something I need to discuss with him as well," Zhong Yongliang said mildly.
"Yes, Master. This way, please!" Chunyang Tianzun hastily gestured for him to go ahead.
"Paozi, Xiaofu, follow me. I am still used to the feel of you two at my back, playing my henchmen," Zhong Yongliang said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Brother Liang!" Zhang Naipao and Gao Xiaofu were both delighted. Formidable as Brother Liang had become, he was still the same Brother Liang as before, still treating them as his underlings.
Chunyang Tianzun could not help smiling wryly. It seemed his master's temperament had changed as well—though that was no bad thing. The old master had always worn a stern face and been so severe that he had been afraid just to look at him; the present master was far more easygoing.
The party made their way together to the place where Patriarch Kuangniu was in seclusion, and Chunyang Tianzun went to summon him. With Zhong Yongliang backing him up, he was afraid of nothing.
Patriarch Kuangniu was in the midst of seclusion. Over the years, though he had risen to the peak of the late Heaven Rank, he had not cultivated his way to Great Perfection. Though only a hair's breadth separated him from it, a miss was a miss, and so he spent the greater part of his time in seclusion striving to break through.
Hearing Chunyang Tianzun's summons, Patriarch Kuangniu immediately knitted his brows. He had said that unless the sect faced a crisis of life and death, he was not to be summoned. Yet no warning signal had been sent up in the sect, so they could hardly be in danger. What, then, did Chunyang Tianzun want with him?
"Chunyang, what is it?" Though Patriarch Kuangniu was angry, Chunyang Tianzun was the master of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect after all and would not kick up a fuss over nothing, so he asked with forced patience.
"Patriarch Kuangniu, my master has returned!" Chunyang Tianzun said hastily.
"What? What did you say? Your master has returned? Have you lost your mind? How many years has your master been in the ground?" Patriarch Kuangniu was stunned. "Have you not woken up from some midnight dream?"
"No, Patriarch Kuangniu, my master's primordial spirit has seized a body—he has truly come back!" Chunyang Tianzun hurried to explain.
"What? He seized a body?" Patriarch Kuangniu shot to his feet and strode quickly out, only to see Zhong Yongliang smiling at him not far away. Somehow, that smile gave him a familiar feeling!