Chapter 2794 — Rumors of Zhang Naipao
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"That I don't know. Though I make my living selling information, some secrets are too closely guarded even for me to uncover." Ge Xian shook his head.
"You sell information?" Wei Zhao was taken aback.
"That's right. I'm a loose cultivator with no backing and no cultivation resources. To trade for resources, I can only survive by selling information. Of course, I have my own methods and connections," Ge Xian said. "In the cultivation world they call me Ge the Half-Immortal, to describe how I can divine and calculate—but really it's just that I have a great many information channels."
Wei Zhao nodded. A loose cultivator who could reach Ge Xian's level was no ordinary loose cultivator; each had his own set of survival rules. Otherwise, in a cultivation world where the weak were prey to the strong, it was very hard to get by—without ability, one could scarcely take a single step.
Wei Zhao was about to ask something more when a commotion came from outside the dining hall. Then a young man pushed the door open first, but instead of walking on into the hall, he held the door and gestured for someone to enter. Right after, another man stepped into the dining hall—and to Wei Zhao's surprise, it was Zhang Naipao!
Zhang Naipao strode into the dining hall with an air of importance, while the man who had opened the door said respectfully, "Brother Pao, please take your seat..."
Behind Zhang Naipao followed another man, equally deferential. Both were disciples of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect and Zhang Naipao's attendants. The last time at the Ice Palace, Zhang Naipao had been injured, so this time, for his safety, the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect had sent two more attendants. Both were stronger than Zhang Naipao himself—both were mid Heaven Rank experts.
In fact, both of them were Zhang Naipao's senior brothers. Even if Zhang Naipao was the direct disciple of the Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable, there was no need for such deference—but now Zhang Naipao had become the trusted junior of the Mad Dragon Patriarch of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect. Though his rank in the hierarchy had not changed, which disciple below dared truly treat Zhang Naipao as a junior brother anymore?
Calling Zhang Naipao "Brother Pao" was already flattering him. Were it not awkward that Zhang Naipao was still the Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable's disciple, they might well have addressed him as Patriarch Naipao or Patriarch Mad Pao.
In truth, this Mystic Elixir Sect trial was highly dangerous. The Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect, as one of the advocates of the Cloud Rank Island plan, had long been suppressed by the Five Luminaries Sect—but Zhang Naipao was a key figure. However little the Five Luminaries Sect thought of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect, it could not make light of his life and death.
Zhang Naipao had come here for two reasons. First, after winning the trial, he was to obtain a Marrow-Washing Bone-Tempering Pill for Zhong Yongliang to take. Second, he was here to teach Wei Zhao a lesson. Zhong Yongliang had repeatedly suffered losses at Wei Zhao's hands, and now that he had become one of the Mystic Elixir Sect's patriarchs, he was naturally eager for revenge—but his own strength was very limited, so he could only send Zhang Naipao to take revenge. Moreover, when Zhang Naipao fought Wei Zhao, it would stir his will to cultivate and drive him to a higher realm.
Such was the mnemonic of Zhang Naipao's Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual: the greater the hatred, the faster he cultivated. Without hatred, he could not cultivate at all. (To be continued.)