Chapter 2955 — Who Is This Visitor?
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"Enough, Zhuang Niaopao. The reason our Pi Family came is that we have a Heaven Rank expert among us. Since we've arrived, we might as well work together to protect our leader. There is no point in dwelling on this." Pi Zhifeng stepped in to smooth things over.
"That's true." Zhuang Niaoqiang gave Zhuang Niaopao a meaningful glance, signaling him not to keep dwelling on it. In his heart, he had already guessed the likely reason. Perhaps because the Hidden Zhuang Family had been the last to pledge allegiance to Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao still did not fully trust them subconsciously, and so had not called for them.
But the more that seemed to be the case, the more eagerly the two brothers, Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao, pressed forward. Ever since they had begun cooperating with Zou Tiandi, the brothers often met with Zou Tiandi and Zou Ruoguang. They were always hearing the two men praise Wei Zhao as extraordinarily powerful. In Songshan City, the Zou Family had survived one crisis after another only because they had continued following Wei Zhao without wavering. Those who had been fickle and thought themselves clever, families such as the Golden Bell Sect, had all perished.
The Hidden Zhuang Family had therefore been influenced little by little. They came to believe that following Wei Zhao was the best choice. Thus, when they heard that Wei Zhao had been injured, their first thought was not of the Zhuang Family's future, but of coming immediately to protect him.
In their eyes, Wei Zhao's recovery was a certainty. They had not taken his injuries particularly seriously at all.
Still, the arrival of the two Zhuang brothers allowed Wei Zhao to breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that his subordinates were still dependable after all.
Just as Wei Zhao was feeling pleased by the loyalty of his men, the villa received the first piece of bad news since his injury.
A sudden roar erupted outside the villa, deafening in its force. "Is this the residence of that junior named Wei Zhao?"
Disdain and contempt dripped from the voice. Wu Chengtian and the others were startled and hurried out through the villa's gate, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in black standing arrogantly before the entrance. His eyes were raised high, his nostrils pointed toward the heavens, and his entire bearing proclaimed that he alone stood supreme beneath the sky.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" Wu Chengtian sized up the man's strength. He was a peak Earth Rank late-phase expert. But Wu Chengtian had been at Wei Zhao's side and had even seen Heaven Rank experts. Why should he fear a mere peak Earth Rank late-phase cultivator?
"Are you that junior Wei Zhao?" The man in black glanced at Wu Chengtian, then snorted through his nose before asking.
"What business do you have with our leader?" Zhuang Niaopao found the man's arrogant attitude highly offensive. He might be a peak Earth Rank late-phase cultivator, but there were several Earth Rank cultivators on their side, not to mention Old Master Pi, a Heaven Rank expert.
"Your leader? Then you are all that junior Wei Zhao's lackeys?" The man in black looked at Zhuang Niaopao and the others in surprise. He had not expected Wei Zhao to have so many subordinates.
"Who are you, exactly? You keep calling him a junior, yet you are nothing more than a peak Earth Rank late-phase expert. Don't you find it embarrassing to talk like that in front of me?" At that moment, Old Master Pi stepped out as well!