Chapter 3111 — The Shocked Eastern Jinxing
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It was plain that the Grand Elder of the Dark Night Palace was a different sort from the Grand Elder of Snow Valley. The Dark Night elder had changed somewhat, true, but a domineering temperament formed over so many years was not something that could be changed just because one willed it.
Nor did the Grand Elder intervene in the sweet talk between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao. Her attitude toward Gu Mengyao and her attitude toward Ye Rou'er were two entirely different things. There was no help for it—the two women's natures were simply different.
Of course, she still looked down on Wei Zhao a great deal, regarding him as nothing more than a wandering cultivator. So from the moment she arrived at Gu Mengyao's side, she had not spoken a single extra word to him.
Wei Zhao did not mind in the least. So long as the Grand Elder treated Gu Mengyao well, the rest did not matter to him. To get along with a person like the Grand Elder, one either had to be like Gu Mengyao—holding some leverage over her in certain matters—or be stronger than she was, like Mr. Yang in years past.
Mr. Yang. In truth, Wei Zhao had been puzzled ever since Gu Pengzhan first mentioned the man. Who on earth was this Mr. Yang, to possess such ability that he did not even place a Grand Elder of peak late Heaven-rank in his eyes?
Of course, Wei Zhao would never have connected the man to his own master. After all, he had no inkling of the great deeds his master and Lin Dongfang had once performed, and Lin Dongfang had not mentioned any of it to Wei Zhao even once.
Had it not been for the domineering air Lin Dongfang had inadvertently revealed of late, which made Wei Zhao suspect his master's strength was out of the ordinary, he would never have thought of anything else. Such matters were, after all, utterly unfamiliar to him.
"Oh-ho-ho, Xiaoshu is finally a concubine now!" Once Gu Mengyao had gone, Shen Yushu suddenly spoke up.
"Eh?" Wei Zhao was caught off guard by this baffling remark, though it took him only a moment to understand. He could not help but smile bitterly. "Xiaoshu, Yaoyao has already left, and you're still making trouble?"
"But I'm leaving too..." Shen Yushu said faintly.
At her words, it struck Wei Zhao all at once—yes, Shen Yushu was leaving too. In the blink of an eye, everyone around him would depart one by one... Perhaps, in the not-too-distant future, they would meet again. Wei Zhao looked forward to that day.
Back in the villa's living room, Wei Zhao sat on the sofa in silence. Everything felt like a dream—the eldest miss had simply up and left, and the villa suddenly seemed to be missing something.
"Earlier, Dongfang Buruo was probably coming for me. I never expected it to drag Yaoyao into it..." Xu Shilan was the first to break the silence. She felt it necessary to say something to Wei Zhao.
"I thought of that too," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
Xu Shilan was slightly taken aback. She thought to herself: of course. If she had thought of it, how could Wei Zhao not have? After all, it was Wei Zhao who had told her about her own origins and the Dongfang family's designs on her.
"This time they sent a mid Heaven-rank expert. Next time they may send someone even more formidable—could that drag you in as well?" Xu Shilan asked with some worry. "We can't very well go asking the Grand Elder for help, can we? Yaoyao has gone to the Dark Night Palace and is its new Palace Master, but in truth she hasn't yet secured her footing..."
"I know that. But... we'll meet force with force and flood with earth," Wei Zhao said. In truth, he too was worried. If the Dongfang family went home this time and let the matter drop and lowered their banners, all the better. But if they sent another, more formidable expert, Wei Zhao truly would have no way to cope...
"I'm sorry... I've brought you trouble..." Xu Shilan said apologetically.