Chapter 3312 — Arriving So Soon
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"You're in trouble—how could I not come?" Wei Zhao said. "Don't worry about An Liwen. Leave him to me. This is no great matter."
"The Grand Elder is injured." Gu Mengyao sighed. "With her hurt as she is now, I'm afraid it will be a long time before she recovers, and she'll have no chance to reach the consummate peak of the late Heaven rank. It's a loss for the Dark Night Palace."
"Ha. Yao'er, say no more—I understand what you mean." Wei Zhao smiled. "The old woman had this coming. Let her be snobbish! Still, you're the Palace Master of the Dark Night Palace, so I'll help all the same."
"Mm, thank you." Gu Mengyao knew well that Wei Zhao held no high opinion of the Grand Elder, but she was the Palace Master now, and she could no longer weigh matters by her own feelings alone; she had to consider the whole picture. The rise and fall of the Dark Night Palace was a responsibility that rested on her as its master. "The Grand Elder may be somewhat snobbish, but no one can match her devotion to the Dark Night Palace."
"I know that. Otherwise I wouldn't lift a finger to help," Wei Zhao said. "Once this business is settled, I'll treat her injuries myself. Actually, I've also thought about raising your cultivation to the consummate peak of the late Earth rank—only I fear that if I boost your strength, it might hinder your own cultivation."
"Mm, no need for me. My own cultivation has been fast enough." Gu Mengyao did not seem much concerned. "But I wonder—will that lot come today? Wei Zhao, are you truly confident?"
"Rest easy." Wei Zhao smiled. "If I weren't confident, I'd have taken you all straight back to West Star Mountain Village and paid all this no mind."
"True enough!" Gu Mengyao could not help laughing at that.
"As for whether they'll come today—I'm certain they will," Wei Zhao said with conviction.
"Why? How do you know?" Gu Mengyao was slightly taken aback.
"There's a traitor in your Dark Night Palace," Wei Zhao said.
"A traitor?" Gu Mengyao's expression changed at once, though a moment later something seemed to occur to her. "Zhao Qibing?"
"The very same." Wei Zhao nodded. "It seems my Yao'er didn't get her position as Palace Master for nothing—you're quite formidable now."
At his words "my Yao'er," Gu Mengyao's cheeks flushed faintly, and she gave a little huff. "And here I thought I truly knew nothing at all!"
"Ha, of course. You can even keep me in line—running a Dark Night Palace is nothing to that," Wei Zhao said with a laugh.
A little embarrassed, Gu Mengyao ignored his teasing and turned the subject instead. "Zhao Qibing—that boy has some nerve. It seems the punishment I gave him was too light."
"Leave him be for now. Once this matter is finished, there'll be time enough to deal with him," Wei Zhao said with a wave of his hand.
"Mm, I'll do as you say." Gu Mengyao walked with Wei Zhao toward the Dark Night Palace's reception hall, and by this time the Grand Elder had also learned the news that Wei Zhao had come.
Though Gu Mengyao had full control of the Dark Night Palace, that did not mean these people had betrayed the Grand Elder. The moment Wei Zhao arrived, other elders had gone at once to inform her.
In the eyes of the ordinary disciples, the Grand Elder kept her doors shut to visitors—but the elders could still go to her.
"Elder Su, you mean to say Wei Zhao arrived swaggering, with no trace of helplessness or worry?" Hearing Elder Su's report, the Grand Elder found it strange. She had never thought much of Wei Zhao, and he had never shown himself before; yet this time, the moment Gu Mengyao called, he appeared. What did that mean?
Did he truly have confidence, or was he simply a hothead rushing to defend his woman, that swagger merely put on to intimidate the bandit gangs? In the Grand Elder's view, Wei Zhao likely had no great strength—for what other reason? If he truly had strength, would he have been hunted by those cultivators from overseas?