Chapter 3331 — Carrying Another Person on His Back
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The familiar little town. In the blink of an eye, the events of more than half a year ago were still vivid before his eyes, as though they had happened only yesterday.
Back then, Wei Zhao had been merely an adept of the Mystic rank, not even Earth rank. But now, Wei Zhao was already an expert of the mid Heaven rank!
The Ice Spirit Inn. Without the slightest attempt at concealment, Wei Zhao walked straight into the inn's main hall, carrying Wang Xinyan on his back with the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast at his side!
Except when the Ice Palace trials were being held, the Ice Spirit Inn was ordinarily all but deserted. Manager Li was there every day, but his duties consisted largely of receiving letters—letters from the secular world.
When footsteps suddenly sounded, he knew someone had entered the inn, and he raised his head in some puzzlement, curious to see who the visitor might be.
"Manager Li, it's been a long time. Do you still remember me?" Wei Zhao, no longer the cautious, trembling figure of before, regarded the inn's Manager Li with perfect composure and asked with a smile.
"You... you're Wei Zhao!" Manager Li gave a start, never expecting Wei Zhao to turn up at the Ice Palace so suddenly! That Wei Zhao was not named Ling Yi—Manager Li had long since learned that. Nor was that all: he also knew what had happened at the Night Palace not long ago. Wei Zhao, single-handedly, had slain an expert at the peak of the late Heaven rank and wounded two others of the same caliber—what a battle record was that?!
True, the affair still awaited confirmation, and there were those who doubted it. But the fearsome reputation Wei Zhao had already carved out for himself was enough to make Elder Li look up to him in awe! Quite apart from anything else, Wei Zhao's present strength at the mid Heaven rank was something Elder Li could never hope to match!
The world of cultivation revered strength above all. Manager Li no longer wore the arrogant manner he had shown when first meeting Wei Zhao; instead he hurriedly rose from his seat and went to welcome him!
"Ha ha, it's me! It seems Manager Li's memory is still quite good." Wei Zhao laughed.
"Young Hero Lin, if I may ask—what business brings you to our Ice Palace this time?" Manager Li inquired cautiously.
"Nothing much. It's been over half a year since we parted, and I truly missed the people here, so I came to take a look. Is your Ice Palace's little Rock Candy girl in?" Wei Zhao asked.
Ice... little Rock Candy girl? Manager Li's face instantly fell into a tangle of black lines. What kind of way was that to address someone? Only Wei Zhao would dare say such a thing. Anyone else would have died a hundred deaths for it long ago! Yet Elder Li did not dare say a word more; he could only venture cautiously, "The Ice Palace Mistress is within the Ice Palace, Young Hero Lin. Shall I notify her to come and welcome you?"
He had no choice but to humble himself. Wei Zhao's strength was plain for all to see, and for Bingtang to come out and welcome him was entirely proper!
Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. He had only been joking casually—why would Manager Li have Bingtang come out to welcome him? For a moment Wei Zhao felt a stir of emotion. More than half a year ago, Bingtang had looked down on him, not even deigning to grant him a single meeting—and now she would actually come to welcome him?
At that thought, Wei Zhao's mischievous streak surged, and he said mildly to Manager Li, "Very well. Have her come and welcome me!"
"Yes..." Manager Li nodded, seeing nothing improper in it. After all, Wei Zhao had the strength; even an ordinary Heaven-rank expert visiting the Ice Palace would be entitled to an audience with the Mistress.
What surprised Wei Zhao, however, was that this time Manager Li did not use a carrier pigeon, but instead produced a satellite phone! Wei Zhao was astonished. "Your Ice Palace no longer uses homing pigeons? Since when did you switch to telephones?"