Chapter 3450 — The Rainy Day's Promise
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Haha, very well then, I won't stand on ceremony—but you mustn't either, Young Master Lin. Treat this place as your own home." Here Yu Tianxing paused abruptly. "I hear, Mr. Lin, that you've founded a Cultivators' Association Alliance. Might our Hidden Yu Family be permitted to sign up and join?"
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback, then understood at once: this was Yu Tianxing's gesture of goodwill! No doubt Yu Tianxing had glimpsed something of the situation by now—at present, in the world of cultivation, there were few left who could shake Wei Zhao. That being so, the Hidden Yu Family need not worry overmuch about the Five Luminaries Sect; so long as Wei Zhao stood behind the Hidden Yu Family, Patriarch Xuanchen would not dare act rashly—unless he wished his disciples utterly wiped out! "You can register with Qiu Lingshan of the Mysterious Investigation Bureau. From now on, just follow the Bureau's assignment and management. As it happens, she is the vice-chair of my association, and also serves as deputy director of the Mysterious Investigation Bureau."
"Good, I'll remember that. In due course I'll speak with the heads of the other hidden families and sects, and we'll all join together under Young Master Lin's protection!" Yu Tianxing said.
"Very well, then I'll trouble Old Master Yu with it!" Wei Zhao naturally wished for the other hidden families and ordinary sects to join the Cultivators' Association Alliance as well, but given his present identity, it would not do for him to ask them outright; now Old Master Yu was conveniently seeing to the matter.
"Leave it to me, then." Old Master Yu nodded, then said, "By the way, Little Ning hasn't been in the best of spirits these past two days. Young Master Lin, might I ask you to go and have a word with her?"
"Of course. That is precisely why I came," Wei Zhao replied.
Led by Yu Tianxing and Yu Yi, Wei Zhao came to Yu Ning's boudoir. Yu Ning sat quietly before the window, lost in some unknown thought; hearing footsteps, she did not turn around, only said softly, "I'm ready. We can set out for the Endless Western Sea tomorrow..."
"Little Ning, I'm here." Wei Zhao stepped quickly inside, his heart giving a faint pang. She, like Little Shu, bore such an important mission on her shoulders! Though from childhood she had been the little princess of the Yu Family and seemed stronger than Shen Yushu, in truth Shen Yushu had not been wrong—Shen Yushu was freer and happier than she.
Yu Ning was a bird in a cage, unable to fly out from the Hidden Yu Family's grasp and confinement. She had no friends; she could not do the things she loved; every day was passed in loneliness.
In the past, Wei Zhao had pitied Little Shu. In this moment, he felt that Yu Ning was the most pitiable of all.
"Ah, Wei Zhao, you came?" Yu Ning turned back, somewhat surprised, a flash of delight passing through her eyes. She had not expected Wei Zhao to come again before her departure!
"Yes. I've just seen Little Shu off, and came to see you." Wei Zhao nodded. "Actually, you needn't be so sad. Once the business of Cloud Terrace Island is done, we can come back, and then we'll do as we please, and no one will be able to dictate to us."
In truth, with Wei Zhao's present status and strength, even if he forcibly obstructed the Cloud Terrace Island plan, no one would dare say a word against it—but Wei Zhao himself looked forward to that plan, because he meant to go and find Zhang Lifeng!