Chapter 3503 — Zhong Yongliang's Challenge
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At this moment, Tu Xiaoshou had to admit that Lou Taixie was a master of sowing discord. In just a few sentences, he had shifted all the hatred and conflict onto Zhang Naipao! Zhang Naipao and Wei Zhao already had their grievances, and now that he was saying they would not be allowed into the restaurant to eat, if Zhang Naipao could still hold his temper, then he truly would not be Zhang Naipao!
Sure enough, before Zhang Naipao could even get angry, Zhong Yongliang beside him was already furious: "Paozi, let's go in and take a look. If it really is our old acquaintance Wei Zhao, we must at least say hello and get reacquainted—it's been so long!"
Last time at West Star Mountain, he had been scared witless by the Twin Vajras. Held in check by that deterrent, he had not dared to go looking for trouble with Wei Zhao—after all, the Bloody Garment Yellow Springs Sect was under the Twin Vajras' protection, and Wei Zhao was a hired hand of the Bloody Garment Yellow Springs Sect, so Zhong Yongliang had had no choice but to give them some face.
But a hired hand was, in the end, still just a hired hand. The Bloody Garment Yellow Springs Sect belonged to the Twin Vajras, but Wei Zhao did not. Showing them face back then had already been the height of benevolence and duty.
Besides, clashes during the trial were simply unavoidable. Would the Bloody Garment Yellow Springs Sect really fall out with him over a single employer? Obviously not.
"Good!" Zhang Naipao nodded and followed behind Zhong Yongliang, swaggering toward the restaurant.
Dongfang Badao, the Fistless Boxer, Lou Taixie, and Tu Xiaoshou followed behind them in turn.
"Bang!" Zhong Yongliang kicked the restaurant door open.
Wei Zhao was eating with Han Jingyi and Wang Xinyan when the sudden noise gave them a start. Wei Zhao turned his head and saw Zhong Yongliang and Zhang Naipao walking in.
"If it isn't Mr. Wei Zhao!" Zhong Yongliang laughed heartily. "It's been a long time. I wonder if you still remember this old classmate of yours... the one who's supposed to finish you off at all times?"
Wei Zhao gave Zhong Yongliang a faint glance. Peak late Heaven Rank strength? This fellow certainly leveled up quickly. He wondered what heavenly treasures the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect had fed him to let him advance so rapidly.
And Zhang Naipao had actually already advanced to Great Perfection! Last time, during the Xuandan Sect trial, he had suffered a backlash from Wei Zhao's moves and developed an inner demon. Who would have thought he would climb out of that pit so quickly—truly a martial prodigy!
Wei Zhao was growing more and more suspicious that his coming to Songshan City was a trap set by someone behind the scenes! Otherwise, how could there be such coincidence—every girl around him a successor, every classmate around him a martial prodigy?
Still, whoever could see through the whole chessboard from the very start was truly a master hand. What extraordinary foresight that would require—perhaps even Shen Yushu could not compare.
Yuyan Shu was already formidable, but compared to this person, she was utterly outmatched.
"Zhong Yongliang, is there something you want?" Wei Zhao asked indifferently.
"Haha, actually, it's nothing much. Do you know why I've come this time? I'll tell you—I've come for Gu Mengyao! Once the Cloud Terrace Island matter is settled, I'm going to take Gu Mengyao. If I can't win her heart, then having her body will do just as well. I'm no longer the Zhong Yongliang of old—I am now the Mad Dragon Zhong Yongliang!" Zhong Yongliang laughed heartily, issuing his threat to Wei Zhao.
In the past, he had always wanted Gu Mengyao to fall in love with him, so he had used only gentle, conciliatory methods. But after merging with the Mad Dragon's nature, Zhong Yongliang's character had gained a measure of ruthlessness and decisiveness, and his thinking had matured considerably.