Chapter 3804 — The Little Senior Sister's Message
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To reach such a level, however, was for the present still nothing but wishful thinking.
But one thing at least could not be wrong: even if Wei Zhao's own strength stayed the same, leading a pack of frail, feeble underlings was one thing, and leading a pack of fierce, formidable ones was quite another—the intimidation factor was on a completely different order. This had already been demonstrated to perfection in Meng Jiuming himself.
Back in the mundane world, Wei Zhao alone had been enough to beat all comers under heaven, so the importance of powerful underlings had not yet stood out. But now, transplanted to Cloud-Tier Island, where Heaven-Tier experts were as common as dogs and Foundation-Establishment cultivators were found on every street, everything had to start over from the beginning—and the significance of it all was utterly transformed.
Cloud-Tier Island—a rather apt name, really. The Heaven-Tier was merely where everything began; Heaven-Tier, basically speaking, amounted to the most ordinary existence of all!
So Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai alone were not enough. As for Li Zhengming, that promising seedling, so long as his loyalty could be guaranteed, Wei Zhao would not stint on the benefits he bestowed upon him—even firing up the furnace and refining a batch of pills solely for his sake was not out of the question.
Once the fourth round of the newcomers' challenge tournament ended, Wei Zhao went back at once to heal Qiao Hongcai's injuries. When the healing was done, he followed his usual routine and channeled true qi into the eighty spirit-herb seeds within the jade pendant space.
Apart from the eighty spirit-herb seeds still showing no sign of sprouting whatsoever, everything proceeded according to routine—except that, unexpectedly, he received a letter.
The letter bore no signature, yet Wei Zhao was utterly certain who had written it: his little senior sister, Shangguan Lan'er, whom he had not seen for some time.
And the reason he could tell it was Shangguan Lan'er behind it was simple enough—because the one who had delivered the letter to Wei Zhao was Shangguan Lan'er's exclusive spirit pet, Little Curly Bear.
As the only granddaughter of Shangguan Tianxia, Pavilion Master of the Soaring Heavens Pavilion, Shangguan Lan'er was the undisputed little princess of the Tri-Pinnacle Pavilion. Her upbringing was strict in the extreme, and her every move drew the gaze of others; at most, she could seize a moment when no one was watching to slip out and play a little.
Therefore, even when something important came up, Shangguan Lan'er generally could not simply come looking for Wei Zhao directly—the target was far too conspicuous, inviting gossip and wagging tongues, and it would also expose the false front she and Wei Zhao had deliberately put up, rousing the suspicions of Xu Lingchong and his lot.
At such times, all she could do was pin her hopes on Little Curly Bear, to carry word to him when no one was about.
And Little Curly Bear, ever fond of play, clearly could not have asked for a more welcome task. After all, to it, Wei Zhao was nothing short of a temptation—and it had once blundered its way to Wei Zhao's cave dwelling before, so it knew the road well enough.
Yet even with its surpassing intelligence, Little Curly Bear could never have guessed that Wei Zhao had by now changed cave dwellings. To avoid prying eyes, the creature still came as dusk was falling, and furtively went straight to trigger the restriction of Cave Dwelling Fourteen at the foot of the mountain.
It waited outside, sly as a thief, for a short while—only to find that the one who emerged was not Wei Zhao at all. Little Curly Bear was struck dumb on the spot, and once it came to its senses, it fled in terror, legs flying.
Fortunately, the one now residing in Cave Dwelling Fourteen at the foot of the mountain was none other than Xiao Che, one of Wei Zhao's own.