Chapter 3986 — Passing Along a Message
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"Haha!" Gongyang Jun burst out laughing. "Boy, spare me the comedy. What business could I possibly have with a newcomer as lowly as an ant? I merely sought some diversion from boredom. Rest assured, I am not so bored as to use the Soul-Searching Art on you—I was simply curious about your relationship with Zhang Lifeng."
Wei Zhao fell silent for a moment, then said mildly, "I have no relationship with Master Zhang Lifeng. If you insist there must be one, then I can only say that I wished to ask Master Zhang for help in saving someone."
"Saving those inheritors of the mortal world, is that it? I never took you for such a sentimental soul. No matter. If you should meet Zhang Lifeng, you may pass along a message for me." Here Gongyang Jun's eyes suddenly turned sharp and cold, chilling as a blade's edge. "Tell him that the shame of that defeat back then, I shall repay a hundredfold. Tell him to rest easy—that day is not far off."
"Very well." Wei Zhao's face betrayed nothing, but inwardly he was churning like a storm-tossed sea. This was the first he had ever heard that Gongyang Jun had once crossed blades with Zhang Lifeng!
Given Zhang Lifeng's legendary career, even a formidable man like Gongyang Jun losing to him was, frankly, only natural. What stunned Wei Zhao far more was that, facing Zhang Lifeng as he stood today—at the very pinnacle of the Middle Island's elite—Gongyang Jun was confident he could avenge that defeat. Just how powerful must he be?
Thinking it over, Wei Zhao could not sense Gongyang Jun's strength at all, yet from the way he treated the high-ranking elders of the council, one thing was plain: this man was no ordinary figure. His strength, in all likelihood, already far surpassed that of the average elder!
A figure of such transcendence, hailed as the foremost talent of the Threefold Pavilion's new generation—truly, the title was well deserved.
As the two conversed, Wei Zhao's gaze suddenly caught several people entering through the door—all faces he least wished to see, and all too familiar.
Three of them: at the rear walked Yu Jiang, ahead of him Nan Tianguan, and at the very front a middle-aged man of exceptionally fierce and commanding bearing—none other than Nan Tianxiong, leader of the Three Heroes of the Nan Clan.
Along the way, Nan Tianguan said in a low voice, "Leader, you saw that fellow beside Xu Lingchong just now, didn't you? That was Kang Jingming. I'm growing more and more convinced that this one might be that Lin Er!"
Behind him, Yu Jiang chimed in, "Your disciple thinks so too. If Kang Jingming hadn't presented Xu Lingchong with something as fine as Star Ink Stone, would Xu Lingchong, on the strength of his common-newcomer status alone, have promoted him so vigorously—even bringing him out to serve as a greeter?"
Strictly speaking, the greeters at the Shangguan young lady's birthday banquet were a duty beneath even Yu Jiang, an inner disciple of the Soaring Sky Pavilion with his ordinary background—let alone a mere Kang Jingming. At this moment, Yu Jiang was green with envy.
Nan Tianxiong, striding in the lead, gave a slight nod and mused, "There is indeed something odd about this affair. But we have already struck a bargain with Xu Lingchong: he is to be promoted to managing senior brother of the Soaring Sky Pavilion, and Second Brother is to be enrolled nominally under his grandfather Xu Yuanzheng, so that once he completes his secluded cultivation and breaks through, he will become a direct disciple. Kang Jingming is his man; if we go probing him rashly, it will be awkward to explain ourselves later, won't it?" (To be continued..) R752