Chapter 4146 — Xuan Chen's Speculation
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Though his injuries were too severe for a quick recovery, at least his mind was clear again and he could speak.
"Steward Si, I truly have to thank you. If not for you, I fear I would already be..." Nan Tian Liuguang began, gratitude written across his face.
"Heh heh, one family doesn't speak two languages. Old friend Nan Tian, we're our own people—saving you is my duty, only what I ought to do. What's with the formalities?" Si Haitao waved it off at once.
"Ah, it should have been a grand occasion, and then out of nowhere Di Xingdao had to charge in like a Cheng Yaojin and ruin everything. This is beyond bearing!" Nan Tian Liuguang gnashed his teeth and spoke with bitter hatred.
The instant before Di Xingdao's challenge, he had still been the proud new vice island lord of the Central Island, riding high on success. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye he would be dashed to the dust—by now he had surely become the laughingstock of the whole Central Island.
"I never expected it either—that this Di Xingdao could be so formidable that even you, old friend Nan Tian, are no match for him. Wasn't it said he had only just recovered from grave injuries? How did his strength come back so fast?" Si Haitao asked, perplexed.
"I find it just as baffling, which is why I was utterly unprepared and caught off guard!" Nan Tian Liuguang made excuses for himself, unwilling to concede, then added: "But more than that, I'm puzzled how this one suddenly healed. His meridians were damaged for so many years—the rumors said even Zhang Lifeng couldn't cure him. And then all at once he's well. It's downright uncanny!"
"Yes, yes, that's puzzled me too all along. Even our Central Chamber of Commerce's intelligence division couldn't get to the bottom of it—only the rough outline, that some outside apothecary cured him," Si Haitao agreed, nodding repeatedly.
When word of Di Xingdao's recovery first spread, it had already caused quite a stir across the Central Island. A figure as important as Di Xingdao would naturally draw the central chamber's attention, but the Central Island's Pill Hall was no ordinary sect—even they could not easily infiltrate it, and so could not obtain clear intelligence.
"An outside apothecary?" Ancestor Xuan Chen was startled, then suddenly spoke up, as if struck by a thought: "If that's the case, I think it very likely was Wei Zhao's doing! Wasn't he traveling with Di Xingdao before? And back in the mortal realm he specialized in repairing people's meridians—they say his medical skill is quite something!"
"Truly?" Nan Tian Liuguang and Si Haitao were startled at the same time. Whoever could cure Di Xingdao must be a mysterious master, and so they had dismissed Wei Zhao out of hand on first instinct. But now that Ancestor Xuan Chen had raised it, it did seem there might really be such a possibility. (To be continued) R655