Chapter 4159 — The Follow-up Plan
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Situ Guangzong is indeed a threat, but I can help you resolve that lingering worry." Wei Zhao smiled and offered him a plan: "After it happens, come to our Heavenly Elixir Pavilion. When you go back, tell everyone that Brother Di Xingdao healed your injuries. That way you'll have your strength and potential again, become a core disciple of the Snow Sword Sect once more, and even have ties to Brother Di Xingdao. Who would dare touch you then?"
"Right! Brilliant! Thank you for your guidance, Chief Wei Zhao—words cannot express my gratitude for this gift of rebirth. From now on, whatever you ask of me, be it a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, I, Wei Shenjin, will not utter a word of refusal!" Wei Shenjin said excitedly and gratefully.
Wei Zhao was a man of formidable strength, wondrous ability, and deep background—and, crucially, a sharp mind!
The more Wei Shenjin came into contact with Wei Zhao, the more he couldn't help but secretly marvel. Even without the gift of rebirth, even without the Heart-Devouring Gu, he had already begun to sincerely feel that he had not pledged himself to the wrong chief.
In time, if even a figure like this could not reach the very pinnacle, then there would be no one left in the world worthy of standing atop the Cloud Terrace Island!
"For now, I don't need you to do anything. After you return, find a way to have the bounty lifted, and attribute your recovery entirely to Brother Di Xingdao—do not connect it to me in any way," Wei Zhao instructed.
Wei Zhao had his own concerns in repeatedly stressing this point: with so many experts gathered on Cloud Terrace Island, once word spread that he had restored Wei Shenjin's meridians, others would naturally dig for answers, and then he would inevitably draw the attention of those top-tier figures and be pushed into the eye of the storm.
Conversely, if everything were blamed on Di Xingdao—if it were said that he had healed himself—then even if others harbored doubts, they would have no way to verify them. After all, they couldn't very well go ask Di Xingdao to his face; and even if they did, Di Xingdao would play along with Wei Zhao, so the truth would never come out.
"Attributing it to Senior Di Xingdao is no problem, but Chief Wei Zhao, when it comes to the bounty, my word may not count for much. After all, those Southern Aurora people swore up and down that you are the martial artist Ling Yi. Even if I deny it to their faces when I return, the Snow Sword Sect's higher-ups will only be half-convinced and are unlikely to cancel the bounty outright..." Wei Shenjin scratched his head a little awkwardly.
Just moments ago he had been swearing he would climb mountains of blades and wade through seas of fire for Wei Zhao, and now he was stumped by this trifling matter. Over this recent period, Wei Shenjin had increasingly felt that his own intelligence was falling short.
"That's simple. When you go back this time, tell them you cannot be certain of my identity, and that Di Xingdao appears here often, so even if they were certain, they could not make a move—let them make the final decision." Wei Zhao paused, then continued: "As for lifting the bounty, wait until after you publicly recover. Say that although someone from the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion injured you, Di Xingdao likewise healed your wounds—the two cancel each other out. With Brother Di Xingdao's prestige standing behind it, I trust the higher-ups of your Snow Sword Sect will know which way the wind blows."