Chapter 4223 — Preparing to Set Out
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"Pursue and capture Wu Baoliang? Junior Brother Lin, are you certain you want to take this one?" Jia Mufan was momentarily stunned, and the core inner court disciples of the Azure Cloud Pavilion waiting nearby broke into a stir as well, their gazes toward Wei Zhao tinged with a fresh measure of astonishment.
They were all waiting to register for missions, yet not one of them was willing to take this one—not one had even considered it from first to last!
In truth, the mission to pursue and capture Wu Baoliang had hung there for several years now, always lingering at the edge of the mission board and never once disappearing. Only the location of Wu Baoliang's latest activity ever changed. The reason was simple: ordinary disciples simply would not take it.
Missions of this pursuit-and-capture sort were, in everyone's eyes, a sure case of great effort for no reward. Never mind that these renegades were each and every one of them formidable; the mere search for them, even with intelligence furnished by the authorities, consumed vast amounts of time and energy and still might well end in failure—and afterward one had to stake one's life in combat besides!
Rather than brave such risk and pay such a price to hunt down a vicious man like this, better to spend the time searching for rare treasures and heavenly materials. With a stroke of luck one might find some heaven-defying prize and rise to the top in a single bound; even without luck, the worst was coming back empty-handed—surely not staking one's life at every turn.
To pass over so many low-risk, high-reward missions and insist on chasing down that butcher Wu Baoliang—was that not a sickness of the brain?
Still, astonished as they were, none dared mock Wei Zhao to his face. On second thought, perhaps this was precisely Wei Zhao's way of proclaiming his formidable strength—deliberately choosing a trial mission of such difficulty!
After all, at the inner court tournament, Wei Zhao's power had been there for all to see. Especially when he joined forces with Huang Xiaotao: whatever the opponent, from first to last it was a one-strike kill. They could well be called invincible within the Golden Core stage. Wu Baoliang, a ruthless and savage expert at the peak of the late Golden Core stage, might still find himself in for a hard time should he run into these two.
"Indeed. Sorry to trouble you, Senior Brother Jia." Wei Zhao took in the expressions around him and nodded with a faint smile.
"Very well. Since Junior Brother Lin and Junior Sister Huang have made up your minds, I'll say no more. I'll file it for you directly—may you meet with instant success." Jia Mufan smiled.
"Many thanks. We'll take our leave." Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao cupped their hands in salute and at once turned to go, setting about their preparations for the mission.
Invincible within the Golden Core stage as they might be when fighting side by side, the two of them were, after all, only just at the early Golden Core stage. Once out in the world they had no capital to swagger about on, and would have to make ample preparations beforehand lest they be caught off guard.
Besides preparing the things they might need for the mission, the two also had to take their leave of everyone. Who knew how long this trip would take, and they did not want people to worry.
Apart from Shangguan Lan'er, Senior Brother Ku, Xiao Che and the rest, Wei Zhao made a special point of calling on Old Ragpicker, who still stood steadfast at his post, and then there was one old friend left—Hong Zhong.