Chapter 4228 — Is That What You Call Being Sensible?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Hah, so that's what you call being sensible, is it?" Cheng Qitian's face changed at once, his manner growing even more arrogant and unbridled. With a cackling laugh he said, "Fine, so you've got a stiff backbone! But I'd like to see how long you can keep it stiff. Since you've come to Wei Arc City, you may as well not leave—because you won't be able to leave at all."
"From the sound of it, sir, does that mean you can openly seize people at will here in the Wei Arc sea region?" Wei Zhao's expression likewise turned cold as he asked in return, his tone flat.
"Oh ho, that tone of yours sounds awfully unconvinced. What a pity—here in the Wei Arc sea region, I'm famous for curing every kind of unconvinced. And you've got it exactly right: that is precisely how it is!" Cheng Qitian sneered smugly.
As the two spoke, the tension between them drew taut as a drawn sword, and a crowd of passersby quickly gathered to watch, standing to one side pointing and chattering among themselves. And in all their words and deeds, without exception they favored Cheng Qitian's side.
There was no other reason—who was strong and who was weak was plain at a glance, requiring no thought at all.
In terms of strength, Cheng Qitian himself was an expert of the late Golden Core stage, and more critically he had a servant who was a genuine expert of the Nascent Soul stage, while Wei Zhao's side had only two mere early Golden Core experts—they were not on the same level at all.
In terms of backing, Cheng Qitian was the young master of the Poison Eye Mercenary Corps, a local snake through and through, while Wei Zhao and his companion were complete strangers, newcomers at first glance with not a shred of foundation to speak of.
With so stark and direct a contrast, in anyone's eyes there was simply no comparison to be made. The spectacle they were watching now was one they had in fact seen many times before; Cheng Qitian bringing men to openly seize women was never any news in the Wei Arc sea region. Every ten days or half a month there would be such an incident, and everyone had long grown used to it.
In the Wei Arc sea region, where each faction went its own way, no one bothered about things like seizing women by force, and still less would anyone step forward to invite trouble on himself. People watched the excitement, exchanged a few remarks, and let it pass. The only reason they gathered round was to see who the unlucky soul would be this time.
"There are so many people here—why not ask them whether I can seize people at will? Or you could make inquiries as to just how many women I've seized here?" Cheng Qitian laughed with unbridled triumph.
Hearing this, some among the onlookers shook their heads in disdain. The reason Cheng Qitian could be so arrogant was that he leaned on his father, Cheng Haonan, and the Poison Eye Mercenary Corps.
Otherwise, on his own, he could never have had a Nascent Soul expert as a follower, and though as a late Golden Core expert he was formidable, with so many experts in the Wei Arc sea region that alone would never have been enough to make him so overbearing and wild, with no one daring to restrain him.
Still, though they despised this sort of bully who traded on others' power, no one dared step forward. The jianghu is treacherous and every man looks to his own safety; stepping forward to play the hero would win no fair name, only make one a fool laughed at by all.
At these words, Wei Zhao frowned slightly, turned to exchange a look with Huang Xiaotao, and secretly gave her a meaningful glance.
Seeing it, Huang Xiaotao's heart gave a start. In Wei Zhao's eyes she saw a resolute, piercing killing intent, and she dared not be the least bit negligent, silently circulating her cultivation method to gather true qi. (To be continued...)