Chapter 4276 — Reaching the Destination
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"I am Chang Daoping. If you two think well enough of me, you may call me Brother Chang." Chang Daoping gave a faint nod, then said to the other five, "The rest of you, introduce yourselves as well."
"My name is Cao Shishi." The seductive woman beside him glanced at Wei Zhao and his companion, her contempt written plainly on her face. But since Chang Daoping had spoken, they could only comply; she grudgingly gave her name and could not be bothered to say another word.
"Luo Tuoxiang." Next came the lackey at the very peak of the late Golden Core stage, wearing the haughty air of one who holds himself far above all, as though Wei Zhao and his companion were no more than two ants beneath his notice. By comparison, Chang Daoping, a fine expert of the Nascent Soul stage, carried himself with far greater magnanimity.
The remaining three likewise said little, each giving only a name: two men and one woman, Hu Youli, Fan Dongji, and Fang Miaojin.
These people had greeted Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao with mockery and scorn from the very start. Now, cowed by Chang Daoping's authority, they dared not speak out of turn and needle them further—but to expect them to be all smiles was asking far too much.
Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao merely nodded faintly, taking no offense and showing no wish to say more. They had no habit of pressing warm faces to cold buttocks, and in any case this party was decided by Chang Daoping's word alone; whether their relations with these people were good or bad mattered little.
Seeing this, Chang Daoping said nothing further. He had deliberately drawn Wei Zhao and his companion into the group, and he had his reasons; so long as his aim could be achieved, everything else was of no consequence.
As for how the group got along with one another, that was even less his concern. Let the atmosphere be as tense as it liked; all that mattered was that no one drove Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao away in anger.
"Enough. Let us set out." Chang Daoping gave the order and took the lead, and Cao Shishi and the others followed without a word. Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, left at the rear, exchanged a glance and then fell in behind the rest.
Chang Daoping led the way at extraordinary speed. Though they were plainly weaving through dense forest, and though his steps seemed in no hurry, his pace was inexplicably fast—one moment he was here, the next five zhang away.
If the people behind him had been Foundation Establishment experts rather than Golden Core experts—even those at the great perfection of Foundation Establishment—they would likely have struggled just to keep up with Chang Daoping's steps, let alone anything more.
Even these Golden Core experts had to drain their true qi without pause to stay close behind Chang Daoping at the front. As they went, Cao Shishi, Luo Tuoxiang, and a few others turned to look back at Wei Zhao and his companion, as though hoping to enjoy their embarrassment.
After all, the two were only at the early Golden Core stage. Even these people found Chang Daoping's pace somewhat taxing to follow—how much more so for these two stragglers, who surely had to strain with all the strength of a suckling babe just to keep from falling behind.
Yet when they saw the calm, unruffled expressions on Wei Zhao's and Huang Xiaotao's faces, their own turned as strange as if they had eaten filth. The two looked even more relaxed than they themselves did—but even if one put on a stout and serene front, one still needed the strength to back it up!
These two bumpkins of the early Golden Core stage—could they be hiding some powerful trump card? At the very least, they could not be as simple as they appeared!