Chapter 4285 — Hardly Reasonable
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And now, facing the crowd's petty, gloating mockery, he was already having trouble restraining himself from turning hostile.
The crowd took in Wei Zhao's dark expression and did not so much as bat an eye. They were nothing but a pair of early Foundation Establishment bumpkins; even if they lent the two of them ten times the courage, they would never dare to turn hostile!
And if they did dare? So much the better. There would be no future troubles to worry about—just a single palm strike to crush them dead on the spot, and that would be the end of it!
"I really am sorry. I never imagined that it would run out just when it came to your turn." At last Chang Daoping spoke. Unlike the others, there was no gloating in his tone—only a look of great regret, as though he sincerely grieved on behalf of Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao.
Cao Shishi and the others had wanted to keep up the mockery a while longer—Luo Tuoxiang in particular had even intended to provoke the two into a desperate, reckless outburst, so that he would have good cause to strike them dead with a single palm. But now that Chang Daoping had spoken in person, naturally there was no place for any of them to speak.
After all, they had no idea what Chang Daoping was truly thinking. If they spoke out of turn and accidentally went against Brother Chang's wishes, they would only be making trouble for themselves.
Wei Zhao gave Chang Daoping a long, searching look. The man's expression was calm, with not the slightest sign of deliberate pretense, and Wei Zhao could not help but wonder—could his own instincts really have been wrong? Could this man truly have done nothing underhanded, and this was simply an unlucky coincidence?
Given Wei Zhao's vigilance, it was very hard for an ordinary person to conceal from him any ill intent or designs against him without being noticed.
Wei Zhao had always assumed that once the two of them had safely passed through the Moon Shadow Formation and entered the ruins, they would no longer be of any use to Chang Daoping. He ought to have made his move by then, rather than letting the two of them share in the Star Ink Milk.
Yet in fact, all along the way Wei Zhao had never sensed any killing intent from Chang Daoping, and even his jade pendant had given no warning at all—which all but completely overturned Wei Zhao's conjecture.
What he did not know was that Chang Daoping truly had harbored thoughts of killing them along the way, but the impulse had been fleeting, swiftly concealed again.
Of course, Chang Daoping could not simply let Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao walk away with the Star Ink Milk, either. Even a tiny bit would be no small loss to him—but that did not mean he had to resort to killing. A slight manipulation in the process was enough to solve the problem perfectly, just like this present "coincidence."
"Still, there's no need to fret. Judging by the speed at which the Star Ink Milk drips, it isn't very slow. I trust that if you wait here a few days, even if you cannot fill a whole bottle, you will at least get half of one—far better than going away with nothing." Chang Daoping went on in his calm, mild tone, and it really did sound as though he had their interests at heart.
This only left Wei Zhao more unable to fathom the man's intentions. But there was nothing wrong with what Chang Daoping had said—from earlier until now, Wei Zhao had watched a total of three drops of Star Ink Milk fall from the tip of the statue's horn, and at that rate, waiting a few days would indeed net them at least half a small bottle.
"Brother Chang, I have a question. Since the Star Ink Milk doesn't drip slowly, why is there so little of it in this basin? The six of you filled only six small bottles and it was drained dry just like that—that hardly seems reasonable, does it?" Wei Zhao hesitated a moment, then looked at Chang Daoping and asked. (To be continued...) R527