Chapter 4291 — Hold On a Moment
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"Oh, you lot can clear out." The azure-robed man was as good as his word and had no intention of making further trouble; he pointed at the teleportation array, signaling them to get on.
"Yes, yes—thank you, thank you..." Chang Daoping and the others breathed a long sigh of relief. They had been terrified the man might go back on his word and turn violent; if it had really come to blows, they would all likely have died here today.
The six of them wasted no time and scrambled onto the teleportation array. Even knowing for certain that Star-Ink Milk was to be had here, they would sooner die than ever come back to this cursed place, the ruins of Aoduo Cultivation City. Not only had they gained not a single treasure, they had been fleeced clean—who in the world would dare come back after that?
Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao exchanged a glance; seeing this, they too hurried to follow. Since the teleportation array was the only way out, naturally they had to leave together with the others.
This trip to the ruins, they had been played by Chang Daoping and had not gotten the Star-Ink Milk—but by the same token, they had escaped being fleeced by the two azure-robed men. That counted as a blessing in misfortune.
The others all turned to look at the pair, each face wearing a complicated expression—especially Cao Shishi and Luo Tuoxiang, who felt the sting of unfairness most keenly. Everyone had been stripped clean by the azure-robed men, yet these two alone had slipped through. What was that supposed to mean?
But aggrieved as they were, none dared grumble aloud. After all, who knew what temperament these two formidable spirit beast cultivators had? If they turned out to be the sort who loathed a fuss, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Perhaps, having failed to trap Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, they would only end up dragging themselves down with them—and that would hardly be worth it.
Yet just as the group, one after another, stepped onto the teleportation array and was about to depart, the azure-robed man suddenly spoke again.
"You two—hold on a moment." The azure-robed man pointed deliberately at Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao.
Wei Zhao was taken aback, thinking the man had deemed their paltry strength beneath notice and would not trouble them for anything—only to find that in the end they had been stopped after all.
Exchanging another glance, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao had no choice but to halt. And Chang Daoping and the others, already standing on the teleportation array, each wore a grin of undisguised schadenfreude—at last, their sense of fairness was restored.
"Hmph, let's go on ahead." Chang Daoping gave a cold laugh, showing not the slightest inclination to care whether Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao lived or died. The rest were the same; they were only too glad to watch the pair get their comeuppance. If they themselves had been robbed, then they wanted to see others robbed all the more viciously—only that could restore their sense of balance.
By now the teleportation array had already activated; there was no time for Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao to react. The six of them, their faces still twisted in gloating smirks, vanished within the teleportation array.
"They're gone..." Huang Xiaotao turned to look at Wei Zhao, a hollow uncertainty creeping into her heart. A man who had seemed so dignified and reliable before had shown his true face in the blink of an eye. That human hearts could be this unfathomable—it was more than she could take in all at once.
The crux of it was that with Chang Daoping and the others gone, only she and Wei Zhao remained to face two late-Nascent-Soul spirit beast cultivators of peculiar temper—and however she turned it over in her mind, the thought left her uneasy. (A call for monthly votes for mobile readers; also, the Qidian mobile QQ group for *The School Beauty's Bodyguard* has events running these days—everyone's welcome to join!) (To be continued) R466