Chapter 4312 — Asking Questions
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
So, with no other choice, he had to abandon this easy way of raking in spirit jades. He had run back to have a chat with Wei Zhao, this big spender of a patron, and seize the chance to peddle a few bits of news and intelligence on the side—perhaps he could still salvage something, and make up a little for today's losses.
"Mm, I suppose so." Wei Zhao nodded in understanding, then his eyes suddenly lit up. Ever since a moment ago he had been puzzling over the matter of Wang Xinyan, only vexed that there was no one at hand to ask. But this Ge Wei before him styled himself the Ge Inquisitor of South Continent—when it came to gathering information, there was surely no one in this whole place better suited. Was this not a ready-made, ideal candidate?
"Does the young hero have something to ask me?" Ge Wei had seen every sort of character under the sun, and he had been watching Wei Zhao's expression closely all the while. One look and he knew business had arrived.
"Indeed. There is a matter I have been rather puzzled about, and I wonder whether you might enlighten me?" Wei Zhao nodded without any attempt at concealment, while Huang Xiaotao pricked up her ears and listened obediently from the side, saying nothing.
"Ask away, young hero, ask whatever you like. I wouldn't claim to know the heavens above and the earth below, but here in South Continent there's truly nothing that I, the Ge Inquisitor of South Continent, don't know—the only difference is whether I know a little more or a little less. You've come to the right man, asking me!" Ge Wei said eagerly and warmly, for he could already see the spirit jades waving at him.
"Heh heh. Actually, I merely wanted to ask: beside that lady vice-director at the Mountain-Opening Stage up on the stage, why is such a young girl seated? Her strength doesn't look especially high to me. And from the look of it, she and the lady vice-director seem rather close—what is the relationship between them?" Wei Zhao asked, betraying nothing in his expression.
"Oh, so it's her the young hero is asking about!" Ge Wei put on a look of sudden understanding and lowered his voice with a chuckle. "Haha, if you went and asked anyone else about this, I guarantee you not a one of them would know. After all, this is a matter of Morning Star Academy in East Continent, and everyone here has never even set foot in East Continent, so naturally they'd never have heard such tales. But ask me, the Ge Inquisitor of South Continent, and you've come to exactly the right man!"
"So you do know, then?" Wei Zhao's spirits rose at once. He was desperately eager to learn anything about Wang Xinyan, in any respect whatsoever—even if it were only hearsay, he wanted to hear it properly.
"Mm, naturally. But this..." Ge Wei did not say it outright; instead he rubbed his fingers together, the meaning plain enough—spirit jades would be required.
The so-called Ge Inquisitor of South Continent made his living precisely by collecting information and selling it—that was his trade. Naturally there was no reason for him to divulge intelligence for free; otherwise, playing the good Samaritan everywhere, he would have nothing to live on but the northwest wind.
Although Wei Zhao had given him thirty extra high-grade spirit jades when buying the secret guide earlier, business was business. Ge Wei would not casually break the rules—that would only be making trouble for himself.
Wei Zhao nodded in understanding and at once drew another small pouch of spirit jades from his pack. Ge Wei took it and weighed it roughly in his hand; it held a good dozen or more, all of them high-grade spirit jades as well. He smiled in satisfaction.