Chapter 4356 — Return of the Academy
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She supposed it must be that Wang Xinyan had been too lonely during her solitary training at the academy. After all, she had only this one personal disciple, and the girl kept no company with outsiders. Day to day, she had not even a single soul to talk to. That was surely why she was now so warmly taken with her junior sister Huang Xiaotao—the two girls made perfect companions for each other.
"In a little while the treasure ship will dock at Weihu City. Do the two of you want to go out and have a look around, or will you stay at the inn and cultivate?" the East Sea Divine Nun asked.
She asked because at the girls' previous stop—the second stop of Morning Star Academy's journey, the Demonic Cold Sea—the two had shown not the slightest interest in going out to join the excitement. Every day they had simply stayed in the inn talking about Wei Zhao. The East Sea Divine Nun thought both girls were of rather quiet temperament, and if they did not care to go out, she might as well arrange quieter lodgings for them.
"Weihu City? Master, I'd like to go out and have a look when we get there." Huang Xiaotao's eyes lit up at once, and Wang Xinyan was just as delighted, nodding again and again.
Unlike the Demonic Cold Sea, if all went as expected, they ought to see the Wei Zhao they had been longing for day and night here—so naturally they would not shut themselves indoors as they had in Demonic Cold City.
Instinct told Huang Xiaotao that Wei Zhao must already have returned to Weihu City—because he had come back to hunt down Wu Baoliang, and all the more because he had come back for clues to Lu Bianren. Wang Xinyan had heard her speak of these matters, and was now just as full of anticipation.
"Oh? Then I'll find a couple of men to protect you. I hear things are rather chaotic around here as well." The East Sea Divine Nun nodded, somewhat surprised. The academy had no lack of skilled hands; to protect her two precious disciples, finding two was nothing—finding twenty would be a matter of a single word.
"No need, Master. We won't be wandering about anyway, just taking a casual look around Weihu City. There are people from our academy everywhere; we won't run into any trouble." Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao hurried to say in one voice.
The only reason they wanted to go out at all was to slip away and meet Wei Zhao in secret. If someone were to dog their every step, how could they ever manage a secret rendezvous?
"Well… all right, then. But you must look after yourselves. If any foolhardy fellow dares to set his sights on you, you need not hold back on any account." The East Sea Divine Nun hesitated a moment, then agreed.
After all, as the girls said, Weihu City would be under strict martial law by then, with Morning Star Academy's experts everywhere. Even if you lent an ordinary man a hundred times his courage, he would not dare make trouble at such a time. Besides, her two disciples were no weaklings—especially Wang Xinyan, at the early Nascent Soul stage, who in a real fight could challenge opponents above her level. Common folk were no match for her at all.
"Your disciple understands. Thank you, Master." Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao beamed at once, each clinging to one of the East Sea Divine Nun's arms, their hearts already yearning for the sight of Wei Zhao in Weihu City.
An hour later, the giant treasure ship finally eased into port at Weihu City. The crowd that had long since gathered at the docks, craning their necks in anticipation, watched Morning Star Academy's many experts file out and place the whole harbor under martial law—and instead of complaining, they erupted in a thunderous cheer. They had been waiting a long time for this!
"What's going on out there?" Wei Zhao had just finished his day's cultivation and opened his door to let in some air when the earth-shaking cheers reached him, and he could not help but stare.