Chapter 4396 — The Mysterious Center
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He had a vague feeling that the Central Chamber of Commerce's sudden search for someone to repair a formation might not be a simple lure to draw people in. Perhaps it was genuine.
A man like Yao LUNZHEN was not only powerful in his own right but also thoroughly versed in formations—precisely the kind of rare talent the Central Chamber of Commerce prized. The likelihood of their doing him lethal harm was in truth not high. By any normal person's logic, even after they had made temporary use of him, they would not simply kill him off; they would find some pretext to hold him under house arrest, lest the formation run into trouble again in the future.
Wei Zhao even found himself wondering whether the formation Yao LUNZHEN had been brought in to repair might have something to do with the secular world.
The most dazzling and singular label borne by the Central Chamber of Commerce was its ability to connect with the secular world. And that connection must surely run through some kind of formation—and a profoundly deep and intricate formation at that. What Yao LUNZHEN had been brought in to repair might well be the very key to the Central Chamber of Commerce's rise on Cloud Terrace Isle.
Still, all of this was mere conjecture without a shred of evidence. Only by truly meeting Yao LUNZHEN and hearing it from his own lips could the truth be known.
"Perhaps. It is only that the Central Chamber of Commerce is so on edge about this matter that one cannot so much as ask a casual question about it, and we have not a single clue. Wanting to find Deputy Pavilion Master Yao like this is truly no different from fishing a needle out of the sea," Lu Bianren said, shaking his head with a sigh.
Yao LUNZHEN was not only the patron who had single-handedly raised him up—the two were also the closest of friends, kindred spirits in every way. With the man gone so long and still not a word of news, he was truly so worried he could not sleep.
"This must be planned with great care. The Central Chamber of Commerce has experts gathered like clouds and conducts itself in a filthy, sinister fashion. If they catch us again, we will not have such good fortune a second time, so we must absolutely not act rashly," Wei Zhao warned with a solemn face.
"Indeed. I was too reckless before—that is what aroused their suspicion and landed me in their hands. Had it not been for you, Brother Wei Zhao, I would already be dead this time," Lu Bianren said with a shudder of lingering dread.
Had Wei Zhao come a day later—or even just two hours later—the outcome might have been entirely different. Most likely he would already have been dragged off for those so-called human experiments; he might well be a corpse by now.
"This is what they call Heaven's will. You were destined not to die, Brother Lu—surviving a great calamity means a blessing to come!" Wei Zhao said with a smile of comfort, then went on: "But then again, the Central Chamber of Commerce is genuinely not to be trifled with. Everything about it, from top to bottom, reeks of the eerie and the sinister—secular goods, human experiments, mysterious formations, and on top of that, such a gathering of experts that a Xuan Ascension giant can pop out at any moment. With the strength we have now, we are still far from able to contend with them. Brother Lu, what do you plan to do next?"
"That..." Lu Bianren furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before saying: "Just as you said, Brother Wei Zhao, with my strength I cannot even get near the edges of the Central Chamber of Commerce, let alone find Deputy Pavilion Master Yao. So, rather than make trouble for you, I had best set out at once and return to the North Isle to make plans from there."
Lu Bianren might be of a mild, even-tempered disposition, but he had never been one to shrink from trouble, still less to flee from danger. It was in truth very difficult for him to reach such a decision.