Chapter 4520 — No Word
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
"Hear, hear! This time his true colors are out in the open at last—serves him right." The crowd voiced their contempt one after another. This time Hai Wuliang had well and truly lost every last shred of goodwill; he would find it hard to gain a foothold even in the Mohai Sea.
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"So we just go back like this?" Qi Wenmo watched the Mohai docks dwindle further and further behind, unwillingness burning in his chest as he slammed his fist against the railing. "Brother Ling fought tooth and nail for our Qingtian Escort Agency and earned merit like that, and in the end he's openly hunted by a mere crooked-path cultivator, left in a spot where the odds are all against him—and we can only stand by and watch, not able to help in the slightest. How do we even have the face to sit in the seat of the escort agency's overlord?"
Beside him, Chai Laoshi glanced at Qi Wenmo and nodded to himself in secret. This young master of the Qingtian Escort Agency was truly a man of feeling—Young Hero Ling had not misjudged him.
"I wanted to stay and keep probing for news of Young Hero Ling as well, but we have already waited more than a month. If we keep dragging on here endlessly, something disastrous may well break out over in Weihu City, and all of Young Hero Ling's hard work will have been for nothing." Qi Mingyuan sighed, clapped Qi Wenmo on the shoulder, and said, "Rest easy. Young Hero Ling has heaven's favor. I have already had Old Song station a great many men here; the moment there is any word of Young Hero Ling, we will know at once. Him staying here to hold the fort amounts to the same thing."
"The Hong Merchant Guild has its own channels for gathering information as well. I have instructed them to spare no effort in searching for news of Young Hero Ling—I trust nothing will come of it." As Chai Laoshi offered these words of comfort, he was in his heart praying for Wei Zhao.
Compared with the Qi father and son, his dependence on Wei Zhao was in truth even deeper. After all, he had never once met Hong Zhong; Wei Zhao was, to all intents and purposes, his only pillar in the Hong Merchant Guild, and it was only out of regard for Wei Zhao that Hong Zhong had genuinely taken him in. If Wei Zhao truly came to harm this time, it would be a fatal blow to him.
"Mm. With the networks your Hong Merchant Guild and my Qingtian Escort Agency have across the Southern Continent's seas, you can reach into every corner. Given time, finding Young Hero Ling should not be difficult." Qi Mingyuan nodded, then turned to Qi Wenmo. "Wenhan, do you know how to get in contact with Young Hero Ling's Junior Sister Huang?"
"Junior Sister Huang?" Qi Wenmo started at the words, then shot Qi Mingyuan a rather odd look. Brother Ling's fate was not even settled yet, and already Father wanted to mend fences and court favor with that Junior Sister Huang who had taken vows under the Eastern Sea Divine Nun?
"Young Hero Ling holds a twenty percent share of the profits—won by his own hard-earned merit. Our Qingtian Escort Agency must never go back on its word; we cannot simply fail to honor it because Young Hero Ling is no longer here. So to be safe, it would be best to first find a way to contact that Junior Sister Huang, and when the time comes, simply transfer the twenty percent share into her name. That way we can give Young Hero Ling a proper accounting." Qi Mingyuan's expression was grave.
"Truly honorable, Chief Escort Qi." Chai Laoshi nodded in approval. Huang Xiaotao was the only person any of them had ever seen who was connected to Wei Zhao, and connected intimately at that. If Wei Zhao truly met with disaster this time, transferring his twenty percent share into Huang Xiaotao's name would be entirely proper.