Chapter 4615 — Recommended Candidates
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Your subordinate understands! Junior Brother Pao and I were already on good terms, and he is a man who considers the larger picture, putting the Center's great cause above all. I will certainly work with Junior Brother Pao to manage all affairs of North Island properly, and leave Miss Luan no worries behind." The mysterious man pledged solemnly.
"North Island is only of secondary importance. In time you can gradually hand the management here over to the likes of Xu Lingchong and Zhong Yongliang. The two of you must place your focus on South Island. I have matters to assign to you there." Miss Luan shook her head slightly.
"Yes!" The mysterious man nodded heavily. Though inwardly he wondered what task on South Island could warrant such solemn instruction that he and Junior Brother Pao undertake it together, he only pressed the doubt down into his heart. Do not ask what should not be asked; do not look at what should not be seen—that was the foremost rule of survival within the Center.
"Very well. If there is nothing else, you may withdraw." Miss Luan's gaze returned to the top-tier computer. Any biochem potion required countless rounds of calculation and evolution; only once the formula took shape could it enter formal experimentation. And right now she was making preparations for the next biochem potion—the mystery-ascension stage.
"Yes. Your subordinate takes his leave." The mysterious man bowed at once and withdrew from the room. Only after he had passed the door did a trace of puzzlement and doubt surface on his ordinarily placid face. Even now he was still wondering why Junior Brother Pao would suddenly recommend Zhong Yongliang.
Given his influence and control over North Island, nothing in any quarter escaped his surveillance. And so far as he knew, ever since Zhong Yongliang joined the Welcome New Pavilion, the man had never shown anything out of the ordinary; he gave the impression of being merely one of Kang Jingming's hangers-on. That he later came under Xu Lingchong's wing was likewise because of Kang Jingming. Beyond that, he had no other network of connections.
As for Zhong Yongliang himself, his talent was decent enough, but to call it outstanding would be a stretch—at least, he could not remotely compare with a freak of nature like Wei Zhao, who kept rising miraculously. He had always kept quiet and made no noise, and had never done anything earth-shaking. By all reason, he ought to have had no dealings whatsoever with Junior Brother Pao...
Could it be that they had crossed paths in the mortal realm? The mysterious man was suddenly startled. To his mind, everything about Zhong Yongliang was far too ordinary. Thinking it over, the only place he could possibly have encountered Junior Brother Pao seemed to be the mortal realm.
Yet while he could cover the sky with one hand on North Island, of affairs in the mortal realm he knew nothing at all. Still, even with his suspicions, he would not act against Zhong Yongliang on that account. Since Junior Brother Pao had named the man for promotion, he would naturally not offend anyone over such a trifle. It was no more than pushing the boat along with the current, a lifting of the hand—and incidentally it would earn him a favor. By any reckoning, he could not lose.
The reason the mysterious man regarded this Junior Brother Pao so highly was, apart from the man's deep background, one more crucial point: he had heard that Junior Brother Pao had obtained the core inheritance of the ruins of the ancient sect Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow. His strength was formidable in the extreme now—quite possibly even the mysterious man was no match for him!