Chapter 4813 — I Bow to You!
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This period had been the darkest stretch of Yang Qianshuang's life. She had lost so very much, and more than once had thought of ending it all. Yet compared with what she had lost, what she had gained was far more precious. True feeling reveals itself in adversity—she had found the man truly worthy of entrusting her whole life to.
"Are you all right?" Ning Xuefei's eyes reddened at the sight, but her greater concern was Wei Zhao's condition. His ashen face had fooled not only Leng Rufeng but her as well.
"I'm fine." Wei Zhao smiled faintly and gently drew Ning Xuefei into his arms. Truth be told, watching Leng Rufeng and Yang Qianshuang had stirred something deep in him. He could not help thinking of his own host of bosom companions. Compared with Leng Rufeng, who had never left Yang Qianshuang's side through good times and bad, he fell far, far short in that regard.
Just then, Leng Rufeng suddenly released Yang Qianshuang and strode over to stand before Wei Zhao. To the astonishment of all present, he dropped to his knees with a thud.
That startled not only Wei Zhao and Ning Xuefei but Yang Qianshuang as well. Leng Rufeng's pride was rooted deep in his very bones—apart from his master, there was no one in all the world who could make him kneel, no matter how great their strength or lofty their station. Yet today he had chosen of his own accord to kneel before Wei Zhao!
"Brother Leng, what are you doing?" Wei Zhao hurriedly reached out to raise him up. He had cured Yang Qianshuang so that she would stay and protect Ning Xuefei—not so that anyone would kneel to him.
But Leng Rufeng pushed his hand aside and said gravely, "In all my life, Leng Rufeng has never bowed to anyone. But you—I bow to you! Brother Lin, your cultivation may be lower than mine, but your strength far surpasses it. I have never seen a prodigy like you. For this great kindness I have no way to repay you. From now on, you are my leader, and Miss Ning is my sister-in-law. Rest assured—until Miss Ning leaves Xiangyun Academy, I will remain here!"
Leng Rufeng had never been a man of many words, and this speech came abruptly enough. Yet everyone present knew his words were utterly sincere. Cold in face but warm at heart, he often seemed aloof and hard to approach, but anyone who knew him well understood that he was a man of genuine feeling through and through.
"The strong are honored"—those words were deeply ingrained in the hearts of all on Yunjie Island. Even a proud man like Leng Rufeng held them as inviolable law. And by any measure, Wei Zhao was without question a peerless powerhouse of his generation—at the very least, he undeniably had the potential to become one.
As for his cultivation level, with Wei Zhao's formidable potential, breaking through to the Mystic Ascension or even the Mountain-Opening stage was merely a matter of time. To a discerning eye like Leng Rufeng, that was no concern at all. Add to that the magnanimity and character Wei Zhao had displayed of late, and Leng Rufeng was won over in heart and soul.
"Brother Leng, please get up." Wei Zhao had never expected such a scene, and he breathed an inward sigh of relief as he hurriedly helped Leng Rufeng to his feet. Since Leng Rufeng had given no prior assurance that he would stay, Wei Zhao had assumed he would hesitate and waver—never had he imagined that this treatment would win him such a formidable henchman outright. (To be continued.)