Chapter 4928 — The Chief Alchemist of Dingcheng
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That he had not said "kill them all on the spot" was already great restraint. Of course, he was no fool—if he truly ordered a slaughter without a word, Morning Star Academy might not be able to pursue it openly, but privately they would hate him to the bone. The Three Giants of Morning Star were not to be trifled with.
Seeing the two early-Kaishan masters about to move, Wei Zhao frowned. He had never been in the habit of surrendering with hands bound—back when he was merely at the Jindan stage, he had dared to defy the Old Sect of the Western Hills. How much more so now?
To be honest, with Wei Zhao's current early Xuan Ascension strength, these Kaishan-stage giants were no longer out of reach. If he truly fought with everything he had, he might well have a fighting chance!
Just as Wei Zhao was about to fight with all his might, a stern and somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from afar: "What are you doing? Blocking the whole road—clear the way at once!"
The crowd turned at the sound and let out another round of hushed exclamations. No wonder the voice had sounded familiar—it was the young-looking Alliance Chairman.
At the sight of the Alliance Chairman, the mid-Kaishan guard captain instantly shrank a head shorter. After bowing with a fearful expression, he reported respectfully, "Chairman, there is a brawl here. I am handling it."
"Then be quick about it! Blocking the road like this—what sort of conduct is that!" The Alliance Chairman glared at him, then, with a touch of deliberate humility, turned to a woman beside him and said with an apologetic smile, "Master Zang, my apologies. I am afraid you have witnessed a sorry spectacle."
"Hmph. It is nothing," the woman snorted coldly. Though she kept a youthful face, her bearing made it easy to judge that she was an old woman who had lived longer than anyone could guess. The arrogance and acerbity on her face were undisguised, as though everyone before her must bow a head lower—the Alliance Chairman beside her included.
"This way, please. This way," the Alliance Chairman said, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. After signaling the guard corps to clear the way, he hurriedly invited the woman to go first.
In truth, he was a proud man himself, and in strength far above hers. Had this matter not required a favor of this Master Zang, he would never have stooped so low—he might well have fallen out with her on the spot.
The woman swept her arrogant gaze over the assembled Kaishan-stage giants, then passed among them with her head held high. To her eyes, these Kaishan giants were probably nothing more than a pack of household guards. That disdain and contempt were written plainly on her face.
Yet before she could maintain her grand-lady air to the end, the moment her eye caught the scene ahead, she froze entirely.
The next instant, the woman rushed to Chang Laiting like a gust of wind, gathered up that scorched thing in her arms, and cried out in shock, "Ting'er, what happened to you? Ting'er, wake up! Who on earth did this?!"
At this, everyone understood the woman's identity. Beyond a doubt, she was Chang Laiting's mother—Zang Zili, Chief Alchemist of Dingcheng Academy!
"Whoever dares strike my child, I will leave not even a patch of ground for his burial!" By now Zang Zili had completely shed her great-lady manner. Like a wounded lioness, she turned hysterical, her face hideous as she roared, "Who was it? Step forward this instant!" (To be continued.)