Chapter 4971 — I Won't Keep You Waiting Too Long
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"Qing Xuanzi, I'll be leaving the Eastern Continent before long, so there is a matter I need to entrust to you," Wei Zhao said.
Qing Xuanzi was hardly surprised. In his eyes, a mere Yellow-Rank academy—not even a Mystic-Rank one—could never hope to contain a figure as great as Wei Zhao. A man of Wei Zhao's stature was bound to be like the divine alchemist Zhang Lifeng: a dragon seen here by its head and there by its tail, never revealing more than a glimpse of the whole. That was the true bearing of a master.
"Master, you mean the business with the Hong Merchant Guild, don't you? You needn't worry about that—your disciple will cooperate fully with Steward Chai. Of that at least I can assure you: where high-grade pills are concerned in Morning Star City, I guarantee no one will outshine him! This disciple has it firmly under control. Even before Master's guidance I stood as chief alchemist—how much more so now?"
"Good. I'll leave that to you, then." Wei Zhao smiled and went on. "But it's not that I wanted to discuss. There's another matter I should give you a heads-up about. I have a friend over here, Qin Chan. She has suffered bullying in the past, and she has no background or backing to speak of, so I'd like you to keep an eye out for her, just a little."
"Your disciple obeys!" Qing Xuanzi agreed without a second thought. Then, after turning it over, he added, "Then shall I go and warn Zheng Dongyang about it?"
After all, they were both clever men. Wei Zhao might not have said it outright, but one guess was enough: the bullying of Qin Chan must have had something to do with Zheng Dongyang—otherwise, Wei Zhao would never have phrased it that way.
"No need. Just look after her a little; don't let yourself be distracted with unnecessary things. Striving hard to break through to Mystic-Rank alchemist is what matters." Wei Zhao waved a hand, then added, "Qin Chan is already at the early Profound Rising stage. She won't be staying at Morning Star Academy much longer either, and she has Xinyan and Xiaotao beside her to help. All you need do is let the word spread, and I doubt there'll be any trouble."
"Yes, your disciple understands." Qing Xuanzi nodded again and again.
With matters settled on Qing Xuanzi's end, Wei Zhao's next step was to take his leave of the three overlords of Morning Star.
Ling Yuanqing and the others, naturally enough, pressed him to stay, but they also knew that Wei Zhao had drawn the eye of Chang Minghui. It was indeed inconvenient for him to linger long. So none of them insisted on keeping him, only urging him to visit Morning Star Academy often whenever he had the time—he was, after all, its honorary director, no matter how one looked at it.
Beyond that, Ling Yuanqing had made a point of giving Wei Zhao no small benefit—a quota for academy disciples! According to him, as honorary director, Wei Zhao was entitled to recommend disciples to Morning Star Academy directly!
To the academy, this was an authority of enormous weight. Outside, people went to absurd lengths, battering their heads against the wall, for a single quota as a disciple of an Eastern Continent academy, and Wei Zhao had seen for himself the frenzied scene when Morning Star Academy held its disciple selections. Ling Yuanqing giving him this power meant that from then on he could, with the greatest of ease, send people into Morning Star Academy!
Of course, the number of quotas that would actually end up in Wei Zhao's hands was certainly very limited, and even disciples he recommended would still have to pass a final round of review by the three overlords of Morning Star. Obviously, every stray cat and stray dog could not simply slip in and waste cultivation resources.
But given Wei Zhao's relationship with the three overlords, so long as a person's aptitude was not too poor, the three would surely not make trouble over anyone he recommended in person. It was essentially as good as his word alone deciding the matter.