Chapter 5084 — Requested Meeting
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"Wei Zhao, president of the Mortal-World Cultivators Association? Never heard of him." Xin Yi'an shook his head, looking thoroughly uninterested. Sending a peak early Golden Core expert of the Primordial Alliance to meet with a mortal-world cultivator sounded frankly absurd. This Wei Zhao certainly thought far too much of himself.
"No, Senior, I'm sure you have heard of him—he's that primal-spirit cultivator." Fei Yangnian thought for a moment, then laid out everything Wei Zhao had done: "Yin Zhiping and Sun Baimei of the Evil-Warding Sect died at his hands. Our Snowsword Sect's senior brother Xue Jianming had his dantian destroyed by him as well. And Yu Zhengliang and three others of the Qiankun Sect were savaged by him in the Snow Valley."
"What? He did all that?" Xin Yi'an was stunned. He had in fact already heard about the Snow Valley affair from Yu Zhengliang, but he hadn't known who Wei Zhao was. To think it was that primal-spirit cultivator everyone was gossiping about—and that this fellow had actually destroyed Xue Jianming's dantian!
Xin Yi'an's expression turned grave at once. The rest was one thing, but Xue Jianming was reputed to be the strongest Foundation Establishment expert in the entire Primordial Alliance. If even he had his dantian destroyed, then this primal-spirit cultivator's strength was surely Foundation Establishment great perfection—at the very least, Golden Core!
"Indeed, Senior. Not a single word I've said is false." Fei Yangnian pledged.
"To think the mortal world still harbored such an expert. Truly beyond belief." Xin Yi'an muttered to himself. An expert of that caliber was one even he might not be confident of handling. That being so, he had no choice but to proceed with caution.
As the one in charge of this mortal-world trial, Xin Yi'an did not much mind if disciples of other sects ran into trouble, but if matters blew up this badly, they would spiral beyond his control. Otherwise, not only would his own disciples from the Cangwu Sect of North Island end up in the same mess, but once he returned he would certainly face severe punishment from the Primordial Alliance's council of elders. He truly could not bear such consequences.
"Do you know his specific origins?" Xin Yi'an asked.
"Uh, I don't, Senior. I only know he's a primal-spirit cultivator." Fei Yangnian shook his head repeatedly.
"A primal-spirit cultivator..." Xin Yi'an brooded for a moment. Could it be that this man was some formidable primal spirit left over in the mortal world from the Primordial era? Otherwise, he had never heard of a mortal-world cultivator with a Heaven Dao realm. And if that were so, his having become president of some cultivators' association was only natural. Matters having come to this pass, by both sentiment and reason he could no longer keep turning a blind eye.
Xin Yi'an said at once: "Go back and tell him I accept this meeting. The Mystic Investigation Bureau, is it? I'll go and have a look at this primal-spirit cultivator myself!"
Fei Yangnian was overjoyed. If he failed to carry out Wei Zhao's orders, he had no idea what Wei Zhao might do; if the man took it out on him, he'd be in endless misery. Fortunately, Xin Yi'an had unexpectedly taken it so seriously and agreed so readily.
After setting a time, Fei Yangnian returned to East Sea City that very night and relayed Xin Yi'an's exact words to Wei Zhao—though of course he could not resist claiming credit both openly and by insinuation. He was counting on pleasing Wei Zhao into letting him off.
"Very good, Ling Shan. We'll head to the Mystic Investigation Bureau now." Wei Zhao nodded.
"Brother Wei Zhao, I want to go too!" Ying Ziyu said at once, raring to try.
"That's right, Boss, let's all go together—at least we can put on a show of strength!" Wu Chengtian and the others chimed in.