Chapter 5152 — Another Letter from Wei Zhao
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"Oh? It's true what they say—birds of a feather flock together. Miss Tianchan is indeed worthy of being Young Hero Lin's confidante; a remarkable bearing, truly." Okuda Zhou glanced at Tianchan with unconcealed admiration. Given his status and strength, ordinary women always trembled before him, scarcely daring to breathe too loudly; someone with Tianchan's composure was genuinely rare.
"Island Master Okuda flatters me. But if I may, there is one more thing I would ask of you—might you inquire on my behalf with the Central Chamber of Commerce and see whether they still offer a letter-sending service to the mundane world?" Tianchan asked. She trusted that nothing had happened to Wei Zhao, but she also knew that so much time having passed must mean something had happened. If letters could be sent through the Central Chamber of Commerce, she could find out for certain.
"A small matter. I'll ask for you." Okuda Zhou immediately understood what Tianchan meant.
The business of the Central Chamber of Commerce openly auctioning return-receipt letters to the mundane world at the Zhongdao auction had caused a tremendous stir back then—even he had heard whispers of it. But after that there was no further word, presumably because the service had been shut down. If Tianchan asked herself, the answer would clearly come to nothing, but with him it was different: for the sake of him, the acting island master, and the Okuda clan behind him, the Central Chamber of Commerce might well make an exception once.
And indeed it went just as Okuda Zhou had expected. When his message reached the Central Chamber of Commerce headquarters, every senior figure in the organization was instantly thrown into commotion. In truth, inquiries of this kind were hardly uncommon, but just as with the answer Wei Zhao had received before, they were uniformly refused. This time, however, it was different—the one asking was none other than Okuda Zhou!
They could brush off other people's face, but Okuda Zhou's background was plain for all to see; even the Center would not dare treat it lightly. After all, this was a genuine top-tier clan—no small matter at all.
Especially since the Central Chamber of Commerce's headquarters was itself situated on Zhongdao, and Okuda Zhou was now the island's public face. To offend this particular magnate would be no good thing for them.
The assembled worthies debated back and forth, and in the end none dared decide on their own authority. They could only report the matter up the chain, and after passing level by level it finally landed in Luan Xiaofu's hands.
"Okuda Zhou. Why would this one want to send a letter to the mundane world? Have the top-tier clans of Yunjie Island already begun to fix their eyes on the mundane world?" Luan Xiaofu's instinctive reaction was that the top-tier clans were about to make a major move. After all, this was precisely the time when the Taigu Alliance had emerged into the world, so it was hardly surprising that forces as unfathomable as those of Yunjie Island should stir restlessly.
On second thought, though, it seemed unlikely. The Center's position in the mundane world was deeply entrenched; any force seeking to establish itself there could not fully escape their surveillance, Yunjie Island included. Besides, if these top-tier clans truly had the means to develop into the mundane world, they would not need to ask the Chamber to send a letter on their behalf.
After a moment's pondering, Luan Xiaofu finally decided: "Fine. Sell him the favor and make an exception—send the letter for him. We have frequent correspondence with the mundane world these days as it is; one more letter will do no harm."
The affirmative reply soon reached Okuda Zhou, and Tianchan and the others were overjoyed. After thanking him profusely, they hastily wrote a letter and handed it through Okuda Zhou to the Central Chamber of Commerce. The recipient's name, of course, was Wei Zhao.