Chapter 5083 — The Lead Uncle-Master
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"No, no—whatever you command, Senior, I will do." Fei Yangnian started in fright and said hurriedly, "But I can only do my utmost and try. I dare not promise I'll be able to see Uncle-Master Xin. I'll only strive to deliver the message as best I can. Shall I go now?"
"Go." Wei Zhao nodded, then added, "Oh, right—while you're over there, ask around about Leng Leng. She may already have returned."
"Yes!" Fei Yangnian set off at once. Bearing Wei Zhao's divine-sense imprint upon him, he had no choice but to obey whatever Wei Zhao commanded—how would he dare utter half a word of refusal?
The moment Fei Yangnian left, Ying Ziyu immediately cried out, "Brother Wei Zhao, who's Leng Leng?"
It was not only Ying Ziyu; Qiu Lingshan and the other women were all deeply interested as well. As for Wu Chengtian and the rest, they were all glancing left and right—from the tone of Wei Zhao's words just now, this was surely another new sister-in-law!
"She's someone from the Primordial Alliance I met before. You'll meet her in time." Wei Zhao flushed with embarrassment.
Seeing that Ying Ziyu was about to press further, Wu Chengtian hurried to change the subject and bail Wei Zhao out. "He said that Xin Yi'an fellow is a peak early Golden Core expert. Boss, what's your cultivation level now?"
"Foundation Establishment grand completion. The strength of this primal spirit body falls far short of my true body's, and for now it'll likely be hard to raise it further." Wei Zhao said.
"Then doesn't that put you below him?" Everyone could not help worrying. Under Wei Zhao's influence, their understanding of cultivation realms was quite clear. To face an early Golden Core expert with only Foundation Establishment grand completion—that was no ordinary challenge across realms.
"It's difficult, true, but I'm only going to negotiate with him. It won't necessarily come to blows. And even if it does, who wins and who loses is still unknown." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. His primal spirit body's ability to challenge above its realm was a major weakness compared with his true body, yet compared with others it was already considerable. If he truly brought out every trick he had, he might not necessarily lose to an early Golden Core expert.
What worried Wei Zhao somewhat was that, apart from Xin Yi'an, the Primordial Alliance might have other, stronger hidden experts—that would be truly troublesome. He could only hope Fei Yangnian's intelligence was accurate. After all, from an ordinary person's perspective, an early Golden Core expert coming to the mortal world was already a great condescension; anyone stronger would likely scorn to come at all.
On Wei Zhao's side, the group went on with their lively banquet. On the other side, Fei Yangnian traveled through the night to Shennongjia, pressing on without pause back to the assembly point, and went straight to request an audience with Xin Yi'an of the Cangwu Sect of North Island.
In truth, he held little hope for it. The last time Yin Zhiping and Sun Baimei of the Evil-Warding Sect were killed—an affair of such magnitude—Xin Yi'an had never shown his face from first to last. It was instead the attention-seeking Xue Jianming who had stepped forward. This time, for him, a mere ordinary disciple of the Snowsword Sect, to abruptly request an audience—his chances were truly slim.
Yet unexpectedly, the whole process went surprisingly smoothly, and Fei Yangnian soon saw Xin Yi'an.
"You say you requested an audience with me to report something of great importance. Speak, then—what is it?" Xin Yi'an had a private chamber of his own within the mountain gate. Ordinarily he never stepped outside, remaining here to meditate and cultivate. The affairs of the mortal world held no attraction for him, which was why he had behaved so indifferently.