Chapter 2773 — Sitting Back and Watching

Wei Zhao watched the man in black catch up and cross with him into the territory of Snow Valley, and could not help but sigh inwardly. This fellow truly would not let go—he had even dared to chase him into Snow Valley. It seemed the sect behind him must be a formidable ancient order indeed; otherwise he would never have dared disregard Snow Valley's reaction.

A patrol disciple saw Wei Zhao and the man in black sprinting one after the other into Snow Valley's bounds and was about to block their way and question them, but he had only mid Mystic Rank strength—no match at all for Wei Zhao or the man in black. Before he could even reach them, the two had already vanished from sight!

Never mind Mystic Rank; even at Heaven Rank he would have had a hard time catching Wei Zhao and the man in black.

The patrol disciple hurriedly pressed the emergency communicator he carried. As a rule, emergency communicators were rarely used in Snow Valley—many of these ancient sects still kept the tradition of sending messages on foot, and only used such modern devices in matters of grave urgency!

"This is Valley Patrol Disciple 14. I have seen two people, one pursuing the other, force their way into Snow Valley and head toward the main gate! Identity unknown—please intercept at once!" the patrol disciple said in a fluster.

The disciples on patrol inside Snow Valley heard the call and quickly gathered toward the gate, but Wei Zhao and the man in black were too fast. One after the other, before the Snow Valley disciples could even assemble, the two had already charged through Snow Valley's main gate!

For how many years had Snow Valley never encountered anyone who would force his way in? No one dared force their way into an ancient sect. Thus Wei Zhao's appearance caught the patrol disciples off guard, and they had no idea how to handle this sudden intrusion.

They wanted to intercept, but judging by the strength the two had displayed they dared not—one was a late Earth Rank expert, the other a late Heaven Rank expert—and these patrol disciples were mostly Mystic Rank. How could they be a match for Wei Zhao and the man in black?

And the speed of the two had already reached its peak; even had they wished to intercept, they could not have. They could only stare wide-eyed as the two charged into Snow Valley!

However, the man who had earlier received special instructions from the Supreme Elder—the one who had seen Wei Zhao before—recognized Wei Zhao at once. He hurriedly fumbled out his communicator and began calling the Supreme Elder: "Supreme Elder, this is bad! That Wei Zhao you mentioned has come back, but he was running so fast we could not stop him in time. We let him force his way into Snow Valley..."

"I know!" In truth, the Supreme Elder had already learned of the chaos at Snow Valley's gate. As a expert at the peak of late Heaven Rank, and with Valley Patrol Disciple 14's valley-wide announcement, she had reacted at the very first moment.

She had not expected the newcomer to be Wei Zhao, though. She had been about to go confront these two intruders herself, but when she heard the patrol disciple at the gate say it was Wei Zhao, the Supreme Elder hesitated again. She decided to watch a while first and see what would happen!

Leaping up, the Supreme Elder stood at Snow Valley's highest point—the very place where Tang Yun had once stood. Looking down from there, with the eyes and ears of an expert at the peak of late Heaven Rank, she could take in everything within Snow Valley.

When she saw the man chasing Wei Zhao, she could not help but start slightly. "An assassin of the Blood Robe Yellow Springs Sect? When did Wei Zhao offend them? And a late Heaven Rank expert at that? Wei Zhao actually managed to run all this way and lure him here?"

Yet the Supreme Elder no longer had any intention of stepping in to stop them. Instead, she ordered all the disciples of Snow Valley: "Everyone hold still. Let them keep running. All of you, stand aside!"

The Supreme Elder's order left the Snow Valley disciples puzzled—why let these two force their way in?—but her command within Snow Valley was as good as an imperial edict, carrying even more weight than Xue Li's words. So the disciples who had been preparing to intercept all stopped one after another.

In that instant, the Supreme Elder made up her mind: she would not act. She would let Wei Zhao fend for himself. Whatever grudge lay between him and the Blood Robe Yellow Springs Sect, this was the perfect chance to use their hands to wipe Wei Zhao out and rid Tang Yun of her illusions once and for all!

So the Supreme Elder, bearing the attitude of a spectator at a play, watched Wei Zhao below being pursued by the man in black from the Blood Robe Yellow Springs Sect, leisurely and at ease.

In Tang Yun's room, her mother was talking with her when a sudden commotion broke out beyond the door. Tang Yun's mother frowned. "These Snow Valley disciples really have no manners. Do they not know this is where you cultivate? Kicking up such a racket—they must not want to keep their places!"

"Never mind, Mother. Something must have happened..." Tang Yun shook her head, unconcerned.

"Hmph, they are lucky. I am in a good mood today. On any other day I would have gone out and dealt with them long ago!" her mother said with a snort.

Tang Yun's family had come to Snow Valley later, so they did not possess a Snow Valley communicator. Such devices were rarely used in Snow Valley—even ordinary messages were delivered in person by dedicated disciples, and communicators were hardly ever used. That was why Tang Yun had never asked for one; otherwise her mother would certainly have gotten one, so she could command the disciples at will. How delightful that would have been!

And precisely because of this, neither Tang Yun's mother nor Tang Yun knew that the commotion outside the door had been stirred up by Wei Zhao...

As Wei Zhao ran, he grew puzzled. Why had the Snow Valley disciples been in such an uproar when he first entered, as if they meant to intercept him, and yet now there was no movement at all? Not a single Snow Valley disciple who ought to have appeared had shown up, and the Supreme Elder was nowhere to be seen. Baffled as he was, a bad feeling surged up in his heart!

Could it be that this man really had been sent by the Supreme Elder to kill him? Otherwise, why was there no one paying any attention while he and the man in black raced through Snow Valley? Could the Supreme Elder have fallen asleep at a time like this?

By rights, even if those Snow Valley disciples did not report it, the Supreme Elder, with her strength at the peak of late Heaven Rank, should have been able to sense what was happening here. Yet there was still no reaction. Wei Zhao could only conclude that.

At that thought, Wei Zhao secretly regretted it. Had he known, he would never have lured the man in black to Snow Valley—was this not walking straight into the tiger's mouth, delivering himself up to die? The next moment, the idea of leaving took root in Wei Zhao's mind. He wanted to draw the man in black out of Snow Valley, and then use the Heaven and Earth Net!

Though it was his last Heaven and Earth Net, Wei Zhao could not afford to begrudge it now. Whether he could even run out of Snow Valley was another matter entirely! Inside Snow Valley, he did not dare use it, for fear that after he used it—though it might trap the man in black—a few more Heaven Rank experts would emerge to cut him down, and then he would truly have no strength left to turn the tide. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.) to cast recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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