Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 276 A Visit from an "Old Friend"

"Chairman Zhao, someone is looking for you outside."

Zhao Zhen, who was processing documents, looked up and glanced at the NaDuTong employee at the door with some confusion.

Yu Yang personally led his men to the Tang Clan in Sichuan, so many of the specific tasks of Na Du Tong fell to Zhao Zhen.

"Who is coming?"

"I don't know. The man was wearing a straw raincoat and didn't introduce himself. He just said that he was an old friend of yours, Mr. Zhao, and that you would understand once you met him."

Zhao Zhen rested her chin on her hand, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes.

Now the entire world of supernatural beings knows that he has a very bad relationship with the Wang family, and also knows that he may very well know the origin of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

During this sensitive period, those forces that had previously been on good terms with Na Du Tong have reduced their interactions with them. At this critical juncture, Zhao Zhen really couldn't think of anyone else who would both hide their identity and claim to be an old friend, except for the "Thirty-Six Thieves" who were being hunted down everywhere.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen slowly put down the document in his hand and nodded to the employee.

"Okay, I understand. You've worked hard. Go ahead and get back to work."

"It's no trouble at all, Chairman Zhao."

After dismissing the employee, Zhao Zhen flashed away and appeared at the gate of the temporary Jiangsu base of Nadutong in the next second.

Outside the gate, a man wearing a straw raincoat stood waiting anxiously.

The moment he saw the golden light appear before him, the man almost instinctively tensed up, ready for battle.

But after seeing Zhao Zhen's figure revealed when the golden light dissipated, the man's tense body gradually relaxed.

"It's really you."

Zhao Zhen merely glanced at the man, and then a smile gradually appeared on her lips.

The man took off his straw hat, revealing a weathered and weary face hidden in the shadows.

The visitor was none other than Zheng Zibu, the long-lost former disciple of the Shangqing School of Maoshan and the one who comprehended the "Tongtianlu".

"Brother Zhao, it's been a long time..."

……

A moment later, in the main hall of Na Du Tong.

"Brother Zheng, come, have some tea, this year's newly released Biluochun."

Looking at the hot tea that Zhao Zhen had personally brought to the table, Zheng Zibu couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

"Now the entire world of supernatural beings has almost completely gone mad because of the eight extraordinary skills I possess. Wherever I go, people attack me like madmen, but you are the only exception, Brother Zhao."

"I'm afraid that in the entire world of supernatural beings, only Brother Zhao would be willing to offer me a cup of hot tea instead of capturing me, right?"

As he spoke, Zheng Zibu slowly picked up the hot tea on the table and took a small sip.

"Good tea, thank you."

"polite."

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, and then slowly sat down in his seat.

"Brother Zheng just said that I am the only one in the entire world of supernatural beings who would give you a cup of hot tea, but I don't think so."

"What do you mean by this?"

“I have known your good brother Lu Jin for many years. Given his character, I doubt he would harm you just because he covets your Tongtian Talisman, would he?” Zheng Zibu’s eyes dimmed as he mentioned Lu Jin’s name.

"Yes, my brother has lived a flawless life, so I naturally trust him."

That being said, while I trust him, I don't trust the Lu family.

Zhao Zhen didn't say anything, but simply took a sip of tea without making a sound.

Indeed, from Zheng Zibu's perspective, no matter how good his relationship with Lu Jin was, the Lu family was ultimately not under Lu Jin's control.

If Lu Xuan, the current head of the Lu family, also sets his sights on the Tongtian Talisman, then even Lu Jin will be powerless to stop it.

Even if the prestigious Lu family is renowned, how many people can resist the temptation of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques?
The Wang and Lü families, both of the four families, have already personally intervened in the matter, haven't they?

"Moreover, the reason I came here today is not to ask Brother Zhao to take me in, but to thank you specifically."

Pfft!
After saying that, to Zhao Zhen's astonishment, Zheng Zibu suddenly knelt down on the ground without warning.

"Brother Zheng, what do you mean by this?"

Zhao Zhen stood up, her brows furrowing slightly.

"This kneeling is to thank Brother Zhao for saving my parents and relatives, and for saving more than fifty innocent people in Zhengjia Village!"

Zhao Zhen didn't speak, but glanced at Zheng Zibu with interest.

"Brother Zheng, how did you find out that I was the one who did the Zhengjia Village incident?"

"In today's world of supernatural beings, apart from Brother Zhao, I'm afraid no one else would be willing to lend a helping hand to us 'Thirty-Six Thieves'?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and then quickly stepped forward to help Zheng Zibu up from the ground.

"Brother Zheng, please get up. It is indeed true that I was the one who handled the matter of Zhengjia Village."

Your parents and the villagers of Zhengjia Village have already been properly resettled by my people, so you can rest assured.

Upon learning that his parents and relatives were not dead, Zheng Zibu's eyes immediately welled up with tears of joy.

When he heard about the tragedy in Zhengjia Village and rushed back to his hometown, only to find no familiar faces, no one could truly understand the despair and collapse in Zheng Zibu's heart at that moment.

In a moment of weakness, he not only harmed himself, but also his parents and relatives, as well as all the villagers in his hometown!
Just when Zheng Zibu was so desperate that he was about to end his own life, he suddenly thought of a possibility.

There were no villagers' bodies in the village. Perhaps they were not dead, but were taken away or hidden by someone.

Thus, fueled by this rekindled flame of hope, Zheng Zibu eventually tracked down Na Du Tong, which led to his encounter with Zhao Zhen today.

"Brother Zhao, I truly have no way to repay such a great kindness..."

If it were anyone else, Zheng Zibu's first reaction would definitely be whether the other party was trying to use his parents and relatives as leverage to force him to hand over the Tongtian Road.

But when the same words came from Zhao Zhen's mouth, Zheng Zibu had no doubts whatsoever.

After all, Zhao Zhen was different from other extraordinary people; he had personally witnessed the entire process of the birth of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques!

Even before this, Fourth Brother Wugensheng had personally invited the other party to join them, but Zhao Zhen ultimately refused.

Zheng Zibu knew very well that the Eight Extraordinary Skills, which everyone outside dreamed of, might not even be worth Zhao Zhen's attention.

Because long before they obtained the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, Zhao Zhen had already obtained the inherited cultivation method of Master Ziyang - the Alchemy Method!
With such a solid and down-to-earth "road to heaven" to take his place, how could he possibly look down on their opportunistic "shortcuts"?
This is why Zheng Zibu trusted Zhao Zhen so much.

(End of this chapter)