"No, that's impossible — I'm overthinking this. If he was the one who triggered the Ancient Immortal Needle, then why didn't he admit it? Why didn't he expose me back then? Doesn't he know the fame and rewards that come with activating the Ancient Immortal Needle?"
"Keeping quiet and handing the credit to someone else — what would that gain him? Unless he's a fool, he should have admitted it long ago."
"In any case, everyone now believes that I was the one who activated the Ancient Immortal Needle. I am the hero in their eyes. This
Buoyed by the crowd's disdain toward Chu Feng,
He cast his gaze toward Chu Feng once more, his eyes filled with contempt, and spoke coldly:
"Ha, the Ancient Immortal Pool? Of course I remember. The Southern Greenwood Forest trash who was beaten by me until he pissed and shit himself, running away in a panic, getting lost, and nearly dying inside — that was you, wasn't it? Chu Feng."
"Chu Feng? So his name is Chu Feng? He's a disciple of Southern Greenwood Forest? No wonder he's so ignorant. Ha ha ha! As expected of Southern Greenwood Forest — a place that breeds nothing but trash. Ha ha ha..."
Upon learning Chu Feng's identity, the onlookers laughed even louder, their mockery growing sharper, their ridicule more thorough.
They did this partly because they genuinely looked down on the disciples of Southern Greenwood Forest, but also because they wanted to curry favor with Yuan Qing. After all, they all believed Yuan Qing was a genius who could one day become the future leader of Greenwood Mountain.
Now that they had the chance to ingratiate themselves with Yuan Qing, they naturally wanted to leave a good impression — even if their flattery would have negligible effect, they were still willing to do it.
And since the target of their mockery was a disciple of Southern Greenwood Forest, they felt even more justified in doing so.
Indeed, their ridicule of Chu Feng did earn them Yuan Qing's goodwill. But what they didn't realize was that by doing so, they had not only gained his favor and boosted his confidence — most importantly, they were pushing Yuan Qing toward the fiery pit that awaited him.
"Oh? Heh..." As for Yuan Qing's reaction and attitude, Chu Feng seemed to have anticipated it all along. He wasn't angry in the slightest — he simply sneered inwardly.
"Whoever dares laugh again — I'll rip their mouth apart!" But at that moment,
Her aura was so fierce that it actually materialized into a visible hurricane. The hurricane swept outward, sending everyone below the Martial King realm tumbling to the ground. Even those at or above the Martial King realm were forced to stagger back several steps.
Even Yuan Qing and the two Fifth-grade Martial Kings beside him had their expressions change dramatically.
Although Bai Ruochen's cultivation was only at the Third-grade Martial King level, her true strength was such that only a Sixth-grade Martial King could contend with her. To put it bluntly, even the two Wen Tian Division members standing beside Yuan Qing were no match for her.
"That girl — she's actually that powerful..."
"Heavens! She's incredible! Why have we never heard of her before?"
"Looks like another monster has emerged."
Bai Ruochen's oppressive aura not only silenced the onlookers, shutting every laughing mouth, but even caught the attention of people far away. More and more eyes turned in their direction.
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"I sincerely hope you'll leave this
"That's right, Junior Sister Ruochen. If you're willing to join our Wen Tian Division, I believe the Second Leader would agree to any conditions you set." At the same time, the two Wen Tian Division members began to chime in.