"Naturally, I know this. The boy managed to pass through the Poison Mist Formation unscathed. He was struck by the Clan Leader's Heaven-sent Divine Poison and still didn't die. If you told me he had no resistance to poison, I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death."
"But back when the Ancestor roamed the Martial Holy Land, there were many Spirit World Masters who claimed to be immune to all poisons and challenged him. In the end, every single one of them died beneath his poison."
"The Ancestor's poison is no ordinary poison—even Spirit World Masters would struggle to withstand it. And this Poison Refining Formation is the Ancestor's painstaking creation."
"Moreover, even if this Chu Feng really is that powerful and the Poison Refining Formation fails to refine him—if he even manages to wake up and escape this formation—he still wouldn't be a match for the Clan Leader."
"Therefore, as long as the Clan Leader is here, even if Chu Feng somehow survives the Poison Refining Formation, he cannot escape death," Elder Xiuyuan said.
"That's right, Elder Xiuyuan. Well said. No matter how strong this kid Chu Feng is, he's far from being on the same level as our Clan Leader."
"With the Clan Leader here, we really don't need to worry about anything."
The crowd nodded in agreement. After all, they had all witnessed the battle between Chu Feng and Du Wanwu with their own eyes. Chu Feng was indeed powerful—so powerful that they couldn't even begin to contend with him. But in the end, Chu Feng had still been defeated by their Clan Leader, Du Wanwu.
After that battle, their admiration for their Clan Leader had grown even deeper. In their hearts, Du Wanwu was far more than just a Clan Leader. He was like a deity, protecting their entire Poison Clan.
Whether the Poison Clan could produce a second Poison Demon and once again dominate the Martial Holy Land—all of it depended on Du Wanwu.
And so, Du Wanwu was the hope of every member of the Poison Clan.
"Here's what I'll do. I'll set up a formation outside this Poison Refining Formation. If this boy truly manages to come back from the dead and attempts to escape from the Poison Refining Formation, he will inevitably trigger the formation. The moment he does, I'll sense it, and I'll immediately go and summon the Clan Leader from his seclusion to deal with Chu Feng."
"With this formation in place, there's no need for us to stand guard here. After all, standing guard is pointless—if the boy is going to be refined, he'll be refined sooner or later."
"And if this boy really is so heaven-defying that he can escape the Poison Refining Formation, then anyone standing guard here would be in grave danger," Elder Xiuyuan said.
"An excellent plan." Upon hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly, finding the idea quite brilliant. The Half-Emperor elder who had been responsible for guarding the area was especially relieved. His anxiety had stemmed from two sources—one was his concern for the safety of the Poison Clan, and the other was the very real fear that Chu Feng might suddenly awaken. If Chu Feng truly did awaken, then he, as the one responsible for standing guard, would certainly be in deep trouble.
And so, after Elder Xiuyuan deftly set up a formation outside the Poison Refining Formation, the group dispersed together.
However, the moment they left, Chu Feng—who had been dormant for a full twenty days—suddenly opened his eyes.
After his eyes opened, a faint smile tugged at the corner of Chu Feng's lips, and he sighed:
"Du Wanwu, if my cultivation were the same as yours, would you still be able to defeat me?"
It turned out that after being defeated by Du Wanwu that day, Chu Feng had not truly fallen unconscious. He had only pretended to be unconscious so he could find another opportunity to escape.
But once he was thrown into the Poison Refining Formation, Chu Feng no longer wanted to leave. The reason he didn't want to leave was that he had discovered that the inside of this Poison Refining Formation—worthy of being the formation Du Wanwu used for his own cultivation—actually contained rich Heaven and Earth Energy.
Though this natural energy was fused with poison, meaning Chu Feng would have to find a way to extract it before he could absorb it, it was nonetheless something he could use to his advantage.
Over the course of those full twenty days, Chu Feng had done nothing but use his barrier technique to secretly extract the Heaven and Earth Energy from within the Poison Refining Formation.
Now, Chu Feng had finally extracted all of the Heaven and Earth Energy from the Poison Refining Formation—and absorbed every last bit of it into himself.