Hearing Nangong Beidou's words, the elders of the Nangong Imperial Clan were overjoyed.
They all believed that the Nangong Imperial Clan had achieved success in one stroke — that the Snow-Haired Immortal, fearing the Nangong Imperial Clan, had handed Chu Feng over, and that Chu Feng had already been killed by the Nangong Imperial Clan.
"Chu Feng is dead?" However, at this moment, after hearing Nangong Beidou's words, Nangong Tianlong and his three siblings were all shocked, their expressions becoming very unnatural. Then Nangong Tianhu was the first to ask: "Father, was it you who killed Chu Feng?"
"No. Chu Feng was killed by the Snow-Haired Immortal. She said that Chu Feng was never her disciple in the first place — that she had only saved him on a whim."
"On the very day she took Chu Feng away, she used him as a test subject. The experiment failed, and Chu Feng died."
"We compared the timeline, and it turns out that the time the Snow-Haired Immortal said Chu Feng died matches exactly with the period when White-Browed Immortal's tracking array could no longer detect Chu Feng."
"In other words, Chu Feng is truly dead. The Snow-Haired Immortal was not lying — otherwise, White-Browed Immortal's tracking array would not have failed," Nangong Beidou said.
"Father, that's not right. This is impossible. You must have been deceived by the Snow-Haired Immortal. Chu Feng is definitely not dead," Nangong Tianhu said.
"What did you say?" After hearing Nangong Tianhu's words, the expressions of Nangong Beidou, White-Browed Immortal, and the others changed.
"Father, I'm saying Chu Feng is not dead. The Snow-Haired Immortal must have deceived you," Nangong Tianhu repeated.
"Tianhu, do you know something?" Nangong Beidou pressed.
"Father, according to what the Snow-Haired Immortal said, Chu Feng must have been dead for over twenty days. But just about two days ago, the connection between my Third Brother and me and the Azure Rainbow Sword and the Purple Rainbow Sword was severed."
"The moment that connection was severed, both of us sensed Chu Feng's aura. If Chu Feng were dead, how could we possibly sense his aura?" Nangong Tianhu said.
"Tianshi, is that so?" Nangong Beidou asked.
"Father, what Second Brother says is true. At the time, Elder Brother and Fourth Sister were also present," Nangong Tianshi said.
"Father, it is indeed so. At that time, the four of us siblings were chatting together when suddenly Second Brother and Third Brother coughed up blood and their bodies became extremely weak. It was indeed because their connection to the half-finished Imperial Armaments had been severed," Nangong Tianlong also confirmed.
"Wait — are you saying you sensed Chu Feng's aura?" White-Browed Immortal asked.
"Immortal, it was indeed Chu Feng's aura. We could never forget his aura," Nangong Tianhu and Nangong Tianshi said in unison.
"Nonsense!" Hearing these words, White-Browed Immortal flew into a rage and pointed at Nangong Tianhu and Nangong Tianshi:
"My array is capable of tracking Chu Feng's aura. However, not long after Chu Feng was taken away by the Snow-Haired Immortal that day, my tracking array could no longer find Chu Feng. His aura had completely vanished."
"The only possible explanation for this is that Chu Feng is already dead."
"When I went to find the Snow-Haired Immortal, my purpose was not to demand she hand Chu Feng over — I simply wanted to verify whether Chu Feng had truly died."
"And the result matched my expectations. Chu Feng had already been dead for some time, and the timing was exactly as I had anticipated."