"Huh, that's really strange. Why have all these little runts from the major clans shown up here?" Zhao Hong's eyes narrowed with suspicion.
The clothing worn by those juniors revealed that their backgrounds were far from ordinary. Among them were disciples from numerous powerful second-rate forces, and there were even juniors from the four supreme-rate forces.
As for those juniors who didn't wear any clearly identifiable faction attire, their cultivation was generally quite decent as well — most likely they also had impressive backgrounds.
"This bunch of guys with special backgrounds... th-they're usually not great in the character department, b-but... but their advantage is that they have powerful backers behind them. They're born with conditions and resources that ordinary people can't dream of."
"Gathering here without reason — th-there's definitely something fishy going on." Wang Qiang squinted his small eyes as he stared at the group of juniors.
The meaning behind his words was obvious. He suspected that these juniors hadn't come here for some ordinary gathering — more likely they were here to explore something.
"We'll find out what's fishy soon enough just by listening," Chu Feng said.
Although the overall strength of those juniors was not weak — some of them were even stronger than Chu Feng and Wang Qiang — the three of them were, after all, Immortal-Robe Spirit World Masters.
Not only could those juniors not detect Chu Feng's group, but Chu Feng's trio was also able to silently observe their every move and overhear their conversations.
"Zhao Yu, is this information reliable? If we go in and there's nothing there, I'll be taking your little life." Among the crowd, a cold-faced man standing two meters tall spoke harshly to a thin, scrawny man.
This tall, stern-looking man wore the attire of the Kong Heavenly Clan. Though he appeared young, Chu Feng's group could tell at a glance that he was already over a hundred years old. Strictly speaking, he was no longer a junior.
However, although his age had surpassed a hundred years, he had only just crossed that threshold — far from reaching two hundred. So it was hardly surprising that he was mingling with these juniors. Presumably, both he and the other juniors still considered him one of their own.
What was worth noting, though, was that this man's strength was no joke. Chu Feng's group could clearly sense that his cultivation had reached the first rank Martial Ancestor level.
"Brother Kong Sheng, I w-wouldn't dare deceive you! It's the absolute truth — I would never lie," the man called Zhao Yu said, showing complete fear and humility toward the first rank Martial Ancestor, Kong Sheng.
This was hardly surprising, since Zhao Yu had the weakest cultivation among all of them — a mere second rank Half Ancestor.
Forget about Kong Sheng, who was a first rank Martial Ancestor. Nearly anyone here could step forward and put him in his place in an instant.
"Good. Then describe the appearance of those two women again so we can find them. Remember — if you dare lie to us, I won't go easy on you," Kong Sheng said.
"I wouldn't dare. How could I?" Zhao Yu replied shakily, and then began describing the appearances of the two women in front of the assembled juniors.
It had to be said — although this fellow Zhao Yu was not strong in cultivation, his talent for describing people's appearances was genuinely impressive.
Vivid and lifelike, under his descriptions, it was as if the listeners could actually see the very people he was describing.
"Br-brother." At that moment, Wang Qiang's eyes were filled with shock as he turned to look at Chu Feng.
However, Chu Feng's expression was far more complex than Wang Qiang's. He turned around and asked Zhao Hong in a very solemn tone: "Zhao Hong, if I needed you to deal with that fellow Kong Sheng — could you handle it?"
"Relax. I'm absolutely certain I can subdue him," Zhao Hong said with a confident smile, then added in a teasing tone: "Chu Feng, don't tell me you've already fallen for those two women just from hearing someone describe them?"
Yet Chu Feng remained unmoved by her joke. Instead, he said: "If you could, cover my retreat. There are some things I want to ask that Zhao Yu."
With those words, Chu Feng abruptly revealed himself and shot toward the group, landing right in front of Zhao Yu.
"Who goes there?!" The sudden appearance of someone landing in their midst made every nerve tense.
After all, this area already belonged to the territory of the Drought Zombie's Dead Water Pool — a forbidden zone where no one was seen for years on end. Anyone who dared come here was no ordinary person.
Yet Chu Feng completely ignored their hostile questions. He seized the man called Zhao Yu and demanded: "I'm asking you — where did you see those two women?"
"Hey, you little punk, who do you think you are? I'm talking to you!" A Kong Heavenly Clan youth whose cultivation had reached the sixth rank Half Ancestor pointed at Chu Feng's nose and shouted aggressively.