"Why didn't you say that when he was still here?" Chu Xianshuo asked.
"I…," that junior said, his face filled with embarrassment.
"Because with just a flick of his finger, he could crush every last one of us right here."
"If it weren't for the fact that we're members of the
"So what do we do? Just let that brat go?" someone asked.
"Heh…," Chu Xianshuo let out a cold laugh. "Trash like him is a dime a dozen across the vast Upper Realms. If we want to eliminate him, no one can protect him."
"Remember — even within the territory of the Starfall Sacred Ground, as long as we don't kill him, no one dares to do a thing to us," Chu Xianshuo said.
"As expected of Big Brother Xianshuo — you're so clever. Now we know what to do." At that moment, the junior members of the Chu Heavenly Clan all wore grins on their faces.
Meanwhile,
However, the crowd below had already dispersed, because the swirling mist now obscured the view of the peak. Those at the base could no longer see what was happening above.
Chu Feng figured that perhaps, once the people below realized they couldn't see the mountaintop anymore, they had simply chosen to leave.
Of course, it was also possible that the people of the Starfall Sacred Ground had chased them away.
In any case, the Eight Immortals of Starfall were still present on the peak, and so were Chu Feng and
The old man once again pushed open the doors of the palace hall and said to Chu Feng, "Young Master, please enter."
Chu Feng smiled faintly. He had been about to ask just what kind of game his so-called Holy Maiden was playing.
But before the words could leave his mouth, a gentle force pushed him into the palace hall, and the doors shut behind him.
At that moment, Chu Feng noticed that the ground-floor hall was no longer empty.
A woman in a white dress stood in the corner of the hall, watching him.
She was beautiful, but her gaze carried a hint of amusement.
"It's you." Chu Feng blurted out, his voice tinged with extreme displeasure.
Because he recognized this woman. She was the stunning beauty he had encountered inside the Divine Mountain.
The moment he laid eyes on her, everything clicked into place.
"That's right, it's me," the woman said, still wearing that same smile — sweet and captivating as ever.
"So you're the Holy Maiden of the Starfall Sacred Ground,
Chu Feng asked. He had already guessed her identity, but he wanted to confirm it one more time.
"I told you that you'd find out who I am eventually. See? You already know now. I didn't even need to introduce myself."
Xia Yun'er looked at Chu Feng with squinted, smiling eyes and asked, "Those people from the Chu Heavenly Clan — they didn't do anything to you, did they?"
"Aren't you stating the obvious?" Chu Feng cast Xia Yun'er a cold glance.
"Oh my, the way you say that, it sounds like what they did to you has something to do with me," Xia Yun'er said.
"It has nothing to do with you. I simply wasn't strong enough," Chu Feng said.
"Hearing you put it that way, I almost don't know what to say." Xia Yun'er smiled bewitchingly and gave a helpless little shrug.
"Cut the act. What exactly are you after? Just say it," Chu Feng said.
"My goal is simple — I just want you to know that you've set foot on my turf."
"So, about the Heaven and Earth energy you stole from me at the Divine Mountain — how do you plan to settle that debt?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"I told you I'd compensate you in the future," Chu Feng said.
"How far into the future?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"Within two years," Chu Feng said.
"Why should I trust you?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"If you don't trust me, you can kill me," Chu Feng said.
"You really are something."
"Fine, two years it is. You don't have to return the Heaven and Earth energy specifically — treasures of equivalent value will do."
"Of course, what counts as equivalent value is for me to decide," Xia Yun'er said.
"Deal. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." With that, Chu Feng turned around, ready to walk out.
"You came here for the hunt hosted by the
"What if I did? What if I didn't?" Chu Feng replied coldly.
After today's events, Chu Feng was now certain that this so-called Holy Maiden, Xia Yun'er, was in truth a venomous, scheming woman.
She was dangerous. Even if she wasn't going to kill him right now, she certainly had her own hidden motives.
With a woman like this, Chu Feng had to stay on his guard.
"This year, within the hunting grounds of the Immortal Armament Villa, there is a special Spirit Beast. Inside that Spirit Beast's body, there is not only a Spirit Bone powerful enough to claim first place, but also a great deal of treasure."