Chapter 2829: Night Assassination (4)

"Young friend Chu Feng, are you blaming me because I failed to seek justice for Li Xiang and the other disciples?" the Master of the Holy Pill Villa asked.

"You've already sought that justice, and you've restored the honor of the Holy Pill Villa."

"But my justice, I will have to claim myself."

"Those are two entirely separate matters. How could I, Chu Feng, blame you?" Chu Feng said.

"Young friend Chu Feng, if you wish to leave, I won't force you to stay. However, I do hope you'll accept this gift."

The Master of the Holy Pill Villa produced an Immortal Armament and offered it to Chu Feng.

He was clever enough not to simply hand over one of the Immortal Armaments that Yuwen City had given as compensation. Instead, he offered Chu Feng one that already belonged to the Holy Pill Villa.

Honestly, given the value of an Immortal Armament, this was an exceedingly generous gift — even if it was only one.

Yet there was no reason for Chu Feng to accept this gift. If he did, he would feel he had betrayed the deceased Li Xiang, betrayed the deceased Gao Hao, betrayed the deceased Ma Qiang, and even betrayed those innocent disciples of the Holy Pill Villa.

"I cannot accept a reward without merit. I cannot accept this generous gift. Farewell, elders." With those words, Chu Feng departed.

None of the people from the Holy Pill Villa moved to follow him.

After all, if even the Master of the Holy Pill Villa hadn't made any effort to keep him, who would dare?

"Master, was it worth it — turning down fifty half-complete Immortal Armaments for the sake of this Chu Feng?"

After Chu Feng left, one of the Holy Pill Villa's elders asked.

"Would it have been worth it to let fifty Immortal Armaments destroy the ten-thousand-year foundation of our Holy Pill Villa in our hands?" the Master of the Holy Pill Villa countered.

"Master, are you saying that the terrifying, unknown power behind Chu Feng truly exists?"

"But didn't he say he came from the Mortal Realm?" the elder asked.

Earlier, during casual conversation with Chu Feng, the Master of the Holy Pill Villa had inquired about his background. Chu Feng had answered that he came from the Mortal Realm, indirectly conveying to the Master that he had no powerful backing.

Although most of the elders were deeply skeptical of this claim, some actually took it at face value — this elder among them.

"If I told you I came from a lower realm, would you believe me?" the Master of the Holy Pill Villa asked.

"This subordinate was foolish." The elder realized his oversight and hastily bowed in apology.

The Master of the Holy Pill Villa gazed in the direction Chu Feng had departed and sighed: "Based on Elder Ma's description, that Hell Hurricane was incredibly powerful. Tell me — if one day, such a Hell Hurricane were to fall upon our Holy Pill Villa, who among us could withstand it?"

Hearing this, the elders of the Holy Pill Villa all felt a chill of retrospective fear, and they agreed that their Master had been truly wise to reject the demands of Yuwen City's City Master.

Yet even now, someone asked: "Master, since the power behind Chu Feng is so formidable, why don't we seize this opportunity today to destroy Yuwen City?"

"We'd eliminate Yuwen City — an eyesore — and do Chu Feng a favor at the same time. Wouldn't that be perfect?" the elder said.

"If I could have eliminated Yuwen City, I would have done so long ago. Would I have been brushed off with a mere hundred Immortal Armaments? If we destroyed Yuwen City, wouldn't all of their treasures become ours?"

"The reason I've held back for so long — don't you all understand it?" the Master of the Holy Pill Villa asked.

Of course, the people of the Holy Pill Villa understood. The reason they couldn't eliminate Yuwen City was because of the City Master's Master.

Even though that Master was currently absent from the Greater Upper Realm and his fate was unknown, no one could guarantee whether he might one day return.

"Master, if we could earn the favor of the power behind Chu Feng, would we still need to fear Yuwen Yanhong's Master?" one of the elders said.

"Foolish. If even you can think of using this incident to curry favor with Chu Feng, then do you think the power behind Chu Feng would be foolish enough to accept such a cheap gesture?"

"True colossuses are not so easily won over with a bit of flattery," the Master of the Holy Pill Villa said.

Hearing this, the elders fell silent.

Indeed, the relationships of such true colossuses were truly not easy to forge.

……

After leaving the Holy Pill Villa, Chu Feng did not head directly toward the Void Spirit Tree.

Instead, he stopped at the border of Yuwen City.

"Chu Feng, are you really going to take that risk?"

"A gentleman's revenge is never too late — why must you rush and take such a risk?" Her Majesty said, her voice filled with worry.

She already knew Chu Feng's plan. He intended to use an Invisibility Talisman to infiltrate Yuwen City and find an opportunity to kill Yuwen Tingyi and Yuwen Hualong.

But it had to be said, this was an extremely risky decision, which was precisely why Her Majesty was so worried.