"Hmph, what a saint he's pretending to be." After Chu Feng left, Chu Haoyan muttered discontentedly.
"Brother Haoyan, don't forget — when we were humiliated, who risked his life to save us? Who avenged us? And when the Green Feather Clan's reinforcements arrived, who stayed behind alone to hold them off so we could retreat first?"
"Ask yourself honestly — does Chu Feng truly care about us, or is he just pretending?" Chu Qing asked Chu Haoyan.
"But am I wrong? In the world of martial cultivators, cultivation should always come first. The Dark Stream Immortal River won't last much longer — not seizing this chance to cultivate would be a waste."
"Fine, suit yourselves. I'm not going to waste this opportunity."
With that, Chu Haoyan leaped into the Dark Stream Immortal River.
Seeing Chu Haoyan like this, Chu Qing wasn't angry.
Because when Chu Haoyan had been speaking earlier, Chu Qing had caught a faint trace of guilt on his face.
This meant that he already felt remorse for having called Chu Feng a pretender.
No matter how much he had hated Chu Feng before — and perhaps he still did — at the very least, he had realized that Chu Feng had genuinely sacrificed for them.
In Chu Qing's view, for someone of Chu Haoyan's temperament to show such a change was a good thing.
…
Chu Feng re-entered the vast cavern. This time he began searching everywhere for any trace of Chu Shuangshuang, and when circumstances left him no choice, he even resorted to coercing Green Feather Clan members for information.
Yet even so, Chu Feng could find no sign of Chu Shuangshuang whatsoever, and in this situation, he was starting to panic.
If Chu Shuangshuang had truly been captured by the Green Feather Clan, there wouldn't be an immediate threat to her life — but she would undoubtedly be subjected to their torment.
Especially after what had just happened — having crossed the Green Feather Clan — if Chu Shuangshuang had indeed been caught, her situation would be extremely dangerous.
Chu Feng knew all too well that when a soul was continuously battered and broken, even if it wasn't destroyed, it could lead to mental derangement — even madness and loss of memory.
And once that kind of damage was done, repairing it was nearly impossible.
Left with no other option, Chu Feng pressed deeper into the cavern. He had even begun targeting the Green Feather Clan members themselves — whenever he encountered one, he would carefully scrutinize them, searching for any sign that they might have been involved in capturing Chu Shuangshuang.
But to no avail — still no leads.
"Chu Feng, I won't lecture you for missing the chance to cultivate in the Dark Stream Immortal River, but pushing this deep — you're likely to run into the Green Feather Clan's experts. Forget saving Chu Shuangshuang at that point; you'll be the one in trouble."
The Queen couldn't help but speak up with a warning.
After all, the Queen had always been the one who cared most about Chu Feng's well-being.