"What exactly is going on here?"
Chu Feng's mind was filled with questions. First, he couldn't understand why the Asura Divine Stone had appeared here, of all places, and how it just so happened that his grandfather or his father had obtained it and placed it here.
But what puzzled Chu Feng the most was how a stone that even Eggy couldn't lift was so unremarkable in his own hands.
Or perhaps his grandfather and his father possessed abilities similar to Chu Feng's, which would explain how they were able to place the Asura Divine Stone — the sacred cultivation treasure of the Asura Spirit World — here?
"Whatever. I could rack my brains over this and still never figure it out. Once I leave this Ancestral Martial Cultivation Realm, I'll just ask the Clan Chief. Maybe he'll know where the Asura Divine Stone came from."
After voicing his thoughts, Chu Feng left the area.
And the moment he returned to the main city, he immediately noticed that Chu Hongyi and his two companions were also in the city. Not only were they chatting and laughing with the other clansmen inside, but the topic of their conversation was actually about magnanimously forgiving certain brothers within the clan.
Forgiving? What a coward. When those very brothers had needed his help, he had been perfectly content to stand by and watch them die. Who needed his forgiveness?
Nobody owed him anything — if anything, he was the one who owed them all.
"Get out."
Suddenly, Chu Feng let out a thunderous shout.
The roar startled everyone. But once they realized it was Chu Feng who had arrived, most of them broke into smiles of joy.
The only ones truly terrified were Chu Hongyi and his two companions.
"Who let you in? Get out." Chu Feng pointed at Chu Hongyi and the other two as he spoke.
"Brother Chu Feng, I was the one who let them in. We —" Seeing this, Chu Ping hurriedly stepped forward.
However, Chu Feng ignored Chu Ping entirely and pointed at Chu Hongyi and his companions once more, shouting, "I already told you — from now on, our territory has nothing to do with you. You are not to set foot in the Chu Heavenly Clan's domain. Not a single step."
"Get out. Now. And don't let me see you again, because if I do… every time I see you, I'll beat you."
With those words, Chu Feng's sword-like brows slanted sharply, and a overwhelming surge of pressure erupted from his body.
The pressure bore down on Chu Hongyi and his two companions alone. In an instant, the three were blown off their feet and sent tumbling across the ground.
Seeing this, the three didn't dare hesitate for even a moment. They scrambled to their feet and bolted, the picture of wretchedness.
"Good."
"They deserve it."
"Good riddance."
Watching Chu Hongyi and his companions flee in such a pathetic state, the clansmen of the Chu Heavenly Clan felt no sympathy whatsoever. On the contrary, they found it deeply satisfying — this was exactly the outcome they had wanted.
Well, not everyone was pleased. There was one exception: Chu Ping.
"Brother Chu Feng, why must it be this way? Aren't we all family?" Chu Ping asked.
"Brother Chu Ping, take a good look at everyone's reaction," Chu Feng told him.
In truth, Chu Ping had already noticed everyone's reaction without needing Chu Feng to point it out.
He genuinely couldn't understand it. No matter how badly Chu Hongyi and the other two had behaved, they were still clansmen.
"Brother Chu Ping, I know how much you value the bonds between fellow clansmen. But I have to warn you — that wishy-washy sentimentality of yours won't just hurt you. It'll hurt other people too."
"If you want to sympathize with them, go right ahead. Nobody's stopping you, and nobody can control what you think."
"But you don't have the right to demand that the rest of us do the same — that we should feel sorry for the three of them, too."
With that, Chu Feng turned his back, unwilling to continue the conversation with Chu Ping. He had already spoken to Chu Ping about his indiscriminate clan loyalty before, but it seemed he still couldn't break the habit for the time being.
He needed to figure it out on his own.