"Sigh, fine." Seeing that Chu Lingxi had already made up her mind, Chu Feng didn't push the issue any further.
After all, everyone had their own thoughts, and Chu Feng chose to respect Chu Lingxi's decision.
"Chu Feng, the Fire Qilin Curse my mother gave you — have you mastered it yet?" Chu Lingxi asked.
"Not yet," Chu Feng said.
"You'd be better off mastering that Fire Qilin Curse quickly instead of wasting your time on this."
When Chu Lingxi said this, there was more than just concern in her voice — there was also a sense of frustration, the exasperation of watching someone fail to meet expectations.
"I'll master it," Chu Feng said with a grin.
"But it doesn't really matter anymore, since… your duel with Linghu Hongfei has been cancelled," Chu Lingxi said.
"Cancelled?" Hearing this, Chu Feng was somewhat surprised and quickly asked, "Lingxi, what happened?"
"Master Liangqiu received the news. If you're curious, go ask them yourself." With that, Chu Lingxi flew out of the palace.
Chu Feng hurriedly followed her out and arrived at the palace where Master Liangqiu and Gu Mingyuan were staying.
"Chu Feng, you… why are you so weakened?"
Master Liangqiu and Gu Mingyuan, upon seeing Chu Feng in his current state, immediately looked alarmed.
Ever since Chu Feng had begun fusing the Heaven-Bestowed Divine Body, they hadn't seen him at all and had no idea how he was doing. And now, the moment they laid eyes on him, he looked so frail — of course they were worried.
"Don't worry. He did this to himself — it's the price he paid to obtain Heaven-Bestowed Divine Power," Chu Lingxi said first, her expression displeased and her voice laced with reproach.
She was now thoroughly convinced that the Ox-Nose Daoist was a fraud, so she genuinely didn't want Chu Feng to keep going down this path. But Chu Feng insisted on persisting, which was why she was so unhappy.
"Chu Feng, why not just give it up? I've known that Ox-Nose far longer than you have, and he really is unreliable," Master Liangqiu said, his face full of concern.
"Chu Feng, Master Liangqiu wouldn't lie to you. That Ox-Nose has been notorious for a long time now — in the entire Ancestral Martial Star Domain, apart from you, there probably isn't a single person who still believes him," Gu Mingyuan added, equally distressed.
To this, Chu Feng gave no answer — he simply smiled.
But that smile was answer enough for Master Liangqiu and Gu Mingyuan. Chu Feng still intended to keep going.
Seeing this, they dropped the matter, not wanting to put Chu Feng in a difficult position.
"Master Liangqiu, I heard that Linghu Hongfei cancelled his duel with me. What exactly happened?" Chu Feng asked.
"I don't know the specifics. Chengfeng simply sent word saying that Linghu Hongfei had cancelled the duel."
"Something must have gone wrong with the Linghu Heavenly Clan's war against the Star Domain Main World."
"After all, the enemy they're facing is the Nameless Clan — the very force that has dominated the Ancestral Martial Star Domain for so many years," Master Liangqiu said.
"Is that so?" Chu Feng felt that what Master Liangqiu said made sense.
"Well, at any rate, this is a good thing — you can focus on your cultivation here for a while in peace. After all, you trust that Ox-Nose fellow," Master Liangqiu said with a faint smile.
"This matter isn't something he can simply cancel on his own. Even if the duel is called off, what he did to Lingxi cannot just be swept under the rug. Sooner or later… I will still settle that score with him," Chu Feng said.
"Let me handle my own affairs. I will defeat him myself," Chu Lingxi said.
"Then after you defeat him, I'll defeat him too," Chu Feng said.
"If I defeat him, I'll kill him on the spot — you won't get the chance," Chu Lingxi replied.