"You..."
Everyone turned to look at Fan Zhou, their eyes filled with horror.
Li Xiao and the other juniors were especially shaken.
In their minds, Fan Zhou had been nothing more than a junior of humble origins and mediocre strength.
They couldn't even understand why he had received an invitation from Master Yuan Shu.
But how could Fan Zhou's cultivation be so terrifyingly powerful at this moment?
Supreme Realm — he was actually in the Supreme Realm, far stronger than even Zhang Duotuo.
"If you question Brother Shura, you question me."
And just as the crowd was grappling with their confusion, Fan Zhou's appearance suddenly shifted.
He transformed into the image of a middle-aged man.
He was tall, handsome, and even his clothing had changed.
A white robe, an extraordinary bearing — utterly impeccable, clearly the look of someone far from ordinary.
"Master Yuan Shu?"
Shocked cries erupted from all directions.
And those voices made Chu Feng realize Fan Zhou's true identity.
As it turned out, Fan Zhou was Yuan Shu.
"Master Yuan Shu, how is it you..."
Even Zhang Duotuo's face was taut with nervousness.
He might have been someone of standing in the Reincarnation Upper Realm, but that was all — just the Reincarnation Upper Realm.
Master Yuan Shu, on the other hand, was a figure of immense weight throughout the entire Heavenly Star Domain.
After all, he was the most powerful Spirit World Master in the Reincarnation Upper Realm.
Li Xiao, Meng Rufei, and the others turned even paler, trembling where they stood.
They retreated behind their elders, not daring to utter a single word.
To think that the very Fan Zhou they had treated with such contempt was none other than the exalted Master Yuan Shu.
They had truly poked the tiger and were tired of living.
Hum —
In the face of the crowd's panic, Master Yuan Shu said nothing. He simply waved his sleeve, and a gate of light appeared before them all.
"Brother Shura, please pass through this gate," Yuan Shu said to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng understood what Yuan Shu meant and stepped straight through the gate of light.
He passed through unharmed, and everyone drew a sharp breath.
Nearly everyone present was a Spirit World Master, and regardless of their level of strength, they could all see the purpose of that gate.
It was a gate of light that only juniors could pass through. The fact that Chu Feng had stepped through it safely confirmed that his age was indeed still under a hundred.
"Does anyone else question me?" Yuan Shu asked.
"Truly, heroes rise from among the young. This old man's eyes were blind."
Zhang Duotuo forced a smile onto his face.
And the rest of them began chiming in one after another, heaping praise on Chu Feng.
"'Blind eyes,' you say? Does Master Duotuo and all the rest of you intend to settle this matter with nothing more than a claim of blind eyes?"
"A moment ago, you were prepared to bully a junior and teach Brother Shura a lesson."
"Had I not intervened, he could very well have met with serious harm. Do you think a simple admission of poor judgment erases the crimes you committed?"
Yuan Shu wore a mocking smile as his icy gaze swept over the crowd.
The more awkward the crowd became, the more terrified they grew.
"Hero Shura, this old man's eyes were blind. I nearly committed a grave error today. I beg Hero Shura to be magnanimous and spare this old man just this once."
Suddenly, someone spoke up to beg for mercy — it was Li Xiao's elder.
He wasn't being cowardly; he genuinely could not afford to offend Yuan Shu.
After that, others followed suit, one after another pleading for forgiveness.
In the end, even Zhang Duotuo himself wore a face full of shame as he admitted his wrongs to Chu Feng.
But as for this scene — not only the apologies themselves, but even the onlookers felt it was only right.
After all, the one called Shura had Master Yuan Shu backing him.
Besides, everyone could see that the whole affair had indeed been Zhang Duotuo and the others in the wrong.
Yet even after everyone had apologized, Yuan Shu did not let the matter end there. Instead, he turned to Chu Feng.
"Brother Shura, do you find this acceptable?"
Once Yuan Shu spoke, Chu Feng responded immediately.
"For Master Yuan Shu's sake, I'll let this matter go."
"But having said that, you warriors of the Reincarnation Upper Realm are more than just blind in the eyes — I'd say your hearts are blind too."