"Heh..."
Just as the leader of the Secret Cave Sages attempted to forcibly drag Chu Feng through the left gate, a cold laugh escaped Chu Feng's lips.
"I guessed long ago that your cultivation was powerful, and sure enough, I was right—you're at the Supreme Realm."
"But what I didn't expect was that you'd unleash your cultivation against me while we were supposed to be working together." Chu Feng's words dripped with mockery.
This made the leader of the Secret Cave Sages feel somewhat ashamed.
"Brother Shura, I didn't want you to throw your life away for nothing."
"The right gate is truly a dead end."
"The Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp won't make a mistake," the leader said.
"Is my life yours to decide?" Chu Feng asked.
"Well... of course not, it's just..." The leader didn't know how to explain.
"Are you absolutely certain that the left gate is the path of survival? What if it's the death gate instead?"
"I'm choosing the right gate. Even if I die, that's a responsibility I can shoulder."
"But if you force me into the left gate and I die, then that responsibility falls on you. Can you bear that weight—my life?" Chu Feng pressed further, his tone growing sharper with each question.
Faced with Chu Feng's relentless interrogation, the leader froze for a moment.
Whoosh—
Then, the force restraining Chu Feng suddenly vanished.
The leader of the Secret Cave Sages ultimately withdrew his pressure.
"Brother Shura, it seems your mind is made up," the leader said.
"Then would any of you be willing to enter the right gate with me?" Chu Feng asked.
The Secret Cave Sages didn't answer, but their silence already told Chu Feng everything he needed to know.
"Then why don't you all wait here? If I go in and don't come back, you can still choose to enter the left gate at that point."
Chu Feng's tone, which had been forceful moments ago, suddenly softened.
He truly didn't want the Secret Cave Sages to die in vain.
That was why he was willing to test the waters himself—gambled his own life to prove he was right. And once he'd proven it, then the Secret Cave Sages could make their choice.
"Brother Shura, you absolutely must not go in. That's the death gate."
"If you don't trust the Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp, fine..."
"Tell you what—everyone wait here. I'll go through the left gate first."
"I'll scout the path for you. I'll prove that the Yin-Yang Guiding Lamp doesn't make mistakes."
As the leader of the Secret Cave Sages spoke, he moved toward the left gate.
His idea was the same as Chu Feng's—he wanted to risk his life to test it.
Seeing this decision, Chu Feng was left at a loss for words, his heart stirred with an indescribable discomfort.
He could tell that the leader of the Secret Cave Sages, despite being greedy to the bone, was ultimately a man of responsibility. Otherwise, he would never use his own life to scout the path.
But in Chu Feng's eyes, the left gate was the path of death, and he truly didn't want the leader to walk into it for nothing.