Chu Feng had rendered great service to the Chu family, and Chu Yuanba intended to focus on cultivating him—a fact known to everyone in the Chu clan, so people's attitudes toward Chu Feng had undergone a fundamental shift.
On Chu Feng's way back to the Azure Dragon Sect, the juniors who had previously opposed him began to approach him proactively, though aside from Chu Yue, Chu Feng's demeanor toward them could only be described as lukewarm.
Seeing Chu Feng and Chu Yue chatting and laughing, playfully sparring, many envied Chu Yue, while also regretting their past actions against Chu Feng.
Some were so filled with regret they felt their intestines turn green, yet they could only lament, for there is no such thing as regret medicine in this world.
“Chu Yue sister, if anything comes up, remember to come find me—you know where my residence is.”
After arriving at the Azure Dragon Sect, Chu Feng bade Chu Yue a single farewell, disregarding others' feelings, and swaggered away.
Watching Chu Feng's retreating back, Chu Wei wore a complex expression; he longed to say, “Chu Feng brother, join the Chu Alliance—if possible, the leadership should be yours.” But he couldn't bring himself to speak, knowing he lacked the face to say such things, and also aware that even if he did, Chu Feng would not join.
For he, too, felt the Chu Alliance unworthy of Chu Feng—one who could defeat a Seventh‑Stage Spirit Martial cultivator would, even among the inner disciples, be considered outstanding.
Chu Feng did not return directly to his residence; instead, he went to the Inner Sect's Mission Hall.
Inner Sect disciples enjoy relative freedom, yet many choose to remain in the sect to cultivate because the Azure Dragon Sect provides abundant cultivation resources.
Besides the annual Spirit Herb Hunt, this Mission Hall is essentially the sole avenue for Inner Sect disciples to obtain cultivation resources.
As the name suggests, the Mission Hall is where one picks up various tasks; completing them yields corresponding rewards.
Tasks range from light to heavy: from fetching items and escorting, to slaying demon beasts and helping people fight—naturally, the reward scales with difficulty.
“How are all these tasks so simple?” Chu Feng stood in the hall of the Mission Hall, chin resting on his hand, scanning the task board back and forth, yet after a long look he found nothing to his liking.
Because of the Divine Thunder within him, Chu Feng now needs ever‑greater amounts of spiritual energy to advance his cultivation—no longer can a few stalks of Spirit Herb suffice.
Thus he set his sights on the Spirit Pearl, but scanning the entire task board, the highest reward was merely a few stalks of Spirit Herb; a Spirit Pearl? Not even worth a thought.
“Well, it seems I’ll have to accumulate little by little.” Having reached this conclusion, Chu Feng made a reckless decision: he rolled up his sleeves and frenziedly grabbed at the task cards on the board, snatching nearly every high‑difficulty task that could yield Spirit Herb.
“Damn, look at that kid—what’s he doing? Is he crazy?”
“Hell, is this brat just here to cause trouble?”
Chu Feng's actions undoubtedly drew attention; in their eyes, a youth his age could at most be a Fourth‑Stage Spirit Martial cultivator, while such high‑difficulty tasks require at least Sixth‑Stage Spirit Martial—something he could not possibly achieve. Thus everyone concluded Chu Feng was either mad or merely causing trouble.
However, high‑difficulty tasks are limited; once all the Spirit Herb‑yielding tasks were taken, Chu Feng turned his gaze to medium‑difficulty tasks.
If Chu Feng's frantic snatching of high‑difficulty task cards merely attracted onlookers, then reaching for the medium‑difficulty cards would inevitably earn him resentment.