The disciples hadn't lied to
His ability to defeat Chu Feng relied entirely on the power of the main formation.
In terms of pure cultivation, the strongest person present was a Supreme Elder of the Flying Flower Pavilion.
His strength was at the second-grade Martial Venerable realm.
However, he was also the only Martial Venerable expert within this mountain range at the moment.
And the only formidable enemy Chu Feng feared.
But since Chu Feng had already completely mastered the power of the main formation, he had a way to avoid clashing with him.
Chu Feng channeled the power of the main formation to alter its structure, beginning to conceal the truth.
Not only would the Heaven and Earth Oddity be refined by Chu Feng without them discovering it — he also made that Supreme Elder of the Flying Flower Pavilion believe that the Heaven and Earth Oddity was about to reach completion, causing him to focus all his efforts on channeling the formation's power and not leave the formation for even a single step.
This way, Chu Feng could do as he pleased.
However, when Chu Feng used the main formation's power to alter the Heaven and Earth Oddity, not only could that Supreme Elder sense it — the guest elder could sense it as well.
"It's about to succeed, it's about to succeed!"
At that moment, the guest elder was ecstatic.
He had been completely deceived by Chu Feng, truly believing that the refinement of the Heaven and Earth Oddity was nearly complete.
Little did he know, the real Heaven and Earth Oddity had already completely vanished from this world — it had been refined by Chu Feng.
BOOM—
Then, when a thunderous boom rang out, and the copper cauldron's lid was sent flying, the guest elder was also greatly startled, unable to understand why this had happened so suddenly.
What he didn't know was that this shock was only the beginning.
The truly shocking event was about to unfold.
"My apologies — seems I startled you."
As Chu Feng's voice rang out, his figure soared out from within the copper cauldron.
Before, Chu Feng's very body had been burned to nothing, his clothes long gone.
But now, not only had his physical body recovered, he had also changed into new robes.
Though he emerged from the copper cauldron, Chu Feng looked high-spirited — his entire state was several times better than before he had entered.
"You… you… how is this possible?"
Just as Chu Feng had predicted, upon seeing him now, the guest elder of the Flying Flower Pavilion not only had his ugly old face filled with shock, but he even began stammering.
In his eyes, Chu Feng's appearance was not only sudden — it was something that should never have happened.
Looking at the utterly shocked and bewildered guest elder, Chu Feng spoke once more.
"I have to thank you for the opportunity. The taste of this Heaven and Earth Oddity was quite excellent."
As he said this, Chu Feng licked his lips with lingering satisfaction.
Only after hearing these words did the guest elder realize something was wrong.
He hastily flew upward to peer into the copper cauldron.
Only then did he discover that the Heaven and Earth Oddity within the cauldron had completely vanished.
"How can this be?! What did you do?!"
"What exactly did you do?!"
The guest elder shouted in confusion.
Through his connection to the main formation, he could clearly still sense the existence of the Heaven and Earth Oddity, and he could feel that it was about to reach completion.
But why, when he looked into the copper cauldron with his own eyes, could he see no trace of the Heaven and Earth Oddity?
Under these circumstances, there was only one possibility.
But that was a possibility the guest elder refused to believe.
"Since you've already figured it out, why bother asking a redundant question?"
Chu Feng narrowed his eyes and returned to the guest elder the very same words the elder had once said to him.
"You bastard!!!"