"What's your plan, Chu Feng?" the Queen asked.
"Let's go take a look," Chu Feng replied.
"Alright, then let's go take a look." The Queen agreed without hesitation.
She knew that Chu Feng's current strength was no match for the people of the Situ Spirit Gate, but Chu Feng's grandmother's relatives were effectively Chu Feng's own kin.
Now their remains were hung up at the city gates — who could tolerate such a thing?
If Chu Feng was going, the Queen would go with him.
Whether they could win or not, whether they should fight or not — she would leave it all to Chu Feng.
…
Before long, Chu Feng arrived at the headquarters of the Situ Spirit Gate.
The world where the Situ Spirit Gate's headquarters was located had already gathered forces from every corner of the True Dragon Star Domain, and a constant stream of people continued to pour in.
They had all come to watch the spectacle after hearing about the Situ Spirit Gate hanging the remains of the Golden Dragon Flame Sect's members on display. And the Situ Spirit Gate had tacitly allowed it.
The reason they allowed people to watch this show was precisely to reclaim the prestige they had lost.
Everyone was curious whether Chu Feng would actually come. After all, everything the Situ Spirit Gate had done was aimed squarely at Chu Feng.
You, Chu Feng, want revenge?
The Situ Spirit Gate has gathered every single one of their members together — do you dare show up?
Not only are our people gathered here waiting for you to come kill them, we've even hung up the remains of the dead from the Golden Dragon Flame Sect. And the reason these people can't rest in peace is all because of you, Chu Feng.
This move had essentially backed Chu Feng into a corner.
Would Chu Feng actually dare to come?
If he did, a net of heaven and earth awaited him — everyone knew that.
But if he didn't come, his reputation would be utterly destroyed. It would be as good as telling everyone that all his talk of revenge was nothing but empty bluster — that Chu Feng was nothing but a paper tiger who only dared to bully the weak within the Situ Spirit Gate and never dared lay a finger on their true powerhouses.
Everyone wanted to see whether Chu Feng… had the guts.
…
Chu Feng paid no attention to the gossip of the world. He headed straight for the Situ Spirit Gate's stronghold, and the stronghold's gates were thrown wide open.
But compared to the open gates, the tens of thousands of remains hanging in front of them were what truly shook one to the core.
Most of those remains were incomplete, making it abundantly clear what kind of horrific suffering they had endured before death.
These were the remains of the Golden Dragon Flame Sect's clansmen. In truth, the sect had once boasted far more members than this — but the vast majority had been reduced to ashes, leaving not even remains behind.
"Chu Feng, are you alright?"
Seeing that Chu Feng made no sound, didn't even show any emotion, the Queen grew worried.
"I'm fine. This is a trap they deliberately set. If I were fool enough to spring it so easily, then all my years of training would have been for nothing," Chu Feng replied to Eggy.
It wasn't that Chu Feng wasn't angry — on the contrary, he was seething with rage.
The dead should be honored. To hang the remains of those who had been gone for years on public display like this — what kind of utter depravity was that?
And these were his grandmother's kin. How could Chu Feng not be furious?
But he knew he had to endure, and endure he did.
Yet Chu Feng would not simply choose to swallow his pride and walk away. If that were his intention, he wouldn't have risked coming here in the first place.
He hadn't come to be a spectator. He had come to find an opportunity to strike at the Situ Spirit Gate. Even if he couldn't defeat them, he was going to take these remains away.
With that, Chu Feng bowed deeply before the remains.
"Esteated seniors, your junior Chu Feng swears this day that he will bring you away from this place and lay you to rest in peace."
"I will avenge you. I will place the heads of every last member of the Situ Spirit Gate before your graves to comfort your spirits in the afterlife."
Having spoken, Chu Feng rose to his feet and walked deeper into the Situ Spirit Gate.
The Situ Spirit Gate appeared on the surface to have no defenses at all — the gates thrown open, as if welcoming anyone to enter.
In truth, a formation had already been deployed in secret. It was not a protective formation but a detection formation.
This detection formation was formidable — specifically designed to counter concealment techniques. Anyone who stepped within its range would have their true form immediately revealed.
Under normal circumstances, Chu Feng would have had difficulty evading it. Fortunately, he had already cultivated Divine Concealment.
Divine Concealment was truly powerful. Combined with Chu Feng's own concealment formation, it rendered him completely undetectable. He strode boldly into the heart of the Situ Spirit Gate's headquarters without a single person noticing his presence.
Right now, every member of the Situ Spirit Gate was buzzing with excitement. The face they had previously lost, they felt, had been restored.
Two voices echoed everywhere — one was mockery directed at Chu Feng, and the other was praise for Situ Kunye.
Situ Kunye was the son of the previous Situ Spirit Gate's Master and the current Sect Master himself.
He had been in seclusion for a long time and had only recently emerged. After learning about everything involving Chu Feng, he had orchestrated the entire affair.
The people of the Situ Spirit Gate felt that their Sect Master had helped them reclaim their lost dignity, and so praise for him was on everyone's lips.
Meanwhile, Chu Feng had been covertly gathering intelligence and learned that Situ Kunye was also within the Situ Spirit Gate at this very moment.
As the saying goes — know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Chu Feng decided to scout out Situ Kunye's current strength.
It was then that a group of figures suddenly appeared.
They had been in a concealed state, as if not wanting to be discovered. It was only after entering the deeper reaches of the Situ Spirit Gate's headquarters that they revealed themselves.
Each of these figures was far from ordinary, and their leader was especially powerful. Chu Feng recognized the man — it was Yue Lian.
"That old thing really did ally himself with the Situ Spirit Gate."
Seeing Yue Lian appear, killing intent surged through Chu Feng's heart.
He had nearly been killed by subordinates Yue Lian had arranged beforehand, and what Yue Lian had done to Yue Ling was a crime that offended both gods and men. Chu Feng had long since added him to his must-kill list.
He hated that his strength was still insufficient — otherwise, he could have wiped out both Yue Lian and the Situ Spirit Gate in one fell swoop.
But Chu Feng's concealment methods truly were exceptional, especially paired with Divine Concealment. Even a powerful expert like Yue Lian had absolutely no clue Chu Feng was there.
As long as Chu Feng didn't make a move against him or reveal any killing intent, even at close range, Yue Lian should be completely unable to detect his presence.