After Chu Feng and the Weapon Refining Immortal departed, the great battle within the Moonlit Maze had officially come to a close.
Although most people returned empty-handed from the Moonlit Maze, there were indeed many who had obtained treasures within its depths.
The treasures of the Moonlit Maze were no ordinary items — each was invaluable, and some had the potential to ignite bloodshed and chaos.
However, what people found most unbelievable was not the treasures brought out from the Moonlit Maze, but rather the two major events that had transpired within it.
The first major event was the great battle between the Dark Hall and the Ancient Elves. Although those experts had departed one after another following the battle against the Dark Hall, as the saying goes, no wall is truly airtight. There were always those with loose lips, and the matter quickly spread.
When people learned that the Dark Hall was a force capable of standing against the Ancient Elves, that they had been the ones to spread the map of the Moonlit Maze, and that their true purpose had been to use people's deaths to summon the legendary Moon Demon Empress — everyone was struck with terror, realizing that this mysteriously risen power was an extraordinarily dangerous existence.
After all, the Dark Hall had previously proclaimed their intent to rule the Martial Holy Land, and now that they had gone and done such a thing, how could people not be afraid?
As for the second matter — that was the grudge between Chu Feng and the Heavenly Dao Palace. Although the Heavenly Dao Palace's Elder Yue Ling and Elder Zhao Yu had indeed wronged Chu Feng within the Moonlit Maze, when Elder Kuang Kui confronted Chu Feng about it, Chu Feng had killed him on the spot without so much as a word.
This behavior was nothing short of a blatant provocation against the Heavenly Dao Palace.
Although some said that the Ancient Elves had already formed an alliance with Chu Feng, in the hearts of many humans, the Heavenly Dao Palace was no weaker than the Ancient Elves. They all believed that calamity was about to befall Chu Feng.
Because given the Heavenly Dao Palace's nature, they would absolutely not let this matter rest.
However, while these events were rapidly spreading across the Martial Holy Land, Chu Feng had already returned to Qingmu Mountain with the Weapon Refining Immortal.
Upon returning to Qingmu Mountain, Chu Feng went into seclusion. He intended to devote all of his barrier arts to studying a grand formation — one that even a peak Martial Emperor could not breach.
This grand formation was exceedingly difficult, and with Chu Feng's level of barrier arts, succeeding in its creation was even harder still.
But Chu Feng was determined to do it, for Qingmu Mountain was no longer what it once was. Especially after the events of the Moonlit Maze, even Zhang Tianyi and his father had come to reside within Qingmu Mountain.
It could be said that nearly everyone connected to Chu Feng had now gathered at Qingmu Mountain. And since the battle against the Dark Hall had already begun, Chu Feng had to do everything in his power to protect them all.
During the days of Chu Feng's seclusion, the Weapon Refining Immortal, Baili Xuankong, Nangong Longjian, Zhang Tianyi and his father, Bai Ruochen, Jiang Wushang, and others stood guard outside the place where Chu Feng had secluded himself, never stepping away for even a moment.
They were all deeply worried about Chu Feng, for ever since his return, he had seemed like an entirely different person. And they all knew the reason — it was because of Su Rou and Su Mei.
"Young friend Chu Feng, has he not yet come out of seclusion?" An elderly man walked up to the Weapon Refining Immortal and asked with considerable worry.
This old man possessed a cultivation as formidable as the Weapon Refining Immortal's and was equally renowned. He was none other than the Immeasurable Immortal.
"That stubborn brat Chu Feng — why must he be so obstinate? If it were a matter of protecting a single person, that would be one thing. But Qingmu Mountain is so vast, and yet he insists on creating a formation that can withstand a peak Martial Emperor? Isn't that just being hopelessly unrealistic?"
"If he keeps this up, he might very well go berserk," said a snow-haired woman.
She, too, was one of the few Dragon Mark Spirit World Masters of the Martial Holy Land — none other than the Snow-Haired Immortal, who had once wanted to take Chu Feng as her disciple.
Both the Immeasurable Immortal and the Snow-Haired Immortal had maintained good relations with the Ancient Elves. Upon learning that the Ancient Elves had gone to war against the Dark Hall, they had gone to offer their assistance.