"You're kidding — he actually refused Golden Crane True Immortal?" The crowd was stunned upon hearing this.
Everyone present knew what kind of existence Golden Crane True Immortal was. He was a transcendent being in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary World.
Countless people had begged to become his disciple, yet he had turned them all down. Now he had personally offered to take someone in — and that someone had refused. It was truly shocking.
"In truth, that's not even the most remarkable thing about him," Xu Yiyi said. "This young man is a genuine monster. The list of people he's rejected is impossibly long. Golden Crane True Immortal is merely one of them."
Her words only deepened the crowd's astonishment. They had never imagined that the Hundred Refinements Ordinary World could produce such a monstrous talent.
At the same time, everyone grew eager to see this so-called Young Master Li Ming for themselves. They wanted to know just how extraordinary his abilities truly were.
"If that's the case, then wouldn't Chu Feng be the second monstrous genius to appear in our Hundred Refinements Ordinary World?" Elder Ning Shuang said.
"Indeed. Regardless, Chu Feng is now the second youngest Immortal-Robed Spirit World Master our Hundred Refinements Ordinary World has ever produced," Xu Yiyi said happily.
The crowd nodded in agreement.
While everyone was in high spirits, however, Jiang Hao of the Falling Cloud Valley wore a deep frown. He despised Chu Feng and considered him a romantic rival, so naturally he had no wish to see Chu Feng achieve such acclaim.
"Yiyi, Elder Ning Shuang — there's something I need to come clean about," Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng, whatever it is, you look so serious about it." Seeing his solemn expression, Xu Yiyi couldn't help but smile.
"It's about Li Rui," Chu Feng said.
"Li Rui?" At the mention of that name, everyone froze.
After all, everyone else had come out, yet Li Rui was nowhere to be found. People had been wondering where he had gone.
"That's right, Chu Feng — where is Li Rui?" Sure enough, Elder Ning Shuang and the other Falling Cloud Valley members pressed him all at once.
"I killed Li Rui," Chu Feng said.
"What?!" The crowd's expressions changed dramatically, and several of the female disciples went pale with fright.
"Chu Feng, you've got some nerve — you dare kill my fellow sect brother?" Jiang Hao drew his half-complete Ancestor Armament and moved to attack Chu Feng.
"Stop." Before Jiang Hao could strike, Elder Ning Shuang held him back. She then forced a smile and asked, "Young friend Chu Feng, surely this is not a joke."
"Elder Ning Shuang, I'm not joking. I truly did kill Li Rui," Chu Feng said.
"Huh?!"
"Chu Feng, you actually killed Li Rui? What on earth happened?" Xu Yiyi asked.
Not just Xu Yiyi — everyone wore expressions of tension and confusion. They couldn't understand why Chu Feng would have killed Li Rui when everything had seemed perfectly fine.
Besides, what was Chu Feng's cultivation level compared to Li Rui's? There was no reason Chu Feng should have been capable of slaying him.
"Fourth-level Half Ancestor?"
It was only now that people noticed Chu Feng's cultivation was no longer at the second level of Half Ancestor — he had reached the fourth level.
"Chu Feng, your cultivation?" Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but ask. Of everyone present, she was most certain that before they had come here, Chu Feng had only been a second-level Half Ancestor.
"I advanced after entering Cloud Crane Mountain," Chu Feng said.
"Two levels in a row?" Elder Ning Shuang pressed, knowing this was no trivial matter.
"Yes." Chu Feng nodded.
"Hss—"
Many of the people present couldn't help but draw a sharp breath. It wasn't that they were easily rattled — it was simply that advancing two full levels of cultivation in such a short span of time was far too staggering.
In that moment, the way they looked at Chu Feng changed yet again. They finally understood how someone so young could possess such formidable cultivation.
It was no coincidence. This young man was a genuine monster.
However, even as everyone marveled at Chu Feng's astonishing talent, one person could no longer stomach it — and that was Jiang Hao.