"Valley Master, please calm down. This subordinate truly had no idea that this Chu Feng was a Spirit World Master with a celestial robe." Master Li Rui hastily dropped to his knees to explain.
"No idea?" The Valley Master of Rosy Dawn Valley looked at him with suspicion.
"Reporting to the Valley Master, this subordinate would never dare deceive you. I truly did not know," Master Li Rui continued.
"You didn't know? Chief Law Enforcement Elder, did you truly not know that I was a Spirit World Master with a celestial robe?"
"If you didn't know I was a celestial-robed Spirit World Master, then why did you give me pills that would silence me and seal my barrier power?"
"Could it be that you weren't simply afraid the Valley Master would learn I was a Spirit World Master?" Chu Feng pressed, his words sharp and straight to the heart of the matter.
"What? You actually gave him pills that sealed his barrier power and even prevented him from speaking?" The Valley Master of Rosy Dawn Valley was visibly shocked upon hearing this.
"Valley Master, don't listen to his nonsense. I never gave him any pills," Master Li Rui hurried to explain.
"Silence." The Valley Master's voice turned cold, and Master Li Rui indeed did not dare argue further. He simply knelt on the ground, behaving himself.
Only then did the Valley Master turn to Chu Feng and ask, "Your name is Chu Feng?"
"It is," Chu Feng replied.
"Chu Feng, if you have been wronged, I will certainly see that justice is served. But right now I have a favor to ask of you," the Valley Master said.
"You want me to treat your mother's illness, correct?" Chu Feng asked.
"Are you willing?" the Valley Master asked.
"Please lead the way," Chu Feng said.
"Good, please follow me." Seeing that Chu Feng had agreed, a look of relief finally crossed the Valley Master's face.
But before leading Chu Feng away, he turned a stern gaze on Master Li Rui and said, "Elder Tuoba, you will wait here. You are not to leave until I return."
"This subordinate obeys," Master Li Rui answered respectfully.
Any trace of his earlier smugness was long gone. His face was now filled with tension and unease.
Following the Valley Master's lead, Chu Feng arrived deep within the Valley Master's residence and entered a tidy bedchamber.
The room was not large, and its decorations were simple—nothing ornate or luxurious—but it was clean and pleasant to look at.
The moment he stepped inside, Chu Feng heard the pained voice of an elderly person.
It was a woman. She was advanced in age, her entire body covered in wrinkles and spots, nearly all her hair gone, every last tooth fallen out.
She was being tormented by illness, lying unconscious on the bed, emitting pitiful sounds of pain without awareness.
No introduction was needed. Chu Feng could already guess that this elderly woman was the mother of the Valley Master of Rosy Dawn Valley.
What surprised him, however, was that her cultivation was not particularly strong. On the contrary, it was remarkably weak.
She was only a Martial Emperor—and a First-rank Martial Emperor at that.
In the Hundred Refinements Mortal World, that level of cultivation was truly feeble.
But that was not what Chu Feng was focused on. What he cared about was the nature of her illness.
Upon seeing her, without waiting for the Valley Master to say a word, Chu Feng stepped forward and began stabilizing her condition.
As the saying goes, when an expert makes their move, you can tell immediately whether they have what it takes.