"This poison was given to me by someone else. I don't know who he is — all I know is that he wore a blue robe. The robe covered his face, so I couldn't see what he looked like. But I was able to confirm that he was a True Immortal level powerhouse," Kong Dou Moyuan said.
"Did the blue robe have any other distinguishing features?" Chu Feng asked.
"No other features. The robe was very clean — not only was there no embroidery, there wasn't even a single pattern on it," Kong Dou Moyuan said.
"Why would he give you this poison without any reason?" Chu Feng asked.
"That…" Kong Dou Moyuan hesitated.
"Speak!!" Chu Feng barked furiously.
"He gave me this poison to use against you all. He said… if I ran into you and couldn't beat you, I should use this poison — it would definitely kill you."
"When I fought Zhao Hong and Wang Qiang that day, I could see they weren't my match, so I figured the poison was useless."
"But since that person had given me the poison in the first place wanting me to use it on you, I figured I shouldn't waste it. So I used it on Wang Qiang."
"That's how it happened. After that, I never saw that person again. I don't know who he really is or why he wanted to help me fight against you." Kong Dou Moyuan was visibly nervous — he feared that Chu Feng would go back on his word and kill him.
"Let's go." As Chu Feng spoke, he began walking into the distance, and Zhao Hong silently followed behind him.
Earlier, when Chu Feng had been treating Kong Dou Moyuan's injuries, he had actually placed a sealing formation on him. That formation could detect whether the words Kong Dou Moyuan spoke were true or false.
So he was almost certain that what Kong Dou Moyuan said was the truth — he hadn't deceived them.
And seeing that Chu Feng and Zhao Hong truly left, Kong Dou Moyuan felt relieved. Yet at the corner of his mouth, a strange, sinister arc curled upward.
He thought to himself: "What utter fools — they actually let me go. But I guarantee you, letting me go today will be the thing you regret most in the future."
The more Kong Dou Moyuan thought about it, the more pleased he became. After doing so many terrible things and causing the deaths of so many people, he — the one who deserved death the most — had survived. He considered himself lucky.
And with his character, he naturally would not feel grateful just because Chu Feng and Zhao Hong had spared him.
On the contrary, he was already scheming how to deal with Chu Feng and Zhao Hong in the future.
Swoosh—
However, at that very moment, Chu Feng waved his hand, and a streak of light shot out from his sleeve, hurtling toward Kong Dou Moyuan.
It was a light sword condensed from martial power, and it moved at incredible speed. With a single "pfft," it pierced straight through Kong Dou Moyuan's Dantian.
Kong Dou Moyuan's cultivation was completely destroyed in that instant.
"Chu Feng, you broke your word!!!" Kong Dou Moyuan roared in absolute fury.
At this moment, he truly experienced one foot in heaven and the other in hell.
He had thought he'd already escaped catastrophe, only to suddenly have his cultivation crippled — years of bitter training erased in an instant. For him, this was more painful than death itself.
Yet facing the enraged Kong Dou Moyuan, Chu Feng merely smiled coldly and said, "I only agreed not to kill you — I never said I wouldn't hurt you. Destroying your cultivation is already my mercy."
With those words, Chu Feng departed.
And at that moment, Zhao Hong — who had been feeling somewhat depressed — revealed a charming smile at the corner of her lips once more.
Although they hadn't managed to kill Kong Dou Moyuan today, crippling his cultivation was satisfying enough.
With the antidote in hand, Chu Feng naturally headed toward Cloud Crane Mountain with Zhao Hong.
But along the way, one thing continued to linger in Chu Feng's mind — who exactly still wanted to target him, and moreover, was a True Immortal.
Most importantly, this True Immortal was very likely an expert from the Upper Realm.
On this matter, Chu Feng and Zhao Hong had been speculating for a long time, but neither of them had arrived at an answer.
Because no matter how he thought about it, Chu Feng couldn't recall having offended any True Immortal powerhouse besides those of the Kong Heavenly Clan.
"Chu Feng, if I'm not mistaken, that person… should be someone from the Chu Heavenly Clan." However, just as Chu Feng was racking his brain, the Queen suddenly spoke up.
"Egg, why do you say that?" Chu Feng asked.
"You may not have offended any True Immortal level powerhouse from the Chu Heavenly Clan, but you did kill people from the Chu Heavenly Clan."