"Cough cough, Young Master Chu Xianshuo, jokes are fine, but please watch your words." At that moment, one of the elders spoke to Chu Xianshuo.
"Senior, I absolutely meant no disrespect toward the Holy Maiden. I—" Chu Xianshuo's face turned green as he hurried to explain.
"If you meant no disrespect toward the Holy Maiden, then the insult was directed at me." Before Chu Xianshuo could finish, Chu Feng cut in.
"But I've never had any grudge against you. Today is the first time we've met, so why the cold mockery and sarcasm?"
"Could it be because you all wanted to see the Holy Maiden but couldn't, while I did see her — and you're jealous?"
"Jealousy turned to hatred, and that's why you're attacking me?"
"If I'm not mistaken, you're also planning to deal with me, aren't you? To settle the score?" Chu Feng said.
"Bullshit! What are you? What could you possibly have that would make us jealous?"
In that instant, the young masters and misses of the Chu Heavenly Clan were all furious.
"Heh heh…"
Facing the enraged crowd, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly and said, "Whether or not you're jealous — you know that in your hearts."
With those words, Chu Feng leaped into the air and jumped straight down from the mountaintop.
In that moment, every last one of the Chu Heavenly Clan's young masters and misses was gritting their teeth, their eyes filled with fury — and killing intent.
Once Chu Feng landed, everyone surrounded him and began questioning him once more.
They asked Chu Feng what the Holy Maiden of the Starfall Sacred Ground actually looked like.
Some also asked whether Chu Feng had taken advantage of the Holy Maiden.
However, Chu Feng completely ignored them. He grabbed Song Xi and soared into the sky, heading straight toward the Divine Armament Villa.
Chu Feng had already sensed that the Chu Heavenly Clan's younger generation intended to target him, so he needed to leave this place as quickly as possible.
"Chu Feng, did you see the Holy Maiden? What does she actually look like?"
Song Xi clearly hadn't anticipated any danger. At this moment, he asked Chu Feng with a face full of excitement.
"I didn't see her," Chu Feng said.
"You didn't see her? But we all watched you enter the palace with our own eyes!" Song Xi was stunned.
"You don't believe me?" Chu Feng asked.
"No, no — of course I believe you!" Song Xi shook his head repeatedly.
It wasn't that he didn't believe Chu Feng; he was simply astonished.
The Holy Maiden had personally invited Chu Feng up, so how could he not have seen her?
Song Xi just couldn't wrap his head around it.
"Do you know the name of the Starfall Sacred Ground's Holy Maiden?" Chu Feng asked.
"I do! Her name is Xia Yun'er. What a beautiful name!" Song Xi said with a goofy grin — it seemed even the Holy Maiden's name was enough to leave him completely smitten.
"That Xia Yun'er is no good person. You should stay away from her from now on."
Chu Feng said this to Song Xi in a low voice — not so much as a warning, but more in a teasing manner.
After all, Chu Feng could clearly see how infatuated Song Xi was with that Holy Maiden.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
Sure enough, hearing Chu Feng say this, Song Xi looked utterly bewildered.
"I was played by her," Chu Feng said.
"Played?" Song Xi grew even more confused.
"She deliberately called me up there, but she never actually saw me."
"She just wanted to make the Chu Heavenly Clan's younger generation resentful toward me."
"I only realized it after I came out of that palace," Chu Feng said.
"No way — do you have some grudge against the Starfall Sacred Ground's Holy Maiden?" Song Xi asked.
"I don't think I've ever met her," Chu Feng said.
"Then that can't be right. The Holy Maiden of the Starfall Sacred Ground has always been gentle and kind. Why would she scheme against you for no reason?"
"Maybe you're overthinking it?" Song Xi said.
"I wish I were," Chu Feng said with a smile.
() When Chu Feng walked out of the palace and felt those gazes laced with killing intent, he had already realized something was wrong.
From that moment on, Chu Feng knew that the Chu Heavenly Clan's younger generation intended to come after him.