"Why didn't you say that while he was still here?" Chu Xianshuo asked.
"I..." That junior looked embarrassed.
"Because with just a flick of his finger, he could crush every last one of us right here."
"If it weren't for the fact that we're members of the Chu Heavenly Clan, he would never have let today's matter slide," Chu Xianshuo said.
"Then what do we do? Just let that kid go?" someone asked.
"Heh..." Chu Xianshuo let out a cold laugh. "Trash like him is a dime a dozen in the Great Thousand Upper Realm. If we want to eliminate him, no one can protect him."
"Remember — even within the territory of the Starfall Holy Land, as long as we don't kill him, no one dares to do a thing to us," Chu Xianshuo said.
"Brother Xianshuo is as clever as ever. We know what to do now." At those words, grins spread across the faces of the Chu Heavenly Clan's juniors.
Meanwhile, Chu Feng had returned to the mountaintop once more.
However, the people below had already dispersed. The thick mist shrouding the area meant that those at the base could no longer see what was happening on the peak.
Chu Feng figured that once they realized they couldn't see the mountaintop anymore, people had simply given up and left.
Of course, it was also possible that the Starfall Holy Land had ordered them to disperse.
In any case, the Eight Immortals of Starfall were still on the mountaintop, as were Chu Feng and Song Xi.
The old man opened the hall doors once more and said to Chu Feng, "Young master, please enter."
Chu Feng offered a faint smile. He had been about to ask just what game the Holy Land's Saintess was playing.
But before he could get a word out, a gentle force pushed him into the hall, and the doors swung shut behind him.
It was only then that Chu Feng noticed the first floor of the hall was no longer empty.
A woman in a white dress stood in the corner of the hall, gazing at him.
She was beautiful — stunningly so — but there was a teasing, almost mocking quality in her eyes.
"It's you," Chu Feng blurted, his voice thick with irritation.
He recognized this woman. She was the breathtaking beauty he had encountered inside the Sacred Mountain.
The moment he saw her, everything clicked into place.
"That's right, it's me," the woman replied, still wearing that sweet, captivating smile.
"So you're the Saintess of the Starfall Holy Land — Xia Yun'er?"
He already suspected who she was, but he wanted confirmation.
"I told you that you'd find out who I am eventually. See? You already know. I didn't even need to introduce myself."
Xia Yun'er looked at Chu Feng with a smile and asked, "Those people from the Chu Heavenly Clan — they didn't do anything to you, did they?"
"Aren't you asking something you already know the answer to?" Chu Feng shot her a cold glance.
"Oh my, the way you say that, it's almost as if what they did to you has something to do with me," Xia Yun'er said.
"It has nothing to do with you. It's because I wasn't strong enough," Chu Feng said.
"Hearing you say that, I honestly don't know what to respond with." Xia Yun'er smiled with a sultry charm and shrugged helplessly.
"Stop beating around the bush. What exactly do you want? Just say it," Chu Feng said.
"My intentions are simple — I just wanted you to know that you've set foot on my turf."
"So, about the celestial energy you stole from me at the Sacred Mountain — how do you plan to settle that debt?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"I told you I would compensate you in the future," Chu Feng said.
"How far into the future?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"Within two years," Chu Feng said.
"Why should I trust you?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"If you don't trust me, you can always kill me," Chu Feng said.
"You really are an interesting one."
"Fine — two years, then. You don't have to return the celestial energy exactly. An equivalent treasure will do."
"Of course, what counts as equivalent is for me to decide," Xia Yun'er said.
"Deal. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now." With that, Chu Feng turned around to go.
"You came here for the hunt at the Immortal Armament Villa, didn't you?" Xia Yun'er asked.
"Whether I did or not — what difference does it make?" Chu Feng said coldly.
After today's events, Chu Feng had confirmed that this so-called Saintess, Xia Yun'er, was a woman with a heart as venomous as a snake's or a scorpion's.
She was dangerous. Even if she wasn't killing him now, she surely had her own hidden agenda.
With a woman like this, Chu Feng knew he had to stay on his guard.
"This year, within the hunting grounds of the Immortal Armament Villa, there is a special Spirit Beast. Inside this Spirit Beast, there is not only a Spirit Beast Bone powerful enough to win first place, but also a vast quantity of treasures."