"What's the use of crying? Lead the way. We're going to Mount Tai Sect," Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng, f-forget it." But at that moment, Song Xi shook his head. He was already disheartened, his face covered in despair.
"What are you saying? Forget it? Your mother was captured by them, and you're telling me to forget it?" Chu Feng asked.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. I don't want to drag you into it."
"It's all my fault. I was too stupid. I should have listened to you from the start and taken my mother away." Song Xi clutched his head and broke into sobs.
"I told you to lead the way. Can you not hear me?" Chu Feng asked.
"Chu Feng, forget it. Really, forget it. Don't get involved in this. You're not from around here — you don't know how terrifying Mount Tai Sect is. Their Sect Master is not someone you can deal with. I don't want to involve you."
Song Xi continued to weep. His whole body trembled with his sobs.
He was desperate and anguished. After all, his mother was in danger, and as her son, he was powerless to do anything.
"Involving me, my ass!" Chu Feng bellowed, then raised his hand.
With a crisp crack, a resounding slap landed across Song Xi's face.
The blow sent Song Xi sprawling to the ground, half his cheek already swollen out of shape.
For a moment, Song Xi was stunned.
"Let me tell you something — this is not your problem alone, Song Xi."
"Your mother is not just your family."
"I, Chu Feng, am getting involved in this."
"There's nothing you can say to stop me."
"I'm giving you two choices."
"Either you lead the way right now and come with me to save your mother."
"Or you stay here and keep wailing, and I'll go save her myself."
"Pick one," Chu Feng said, his voice seething with anger.
At that moment, Song Xi froze. It took him a moment to come to his senses. Wiping his tears, he scrambled to his feet and said to Chu Feng: "Then… then I'll go. I'll come with you. I want to save my mother."
"That's more like it."
Even as Song Xi rose to his feet, Chu Feng had already seized him and shot up into the sky. Following Song Xi's directions, they headed toward the so-called Mount Tai Sect.
Mount Tai Sect was the overlord of the Divine Mountain region.
If the Zhao Residence, which enjoyed Mount Tai Sect's protection, was the local king of the Divine Mountain area, then the Sect Master of Mount Tai Sect was its god.
In his eyes, the entire Divine Mountain region was his territory. Anyone who dared cause trouble here would not be let off lightly.
That was why, when the Zhao Residence came to find Zhao Zirong, and Zhao Zirong came to find him, he had personally taken action and shattered the formation that Chu Feng had set up.
He intended to use Song Xi's mother as bait to lure Song Xi and Chu Feng in, so he could wipe them all out in one stroke.
As for Chu Feng's true strength, he had given it some consideration.
But based on the Zhao Residence's description, he had concluded that Chu Feng was certainly no match for him. After all, he was a second-grade True Immortal.
And according to the Zhao Residence's intelligence, Chu Feng was merely a first-grade True Immortal.
Therefore, in his mind, Chu Feng could not possibly be his opponent.
As a result, he hadn't taken the matter to heart at all.
He continued living his godlike days, perfectly at ease.
"All disciples of Mount Tai Sect — get out here right now!"
Suddenly, an explosive roar rang out like a peal of thunder, resounding across the mountains. The palatial halls nestled among the peaks trembled, and the entire mountain range shook.
In an instant, Mount Tai Sect descended into chaos. Everyone poured out of their buildings, looking toward the direction from which the voice had come.
And when they looked, they saw that standing in the sky were two young men.
Many of Mount Tai Sect's elders and disciples were puzzled. They knew nothing of the Zhao Residence's affair, so they had no idea why Chu Feng and Song Xi had come.