"If Young Master Han Yu is willing, then is Young Master Chu Feng willing as well?"
Xia Yun'er cast her gentle gaze toward Chu Feng once more.
When those words left Xia Yun'er's lips, many in the crowd couldn't help but think this was a pointless question.
Anyone with a shred of common sense knew that Chu Feng would never refuse — after all, the arrangement was far more advantageous to him.
"I have no objections to Miss Xia's first suggestion."
"The reason is, if I lose, I'm sure Young Master Han Yu wouldn't want this green glass ball of mine anyway."
"But to be honest, I do want Young Master Han Yu's golden glass ball." Chu Feng didn't hide his thoughts — he spoke candidly.
No one was the slightest bit surprised by Chu Feng's answer. They had long predicted he wouldn't turn it down.
Only a fool would refuse such a good deal.
As for Han Yu, he was seething inside, cursing Chu Feng for being utterly shameless.
He thought to himself that taking advantage of someone like this so brazenly was truly the height of audacity.
"However, the second suggestion — I don't think it's appropriate," Chu Feng continued.
"What? Not appropriate?"
The moment those words left Chu Feng's mouth, jaws dropped all around.
No way — he refused? He actually refused?
But why? This was an opportunity Xia Yun'er had worked so hard to arrange, and Chu Feng turned it down? Why would he do that?
Was it pride? He didn't want Xia Yun'er to help him?
Or did he truly have absolute confidence that as a Snake-mark Spirit World Master, he could defeat Han Yu — a Dragon-mark Spirit World Master?
At that moment, the crowd exchanged glances and buzzed with discussion, yet they all wore the same expression: pure bewilderment.
Even Han Yu stared blankly, hardly believing what he had just heard.
Such a golden opportunity, and Chu Feng rejected it?
Was this Chu Feng out of his mind?
"Brother Chu Feng, what's not appropriate about it? I think it's perfectly fair," Li Xiang stepped forward and said.
After all, he was rooting for Chu Feng to win, and he didn't want to see Chu Feng throw away this chance.
"True fairness means both sides give their all — otherwise the match loses all meaning."
"Since I've agreed to this contest, I cannot use my own weakness as a reason to ask someone stronger to weaken themselves," Chu Feng said.
"Well said — well said indeed!" At that moment, the Ancient Snake Clan elder couldn't help but voice his approval.
Meanwhile, many in the crowd silently gave Chu Feng a mental thumbs-up.
They greatly admired his spirit.
But there were others who thought Chu Feng was simply putting on airs — Xia Yun'er had secured him an advantage and he refused to take it, practically asking for humiliation.
Most of the younger generation of the Chu Heavenly Clan, for instance, viewed it exactly that way.
"Miss Xia, I think your suggestion is perfectly reasonable — but it's not that I'm unwilling. It's Brother Chu Feng who refuses," Han Yu said to Xia Yun'er.
In truth, he wasn't willing either. But now that the chance had fallen into his lap, he pushed all the blame onto Chu Feng.
Xia Yun'er simply smiled faintly. "I made those two suggestions only because I wanted the match to be a bit fairer. But if Young Master Chu Feng believes that both sides fighting at full strength is what constitutes fairness, then we should respect his decision."
"Brother Chu Feng, since that's settled — shall we begin?" At this point, Han Yu's face was beaming with genuine delight.
In his view, if both sides fought at full power, Chu Feng's defeat was a foregone conclusion.
More importantly, he had already agreed to Xia Yun'er's demand — he could have released only his Snake-mark formation's power. But Chu Feng himself had rejected that condition. So even if Han Yu won, no one could call it an unfair victory.
They would only say that Chu Feng had brought humiliation upon himself.
"Let's begin," Chu Feng said.
() "Then let me experience your skill at the board, Brother Chu Feng."