"You're all right."
It was at that moment that Chu Feng spoke.
"I know what benefits me and what doesn't."
"But does that mean I should only do what benefits me and refuse to do anything that doesn't?" Chu Feng asked the crowd.
"Brother Chu Feng, the world of martial cultivators is indeed cruel. It is wise to make smart choices."
"That's right, Brother Chu Feng. Besides, Yuwen Tingyi has already softened. Why not let him off the hook?"
Not only the disciples of the Immortal Armament Villa spoke up to advise Chu Feng, but even the disciples of the Holy Medicine Villa urged him as well.
In truth, they were all looking out for Chu Feng. They didn't want him to end up on truly bad terms with Yuwen City.
After all, no matter how extraordinary Chu Feng's talent was, he was still a member of the younger generation, and his strength was ultimately limited. If he killed Yuwen Tingyi now and made an enemy of Yuwen City, things would go very badly for him.
"A smart choice? What counts as a smart choice?"
"If I go by your reasoning, then does that mean whatever I want, regardless of whether it's mine, as long as I have the power, I should seize it — even if it means killing innocent people?"
"A woman — regardless of whether she likes me, as long as I like her, I should forcibly take her?"
"And those I can't beat — forget them killing my friends. Even if they killed my family, simply because I'm no match for them, I shouldn't avenge my family and friends, but instead should go and befriend them, call them brothers, and hold no grudges?"
Chu Feng swept his gaze across the crowd and asked in a forceful tone.
At that moment, everyone fell silent, for they had no words to counter him.
They too felt that what Chu Feng said was not without merit.
There were indeed many things in this world that were beneficial to oneself, but one shouldn't do something solely because it was advantageous, nor refuse to do something solely because it was disadvantageous.
After all, people were flesh and blood. People had emotions.
"Yuwen Tingyi, I don't need you to tell me what kind of person Li Xiang is."
"Do you think I'm not aware that I don't know him all that well, that we haven't known each other very long?"
"But once I've decided to be his friend, then he is my, Chu Feng's, friend. Even if we've known each other for less than a few short days, he… is still my, Chu Feng's, friend."
"And no one is allowed to touch my, Chu Feng's, friends. If anyone does, even if it's the King of Heaven himself, I, Chu Feng, will not let them get away with it." Chu Feng said to Yuwen Tingyi.
"Chu Feng, you… you'd better think this through. If you dare kill me, my Yuwen City will absolutely not let you off." Seeing that Chu Feng had no intention of letting him go, Yuwen Tingyi was so terrified that he began to stammer.
"You don't need to remind me. I know full well that if I make a move on you today, your Yuwen City will definitely not let me go in the future. As long as I remain in this Great Thousand Upper Realm, they will hunt me down without end."
"But let me ask you this — if I don't make a move on you today, will you let me go?" Chu Feng asked.
"I… well…"
"Chu Feng, actually… I never intended to hurt you. I just wanted to scare you a little, just playing a joke on you, that's all," Yuwen Tingyi explained.
"Ha…" Hearing this explanation, Chu Feng laughed, because he found it truly laughable.
"You just wanted to play a joke on me, so the killing intent you released before was fake, and the way you beat Li Xiang black and blue was fake, and the fact that you crippled his cultivation was also fake — all just a joke, is that right?"
"I…" Yuwen Tingyi didn't know how to respond.
"Fine. Since everything you did was just a joke, then today I, Chu Feng, will play a little joke on you too."
As Chu Feng spoke, a thought flashed through his mind, and the golden glow of the ancient war sword blazed with brilliant intensity. The next instant, it pierced deeper into Yuwen Tingyi's body, and at the same time, Yuwen Tingyi's physical body underwent a tremendous change.
"Uaaahhhh—"
Yuwen Tingyi's mouth gaped wide open as he let out an utterly wretched scream.
"But don't worry. I won't kill you," Chu Feng said.