"What? He actually wants to give such a rare treasure to the Li family?" Upon hearing these words, many people couldn't believe their ears — after all, the Immortal Mushroom of Martial was far too precious.
Moreover, given how the Li family had treated him before, it would have been perfectly reasonable for Chu Feng to simply take the Ice Crystal Phoenix Egg and leave. There was no obligation to return anything at all. That was why they all felt that what was happening before them was completely unrealistic.
It had to be said that the only one who remained composed in that moment was Li Chan. She was the person in the Li family who understood Chu Feng the best. She knew he wasn't the petty sort — otherwise, he wouldn't have helped her family time and again.
And in truth, the moment she laid eyes on the Immortal Mushroom of Martial in Chu Feng's hand, Li Chan's heart was already captivated. Anyone with half a brain could sense what kind of power that shimmering mushroom contained, and what kind of boost it would give to one's martial cultivation.
Yet even so, Li Chan smiled gently and shook her head. "Wuqing, this Immortal Mushroom of Martial is far too valuable. I can't accept it."
"Besides, you've helped my Li family so many times. If you hadn't intervened, the Li family might not even exist anymore. And if there were no Li family left, what good would the Ice Crystal Phoenix Egg be? The favors you've done for us have long since outweighed anything we gave you. You don't owe my family a thing — if anything, my family owes you far too much."
"This silly girl — how can she be so stupid, refusing a treasure that's handed right to her!" The moment Li Chan spoke those words, the Li family patriarch's heart was dripping blood. He simply couldn't fathom why she would refuse such a treasure.
But there was nothing he could do. At this moment, he had absolutely no say. He didn't even dare to send a sound transmission to his own daughter, because he was truly terrified of Chu Feng.
"Take it if I give it to you."
"This is for you, not for your family."
"Because from the very beginning, I never believed that I, Wuqing, owed your Li family anything." Chu Feng pressed the Immortal Mushroom of Martial firmly into Li Chan's hands, then asked, "Which direction is the Shaking Gold Temple?"
"The Shaking Gold Temple isn't too far from our Langya Mountain. It's built in the Shattered Moon Forest to the southeast," Li Chan answered honestly. But she quickly realized what he intended and hurriedly urged, "Wuqing, that Shaking Gold Chan Master is a third-rank Martial Lord. And rumor has it he's already two hundred years old. He's ruthless, cunning, and treacherous — practically an old monster. You mustn't go looking for him!"
To Li Chan's warning, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly. "Don't worry. Neither the Danqing Crown nor the Shaking Gold Temple will trouble your Li family again. I'll settle this for you. But remember — for you, not for your family."
With a swoosh, Chu Feng leapt into the air and headed toward the Shaking Gold Temple. By the time Li Chan and the others realized what had happened, he had already vanished without a trace.
"He wouldn't actually go after the Shaking Gold Chan Master, would he?" The Li family patriarch murmured to himself as he stared in the direction of the Shaking Gold Temple. If it were possible, he truly hoped Chu Feng could eliminate the Shaking Gold Chan Master — that way, his family would have one less major problem. As for whether Chu Feng lived or died, he honestly didn't care.
But as Li Chan watched the direction Chu Feng had departed, her heart was filled with overwhelming worry. She immediately sent a letter to the Li family's spy stationed near the Shaking Gold Temple, instructing him to keep a close eye on any activity there.
On the third day after Chu Feng left, Li Chan finally received the intelligence sent back by the spy. After opening the letter and reading its contents, the worry on her face was instantly replaced by shock beyond her expectation.
The letter made it abundantly clear that on the very day Chu Feng left the Li family, he had arrived at the Shaking Gold Temple. In front of every single disciple there, he had crippled the Shaking Gold Chan Master's cultivation.
The Shaking Gold Chan Master, unable to bear such humiliation, had taken his own life after Chu Feng departed.
Now the Shaking Gold Temple had descended into total chaos. Several elders had split into rival factions and were frantically fighting over the temple's resources. Apart from the disciples who followed these elders, most had scattered and left the Shaking Gold Temple entirely.
The Shaking Gold Temple — once the overlord that dominated this entire region — had lost all of its former might, utterly destroyed by a man called Wuqing.
After reading the letter's contents, Li Chan's slender hands trembled slightly. It took a long time before she recovered, and she murmured to herself, "Wuqing... just who on earth are you?"
Li Chan's astonishment, the Li family's reaction, and the responses of the various powers throughout the region around Langya Mountain — Chu Feng knew nothing of any of it.