"Chu Hongyi, look carefully. These are all clansmen of our Chu Heavenly Clan — your brothers and sisters, with the same blood flowing through their veins." Chu Feng pointed at those clansmen who had previously been brutally tortured and spoke.
"When they were being tortured, you didn't dare make a single sound."
"But when I stepped in to punish those who tortured them, you actually started screaming at me."
"Chu Hongyi, I'll ask you just one thing today — are you still a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan or not?"
"Ask yourself whether you still deserve to be called a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan." Chu Feng pointed at Chu Hongyi, asking each word with deliberate weight.
His voice rang out powerful and resounding, like a clap of thunder.
Every word pierced like a sword, cutting through Chu Hongyi's heart and the hearts of every Chu Heavenly Clan member present.
"You!!!"
Chu Hongyi was rendered speechless, trembling with rage, yet unable to say a word.
He had no way to refute it, nor could he bring himself to try.
"Me? What about you?"
"You should ask yourself — think carefully — were you truly considering the clan, or just yourself?"
"Today, if their cultivation had been above yours, and you knew stepping in would have been futile, that would have been one thing."
"But these Burning Wilderness Demon Clan members were clearly weaker than you, and yet you still chose to stand by and do nothing."
"And the reason you stood by? Because you were afraid of retaliation from the Burning Wilderness Demon Clan."
"Just because you feared retaliation, you stood there and watched your own clansmen — brothers and sisters who had been with you for years — suffer brutal torture without lifting a finger."
"Chu Hongyi, your cowardice has reached a level that I, Chu Feng, simply cannot tolerate." Chu Feng pointed at Chu Hongyi as he spoke.
"You... you're trying to drive a wedge between us, driving a wedge!"
"Brothers and sisters, I, Chu Hongyi, am no coward who fears death — you all know that, don't you?"
Chu Hongyi looked at the clansmen around him as he spoke.
But at that moment, every one of them lowered their heads. No one answered him.
And their silence was, in truth, the most eloquent answer of all.
Chu Hongyi, despite having every ability to step in and save them, had chosen to turn a blind eye and stand aside.
His actions had indeed angered these members of the Chu Heavenly Clan.
Though Chu Feng was furious over Chu Hongyi's behavior, he did not move to punish him. After all, how one chose to act was their own decision.
Whoosh— Suddenly, Chu Feng turned around and waved his hand through the air. Not only did the sky full of flying swords dissipate, but the several figures suspended in midair also came crashing down.