"Hahahaha!!!"
When Chu Feng said those words, everyone assumed Xia Ran would certainly make a move against him.
But surprisingly, the originally furious Xia Ran not only didn't attack—he burst into loud laughter.
This left everyone somewhat bewildered.
"How dare you say my things don't even count?"
"On what basis? Do you really think you triggered a god-tier talent?"
Xia Ran narrowed his eyes as he sized up Chu Feng.
"And what makes you so certain that I didn't trigger a god-tier talent?"
Chu Feng countered.
"Chu Feng, don't say I'm bullying you as a senior brother."
"Right here, in front of everyone, perform another talent test."
"If you truly can trigger a god-tier talent, I, Xia Ran, will publicly apologize to you in front of all our fellow disciples."
"But if you can't, you kneel down and apologize to me."
"Do you dare?"
Xia Ran said to Chu Feng.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
Chu Feng said.
"Good, then come now."
As Xia Ran spoke, he produced a Test Stone and placed it before Chu Feng.
On the surface, this Test Stone appeared no different from the one Bi Jingjing had used that day.
But fearing Xia Ran might be playing tricks, Chu Feng carefully examined it.
In the end, he found nothing unusual—it was indeed the same as Bi Jingjing's.
Seeing nothing wrong, Chu Feng didn't waste time and stepped onto it.
Soon, the Test Stone reacted.
A white radiance immediately emerged.
However… after the white light, no further radiance appeared.
"Oh no, I've been set up."
Chu Feng cursed inwardly.
Although nothing appeared wrong on the surface, he knew he should absolutely be able to trigger a god-tier talent—his talent was without issue.
This meant there was still something wrong with this Test Stone.
Only, the tampering had been done with such sophistication that even Chu Feng couldn't identify where the problem lay.
"Hahahaha…"
And in the next moment, waves of mocking laughter rang out among the crowd of disciples.
Many from the Eastern Dragon Academy, Western Tiger Academy, and Southern Phoenix Academy had already concluded that Chu Feng's true talent was nothing more than the lowest of the low.
"Chu Feng, you really are a mediocre talent—nothing more than the lowest grade."
"Who would have thought you'd be so brazen as to use underhanded methods to fabricate the illusion of a god-tier talent?"
"Someone as shameless as you should be expelled from the Wolong Martial Sect. You don't deserve to be a disciple here."
Before the Southern Phoenix Academy disciples even had a chance to speak, someone from the Eastern Dragon Academy had already begun mocking him.
It was worth noting that the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Chu Feng didn't even need to look to know who it was.
It was Hua Xu, who had entered the Wolong Martial Sect alongside Chu Feng and Tu Yuanyuan.
In fact, not only Hua Xu had come—Tu Yuanyuan was there too, standing among the Eastern Dragon Academy disciples.
But in a situation like this, Tu Yuanyuan didn't dare speak up for Chu Feng.
She… didn't want to offend anyone.
"Chu Feng, what do you have to say now?"
Seeing Chu Feng's test failure, Xia Ran looked at him with even greater gloating delight.
"You actually prepared a tampered Test Stone so carefully."
"Xia Ran, you're the one who's despicable, aren't you?"
Chu Feng said to Xia Ran.
And when Chu Feng said this, the crowd erupted in even more sounds of contempt, believing he was twisting logic and simply couldn't accept defeat.
"My Test Stone was indeed tampered with."
But who would have expected that Xia Ran would admit it outright.
This left those waiting to see Chu Feng's humiliation momentarily confused.
But Xia Ran quickly continued.
"This Test Stone has been enhanced—underhanded methods are useless."
"Only genuine, real talent can trigger the talent grade it's meant to measure."