"You… Chu Feng!!!"
Seeing this scene, Song Xi, Zhao Shi, Tu Yuanyuan and the others instantly grew tense.
That was Zuoqiu Yanliang — the Vice Sect Master's own grandson.
Even though they all knew Zuoqiu Yanliang deserved to die, Chu Feng actually killing him still felt like a disaster of unimaginable proportions.
Zuoqiu Youyu and the Vice Sect Master would absolutely not let this go.
Zuoqiu Youyu was terrifying enough, but the Vice Sect Master was a figure second only to one in the entire Wolong Martial Sect — a man who stood above tens of thousands.
Facing such an existence, they would be utterly helpless…
But compared to the panicked Song Xi and Tu Yuanyuan, Chu Feng remained remarkably calm. He had just killed a man, yet he looked as though nothing had happened at all.
After crushing Zuoqiu Yanliang's skull, Chu Feng immediately released the power of his barrier and began setting up a healing formation.
He then gave them healing pills, and only after their injuries and pain had been somewhat alleviated did he start untying their ropes. Though the ropes were treasures, they were designed to restrain whoever was bound by them. Breaking them from the outside was not particularly difficult for Chu Feng.
"These ropes are quite the treasure."
Seeing that the ropes were valuable, Chu Feng collected them on the spot.
He didn't stop there — Chu Feng gathered every last treasure on Zuoqiu Yanliang's body and all the items inside his Universe Bag as well.
However, Chu Feng was cautious. He used a formation to disguise the treasures, then layered multiple concealment techniques over them before hiding them on his person. Unless it was Chu Feng himself, anyone trying to find those treasures on him would have a very hard time indeed.
The reason he hid them so carefully was simple — he feared that once they left this place, Zuoqiu Youyu would insist he was the one who killed Zuoqiu Yanliang and order a body search. If these items were found, they would be irrefutable proof, and Chu Feng would be as good as dead.
But Zuoqiu Yanliang had possessed far too many valuable things for Chu Feng to simply let them go. And he was almost certain that no one would be able to find what he had hidden.
So while this was indeed a gamble, it was the kind of gamble only someone supremely confident in their own abilities would dare attempt.
"Chu Feng, you're incredible! You not only possess a Heaven-level bloodline, but you've also mastered a God-given body. And at the Martial Emperor realm, you can actually wield all of these powers to such a degree."
"A first-level Martial Emperor — killing a third-level Martial Emperor. You've really opened my eyes."
After killing Zuoqiu Yanliang, Chu Feng had restored his cultivation to its true level of first-stage Martial Emperor. Because of this, Xia Yan now knew his actual cultivation.
But the more she learned, the more astonished she became by his strength.
"No wonder you were able to break Lord Dugu Lingtian's records one after another."
"You're really something else, you know that?"
Despite not having fully recovered from her injuries, Xia Yan seemed to have forgotten all about her pain. Her praise for Chu Feng simply would not stop, and her eyes practically glowed as she looked at him.
"It's terrifying, isn't it? The gap between people really is that vast?"
"Think about when we first met at the Dragon Clan."
"Sigh — it seems I'll never be able to surpass you again."
Li Muzhi looked at Chu Feng as he stood there, his emotions a tangled mess.
Even though he had lost to Chu Feng the very first time they had competed in barrier arts, he still remembered that back then, Chu Feng's cultivation had been far below his own. Even after Chu Feng first joined the Wolong Martial Sect, his level had still been beneath Li Muzhi's.
Who could have imagined that in the blink of an eye, Chu Feng would have grown this powerful?
This made Li Muzhi — someone who had been called a genius his entire life — begin to doubt himself, wondering whether he truly deserved to be called one at all.
"Come on, stop flattering me. If I were really that incredible, I never would have been ambushed by Zuoqiu Youyu and forced to flee, leaving you all to suffer through this nightmare," Chu Feng said.
"So it really was Zuoqiu Youyu who made the move. I knew it."
"But Chu Feng, it looks like you've already obtained your fortune."
"Though for some reason, the fortunes we carried have all dissipated over the past while," Xia Yan added once more.