"A third rank True Dragon Spirit World Master?!"
Everyone was staring at Chu Feng, especially the spectators who weren't from the Zhao Immortal Clan. The way they looked at him had completely shed their earlier contempt, replaced by pure reverence.
Quite a few were so alarmed that they had already begun sending private voice transmissions to Chu Feng, apologizing for their earlier rudeness.
After all, a third rank True Dragon junior was something they had neither seen nor heard of before. This was someone who surpassed even Chu Feng himself.
He absolutely had an extraordinary background!!!
He was most likely not a contemporary junior at all, but some genius from a powerful ancient clan.
"You're not a junior! You cheated!"
The thirty juniors of the Zhao Immortal Clan charged forward.
"If I weren't a junior, could I have even made it up here?" Chu Feng retorted.
"You must have used some trick to cheat."
A woman among the Zhao Immortal Clan pointed at Chu Feng, her tone absolutely certain. Her expression made it seem as though she was fully convinced Chu Feng was no junior.
"This is a treasure for testing juniors." Chu Feng wasted no words. With a flip of his palm, a treasure capable of verifying one's junior status appeared in his hand.
He would prove himself!
However, before crushing that treasure, Chu Feng flashed forward in an instant, arriving right in the middle of those thirty people.
Boom— The treasure shattered, and a cascade of golden light poured down like a waterfall, engulfing Chu Feng and those thirty individuals.
Including Chu Feng, thirteen people had golden light rising from their bodies.
This scene left many people with their mouths slightly agape, caught off guard.
Anyone who dared come here had seen enough of the world to know that Chu Feng's testing method was standard and entirely legitimate.
But many of the Zhao Immortal Clan's own members had a problem.
More than half of them were not actually juniors.
"Indeed, there are those among you who aren't juniors — but it isn't me, Chu Feng."
As he spoke, Chu Feng looked pointedly at that woman, because no golden light had risen from her body either.
That Zhao Immortal Clan woman hadn't expected Chu Feng to pull such a move. For a moment she didn't know how to argue back, and her face flushed red with embarrassment.
It was Zhao Cangjin who spoke up.
"We never said that all of us were juniors."
"However, none among us has exceeded two hundred years of age," Zhao Cangjin explained.
"Then is this fair?" Chu Feng asked.
"Fair or not, that's for us to decide. If you think it's unfair, you don't have to participate," Zhao Cangjin said.
"If you had disclosed this information beforehand, I believe many people would not have challenged," Chu Feng said.
At that moment, many people in the crowd were murmuring among themselves. On the surface they said nothing, but privately they were all criticizing the Zhao Immortal Clan's shameless conduct.
Just as Chu Feng had said, the Zhao Immortal Clan had every right to set the rules — but they needed to announce them in advance, rather than deliberately concealing them.
Right then, a voice rang out from among the spectators: "I believe this young gentleman speaks reason. This place was set up by you. You can set the rules, but you need to make them known ahead of time."
"After all, this mountain is restricted to juniors only. People would naturally assume this is a contest between juniors. Yet it turns out that most of you aren't juniors at all — that's plainly unfair."
"So what if none of you have exceeded two hundred years? Setting aside the century gap, even a difference of a few years between geniuses can make an enormous difference."
When those words rang out, the people in the direction from which the voice had come panicked.
Although this was exactly what they were thinking, none of them dared say it aloud — they could not afford to offend the Zhao Immortal Clan.
And so, that section of the crowd dispersed, leaving only a single woman standing there.
She had an ordinary appearance, and her cultivation was impossible to discern, but her composure was strikingly calm — so calm it was almost astonishing, as if she too had an extraordinary background.
Indeed, many of the Zhao Immortal Clan members turned to look at her, most of them with unfavorable expressions.
But no one said anything. It seemed they still had some sense of shame and refrained from making an excessive scene in front of everyone.
"I said it — we set the rules. Our ages are ours to disclose if we wish, and to keep private if we don't."
"If any of you feel it's unfair, you are free not to challenge."
Zhao Cangjin spoke again, without a shred of apology in his voice — only arrogance.
"Well? Do you still wish to continue, third rank True Dragon Spirit World Master?"