"You really are a freak. After reaching the Martial Lord Realm, anyone who can break through one level in a few years is already impressive enough. But you? You blasted through two whole levels in one go. Do you even want the rest of us to live?"
"Don't even mention your two friends who are trying to keep up with you — even I'm feeling depressed," Chun Wu said with a slight pout and a smile after hearing Su Mei's words.
"Senior Sister Chun Wu, don't tease your junior brother. I've got plenty of enemies, so if I don't hurry up and improve my cultivation, I won't be able to protect myself," Chu Feng said with an awkward laugh, then quickly changed the subject. "Senior Sister Chun Wu, do you have any news from Senior Qiu Shui?"
"Senior Qiu Shui has already returned. She obtained the Dragon Phoenix Sacred Medicine, and now my master is in seclusion refining it, so you don't need to worry."
"However…"
"However what?"
"However, after Senior Qiu Shui learned that you had gone to the Ice Snow Plains, she was worried something might happen to you. So after bringing back the Dragon Phoenix Sacred Medicine, she headed to the Ice Snow Plains to look for you."
"What? You're telling me Senior Qiu Shui went to the Ice Snow Plains?" Chu Feng's expression changed immediately upon hearing this.
After all, the old ruins of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect had already been discovered by the people of the Immortal Slayer Archipelago. Not only could members of the archipelago enter the ruins, but there was also a terrifyingly powerful woman inside. That place was no longer a peaceful paradise — it had become an extremely dangerous location.
"Chu Feng, you really made me search long and hard." Just then, Qiu Shui Fuyan's voice suddenly rang out, and the sacred woman of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect appeared before Chu Feng and the others.
"Senior Qiu Shui, you've returned?" Upon seeing Qiu Shui Fuyan, the worry that had just gripped Chu Feng's heart instantly melted away.
"Not only have I returned, but I've also heard all about what you've been up to," Qiu Shui Fuyan said with a smile.
"What you've been up to? Senior Qiu Shui, what did Junior Brother Chu Feng do this time on the Ice Snow Plains?" Chun Wu's interest was immediately piqued, and Zi Ling, Su Rou, and Su Mei all turned their curious gazes toward Qiu Shui Fuyan.
"This kid went and stirred up trouble again," Qiu Shui Fuyan said without hiding anything, and she recounted the events between Chu Feng and the Stone Sword Sect on the Ice Snow Plains.
Chu Feng also learned that Qiu Shui Fuyan had truly returned to the Ice Snow Plains and visited the ruins of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect. However, by the time she arrived, Chu Feng had already left, and so had that woman. There wasn't a single person left in the ruins.
So Qiu Shui Fuyan only knew about what happened between Chu Feng and the Stone Sword Sect — she had no idea about what Chu Feng had experienced with the Third Immortal and that mysterious woman inside the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect.
Still, once Qiu Shui Fuyan discovered that someone had broken into the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect's ruins and caused some damage, she used methods unknown to outsiders to alter the Ice Killing Formation, completely sealing the entrance to the ruins. Unless it was her or another high-ranking member of the Burning Heaven Sacred Sect, no one would be able to unlock it.
"Wow, Junior Brother Chu Feng, you can even handle an eighth-level Martial Lord now? Then next time you run into that Murong Xun, you can beat him up good and settle the score!" After hearing Qiu Shui Fuyan's account, Chun Wu looked envious, but it was also clear she was genuinely happy for Chu Feng.
If Chun Wu felt this way, then Zi Ling, Su Rou, and Su Mei were naturally even happier.
Because the enemies Chu Feng faced now were far too strong and far too numerous. Just as Chu Feng had said, only by growing as quickly as possible could he hope to protect himself.