Deep within the courtyard, Chu Feng, having just endured a round of torment, came here to hide out for a while.
Every single one of Sister Tiantian’s questions was downright deadly, and she insisted that he answer them.
Under their tyrannical pressure, all he could do was tremble helplessly. He had no other choice, and there was no way he could escape either.
As the night grew late, it was about time for a little alone session. Right now, he just wanted some peace and quiet….
While he was at it, he could consolidate his cultivation. In a few days, the third round of the elimination tournament would begin.
Chu Feng closed his eyes and regulated his breathing. Feeling the flow of true qi within his body, he could tell that he was getting closer and closer to the fourth rank. He might even have a chance to break through before the civil and martial tournament.
Thanks to the excessive yin qi accumulated within his body, he probably wouldn’t have to worry about lacking yin qi during a breakthrough for quite some time.
After completing a full circulation, Chu Feng exhaled a breath of turbid air.
Hmm?
Suddenly, the Heaven-Mending Stone inside his body trembled. Immediately afterward, the frigid yin energy within him also grew restless.
This feeling… could it be…
Chu Feng slowly rose to his feet and looked up at the sky, the starry heavens reflected in his eyes. A moment later, he said calmly, “Sneaking around in the shadows like this… I’m afraid you’re no good person.”
“Hehe. As expected of the Moonlight Sword Fairy’s disciple. It seems the Heaven-Mending Stone truly is an extraordinary treasure. To think it could actually sense my presence.”
At the spot Chu Feng was staring at, space distorted, and a black-robed figure emerged, radiating a frigid yin aura.
This is!?
Chu Feng sensed the frigid yin aura emanating from the black-robed figure. He was all too familiar with it.
This person was from the Myriad Saints Palace!
How had the Myriad Saints Palace known he was here!?
Although he had encountered Lin Ruo earlier, he had immediately left the Liu family afterward. Moreover, his true identity on this visit to the Hundred Races Academy was unknown even to the vice dean. He had entered as Aunt Jing’s Dao companion.
“Someone from the Myriad Saints Palace?”
Chu Feng stared at the black-robed figure.
The black-robed figure clapped and laughed. “Not bad, not bad. Since you already know I’m from the Myriad Saints Palace, are you going to hand over the Heaven-Mending Stone yourself and spare yourself some suffering, or shall I personally extract it from you after tearing out your tendons and skinning you alive?”
As he spoke, streams of sword qi condensed around the black-robed figure.
“Kid, as long as you obediently hand over the Heaven-Mending Stone, I can pretend I never saw you at the Hundred Races Academy. That way, the Myriad Saints Palace won’t learn about you either. Wouldn’t that be best for both of us? You should know that the entire cultivation world is searching for you now. You, your master, and the Tianji Sect alone cannot withstand the greed of the entire cultivation world.”
After saying this, the black-robed figure made no move to rush him, quietly waiting for Chu Feng’s answer.
Feeling the black-robed figure’s fervent gaze fixed upon him, Chu Feng secretly circulated his true qi and channeled it into his communication token, attempting to contact Sister Tiantian and the others. This black-robed figure was at least a sixth-rank cultivator. If Chu Feng had to fight him alone, his chances of victory were slim.
The black-robed figure gave a derisive laugh. “Don’t bother with those little tricks. I’ve already sealed off the space around us. No message can get out.”
As he spoke, the black-robed figure extended a hand from his sleeve. With the movement, a sword-shaped jade pendant at his waist was briefly revealed, reflecting the moonlight.
In an instant, the space surrounding Chu Feng completely froze, leaving his body unable to move.
Damn it!
Chu Feng was horrified.
This man was a cultivator of at least the seventh rank!
“What a troublesome brat. If you’d just obediently handed over the Heaven-Mending Stone, you wouldn’t have had to suffer.”
The black-robed figure approached Chu Feng step by step. His fingers curled into a claw, carrying a razor-sharp sword intent as he reached straight for the crown of Chu Feng’s head.
Chu Feng didn’t dare let his guard down. Just as he prepared to unleash the five-colored sword qi—
Crack—
The sound of something fracturing rang out. Then, a chorus of shattering noises echoed through the surroundings. The space that had been frozen solid was forcibly shattered by an overwhelming force, breaking apart into countless tiny spatial fragments.
As the frozen space shattered, a vast and mighty aura descended upon the courtyard, followed by an enchanting voice.
“Since you’ve come all this way, you can stay here forever.”
The instant that enchanting voice rang out, the black-robed figure froze before immediately attempting to flee. However, a massive hand formed from true qi tore through space and came crashing down, smashing the black-robed figure apart with a single slap.
Yet the expected scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere never appeared. With a loud rip, only the black robe was torn apart, scraps of fabric fluttering to the ground.
A seductive figure appeared beside Chu Feng. Panic filled Su Tiantian’s face as her fair hands immediately roamed over the young man’s body, checking him all over for injuries.
“Sister Tiantian, I’m fine.”
Chu Feng felt her hands wandering all over him. At first, she really was checking him properly, but when one hand suddenly began heading toward a certain place, he quickly caught it.
“Sister Tiantian, you really don’t need to check… there, do you?”
With Sister Tiantian’s cultivation, he figured a quick touch should have been enough to tell whether he was injured. Anything beyond that was clearly just her taking advantage of him.
“How could I not check! This doesn’t just concern your happiness, little rascal. It concerns mine too!”
Su Tiantian spoke with complete seriousness. She then pulled her hand free from Chu Feng’s grasp and carefully checked his pulse. Only after confirming that it was beating strong and steady did she finally let go in satisfaction.
Great. There hadn’t been a single thing wrong with Chu Feng before, but now he was feeling rather uncomfortable.
Please, just let me have some peace and quiet.
Su Tiantian’s heart had nearly stopped just now. If the demon core she had left inside the little rascal hadn’t reacted in time, something terrible might have happened to him.
As for the other women…
Inside a cave somewhere in the Hundred Races Academy, a black-robed figure emerged. With a hint of relief in his voice, he muttered, “Good thing I had a backup plan. Otherwise, I would’ve died back there. What a terrifying aura.”
“Oh? Is that so?”
An ethereal voice rang out.
The black-robed figure stiffened. He raised his head toward the sky and rasped, “How is that possible!?”
High above, four breathtakingly beautiful figures hovered in the air.
Their immense auras sealed off the surrounding space, leaving the black-robed figure with absolutely no avenue of escape.
The four women had naturally sensed that Chu Feng was in danger as well. However, the task of rescuing him had fallen to Su Tiantian. With her cultivation being the strongest among them, she was the best suited to keeping Chu Feng safe.
As for them, they were here to deal with the person who had dared attack him.
Among the four women, Zi Xin’er stepped forward. True qi swirled around her crystalline fingertip as she flicked it lightly. A streak of white true qi pierced through space and shot toward the black-robed figure.
The black-robed figure gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, throwing a punch directly at the incoming white true qi.
Boom!
One of his arms was instantly annihilated, and his aura plummeted.
Finally, under the watchful gazes of the four women, the black-robed figure’s body suddenly began to swell.
He was actually trying to self-destruct.
However, the women had no intention of letting the black-robed figure self-destruct. After all, they still needed to capture him alive and interrogate him for information. Zi Xin’er acted swiftly and decisively, piercing straight through his dantian. His true qi immediately spilled out and dissipated into the surroundings.
When the four women returned with the black-robed figure in tow and saw that Chu Feng was safe and sound, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Feng was clearly startled by the sudden appearance of the four women. It was only when he saw the black-robed figure tossed aside like a dead dog that he realized Aunt Zi and the others had gone after the man who had escaped.
He turned his gaze toward the black-robed figure, his eyes settling on the now-empty space at the man’s waist. A trace of puzzlement surfaced in his eyes.
Strange. If he remembered correctly, there had originally been a sword-shaped jade pendant hanging from this man’s waist.
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