When Liu Tiancheng saw the old granny, he immediately clutched his chest, nearly coughing up a mouthful of blood.
“H-How is this possible!? How did you find her!?”
To that question, Chu Feng answered honestly, “Of course your precious son told me.”
As he spoke, he took out the recording stone and played back Liu Yuning’s recording on the spot.
When he heard his eldest son reveal the hiding place and the entire plan without leaving out a single word, Liu Tiancheng’s expression turned incomparably ugly.
“Hehe, compared to Family Head Liu’s constant lies, I much prefer your eldest son. At least he’s honest enough.”
Chu Feng deliberately mocked Liu Tiancheng.
“Granny!”
Liu Shijing flashed to Chu Feng’s side and took the old granny’s hand.
Granny Rong patted Liu Shijing’s delicate hand and comforted her gently, “Second Miss, I’m fine. It’s all thanks to this young man and young lady.”
Mist clouded Liu Shijing’s beautiful eyes as she looked at Chu Feng, gratitude filling her voice.
“This time, I really have to thank you, brat.”
“Ah, well… if anyone deserves the most credit, it’s Saintess Sister.”
That’s right. If Saintess Sister hadn’t told him about the plan, he would have been completely kept in the dark too. But then again, how did Saintess Sister know about the plan in the first place?
“Hmph! This old man has no time to stand here watching you reminisce. So then, Family Head Liu, are you planning to go back on your word?”
Venerable Kuhai spoke in an unfriendly tone.
Liu Tiancheng secretly regretted everything. He never expected that in the end, he would be sold out by his own eldest son. What a traitor!
“Go back on my word? Of course not!”
At that moment, Jia Tianfeng, who had been hiding in the back room the entire time, walked out. The plan was just about to succeed….how could they possibly give up so easily!
Anger flashed through Liu Shijing’s beautiful eyes as she sneered coldly, “Do whatever you want. From this moment onward, I hereby sever all ties with you people!”
“Hehe, Elder Liu, I’m afraid things will not go as you wish.”
Venerable Kuhai slowly rose to his feet, fully revealing the aura of an eighth-rank cultivator. Terrifying beyond compare.
“What do you mean?”
Liu Shijing narrowed her beautiful eyes.
“Just moments ago, the conditions offered by Madam Liu were simply too generous. This old man found them impossible to refuse.”
Seventy percent of the Liu family’s assets—this was practically handing the entire Liu family over to him. Though the Liu family was insignificant before the Myriad Saint Palace, in Venerable Kuhai’s eyes alone, it was still an enormous piece of fat meat.
Boom!
A vast and overwhelming aura erupted from Venerable Kuhai’s body. Under such pressure, Chu Feng struggled desperately to resist, yet still found it hard to breathe.
“Kuhai!”
Liu Shijing’s brows stood upright in fury, killing intent covering her beautiful face. With a grasp of her delicate hand, true qi condensed in her palm and instantly shattered Kuhai’s oppressive aura.
“Hahaha! Elder Liu, allow this Venerable One to show you that the gap between the eighth rank and seventh rank is a difference beyond compare!”
Venerable Kuhai stomped his foot, and the entire council hall exploded apart instantly. The ground bulged upward to an outrageous degree.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tree roots over a hundred meters thick tore through the earth, writhing wildly like the tentacles of a monstrous octopus.
“Xueyao, protect the brat and Granny Rong. Your little aunt will be right back!”
Liu Shijing stared coldly at Venerable Kuhai with her icy beautiful eyes. In the next instant, her delicate figure transformed into a streak of light as a battle between two eighth-rank Venerables erupted.
***
Jia Tiansheng glanced at the youth before him and said calmly, “So you’re the husband?”
Hmm? Wait a second! What did you just call me!?
Chu Feng subconsciously clenched up, briefly suspecting the young man before him had rather unusual tastes. Then he remembered….it was just the excuse Aunt Jing had used during yesterday’s ceremony.
“That’s right!”
“Good. As long as I’ve got the right person.” Jia Tiansheng took out a check and tossed it toward Chu Feng. “This is a check for one million spirit stones. Take it and leave Elder Liu. You can redeem it for spirit stones at the Myriad Saint Palace. Elder Liu is only suitable for me. As for you… you’re not worthy!”
Chu Feng held the check without saying a word. He merely smiled as his gaze shifted toward the black-robed youth.
Rip!
He tore the million-spirit-stone check in half and threw it onto the ground. Tightening his grip on Little White, he raised the sword tip and pointed it at the black-robed youth.
“Sorry, but I think the one who isn’t worthy… is you!”
Hearing Chu Feng’s words, Jia Tiansheng could not help but laugh. “A mere third-rank cultivator dares speak such arrogant nonsense?!”
“Whether it’s nonsense or not, you’ll find out soon enough. Also, please describe my cultivation properly, alright? I’m at peak third rank!”
After dual cultivation with Liu Shijing’s yin-yang harmonization, not only had Liu Shijing broken through to the eighth rank, Chu Feng had benefited as well. His cultivation had directly surged into the fourth rank, but he forcefully suppressed it back down in the end, stabilizing it at peak third rank.
“Saintess Sister, don’t interfere. I’ll handle this guy myself.”
No way! Trying to steal a woman from me, Chu Feng? Young master here will beat even your parents—
Jia Tiansheng fell silent for a moment before smiling. “Interesting. Do you think I’m one of those people who piled up their cultivation realm through pills?”
“Truly a newborn calf unafraid of tigers. Fine then, I’ll let you understand what it means to obtain something through luck alone yet lack the life to enjoy it!”
As his words fell, vast true qi surged from Jia Tiansheng’s body. The dark purple qi carried an eerie coldness, completely unlike the techniques used by righteous cultivators. In fact, it suited demonic arts far better.
Boom!
Jia Tiansheng soared into the air as the dark purple true qi poured out like a flood. Looking closely, it was actually countless tiny true qi snakes the size of fingers.
Chu Feng raised his head and gazed at the densely packed purple snakes as brilliant sword light burst forth from his body.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The ringing of swords echoed continuously as countless strands of sword qi gathered around Chu Feng, protecting him like a golden bell barrier.
Boom!
The overwhelming swarm of dark purple snakes crashed violently against the sword qi.
Soon after, dark purple smoke billowed upward, obscuring all vision.
“Hehe, my smoke is corrosive as well. That brat has probably already been dissolved without even a corpse left behind.”
Jia Tiansheng spoke confidently and was just about to turn around when a voice suddenly came from behind him.
“Hey, hey… don’t you know the rule that whenever there’s smoke, there’s no damage?”
The young man’s voice rang out. Jia Tiansheng’s pupils shrank sharply as he blurted out, “How is that possible!?”
The smoke dispersed, revealing Chu Feng completely unharmed.
Though on the surface he looked perfectly fine, the true qi within his body had already been drained by a full quarter. The mana consumption was seriously brutal.
Even though his true qi had been compressed and refined again and again, there was still no way he could compete with a fifth-rank cultivator in terms of energy consumption. Just one move from the opponent had already drained so much of his true qi.
He could not afford to fall into a prolonged battle. That would only place him at a disadvantage. He had to end this quickly.
Chu Feng opened his mouth and spat out a five-colored sword qi. Ever since he used it last time, the five-colored sword qi had been nurtured within his body until now.
The instant the five-colored sword qi appeared, even Jia Tiansheng sensed a dangerous aura.
Five-colored radiance flowed across the sword qi as boundless sword intent surged skyward, accompanied by waves of sword cries echoing through heaven and earth.
The five-colored sword qi trembled slightly, releasing terrifying sword intent.
Chu Feng’s face turned somewhat pale. This was his ultimate trump card, and using it instantly exhausted all of his true qi.
Faced with Chu Feng’s attack, Jia Tiansheng finally put away his playful attitude.
Cold and violent true qi erupted wildly from his body. The sheer thickness and density of it was so immense that it was not inferior even to a late-stage fifth-rank cultivator.
Yet Chu Feng showed no intention of retreating. Instead, he chose to meet it head-on.
He grinned at Jia Tiansheng, his eyes filled with ferocity, as he formed a sword gesture with his fingers.
“One Slash!”
As Chu Feng’s icy voice rang out, the five-colored sword qi shot forth explosively.
The cries of swords rang endlessly as sword qi ravaged the heavens and earth.
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