“What do you mean by this?” Wuma Shengjie asked.
He was somewhat angry because he felt that Chu Feng’s surrender didn’t seem genuine. He had never seen anyone concede so casually before.
“I’ll leave this bow with you for now and come back for it later,” Chu Feng said.
“Come back for it later?” Wuma Shengjie frowned, feeling uneasy about Chu Feng’s words.
“What? Was I not clear enough?”
“Fine, let me make it clearer. Today, I admit defeat, so I’ve lost this bow to you.”
“But this bow holds special meaning for me, so if I can defeat you in the future, you must return it to me,” Chu Feng explained to Wuma Shengjie before turning to leave.
“Wait a moment,” Wuma Shengjie suddenly called out to stop him.
“What? Now that you see me yielding, have you changed your mind? Is my Arrow Dao Immortal Bow not enough for you?” Chu Feng asked, turning back.
“Since you’ve willingly offered the Arrow Dao Immortal Bow, I won’t make things difficult for you. However, there’s one thing I’d like to ask for your help with,” Wuma Shengjie said.
“What is it? Go ahead,” Chu Feng replied.
“Do not spread the news that the Wuma Heavenly Clan is here, especially to the Linghu Heavenly Clan,” Wuma Shengjie said.
“It seems you have a grudge against the Linghu Heavenly Clan,” Chu Feng remarked.
Before Wuma Shengjie could respond, Chu Feng added, “Don’t worry. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We’re on the same side, and I won’t put you in danger.”
“Do you also have a grudge against the Linghu Heavenly Clan?” Wuma Shengjie asked.
“Not just a grudge, but a deep one,” Chu Feng replied.
“Understood. You may go,” Wuma Shengjie said.
“You’re letting me go just like that? Do you trust me that much?” Chu Feng asked.
“I don’t trust you, but I trust your grandfather and your father.”
“I believe that the successors of those two would not be dishonourable people,” Wuma Shengjie said.
“Of course,” Chu Feng smiled.
With that, Chu Feng turned and left.
He really just walked away like that.
Only Wuma Shengjie and the members of the Wuma Heavenly Clan remained, looking bewildered.
The Wuma Heavenly Clan members kept glancing at Wuma Shengjie, as if they had something to say, but it wasn’t until Chu Feng had completely disappeared that they dared to ask:
“Shengjie, why did you let him go?”
“There’s no enmity between us, so there’s no need to be too harsh. Besides… can any of you be sure that, apart from the Divine Punishment Mystical Technique and that strange secret skill, he doesn’t have other tricks up his sleeve?”
“Remember, he’s the grandson of Chu Hanxian and the son of Chu Xuanyuan.”
“Although the Chu Heavenly Clan is nothing to fear, the successors of those two are exceptions,” Wuma Shengjie said.
“Shengjie is right. That Chu Feng’s methods are truly terrifying.”
“Indeed, to unlock the Thunder Armor at the Martial Immortal level—I’ve never seen anyone so strong before.”
At this moment, the members of the Wuma Heavenly Clan nodded in agreement, their eyes filled with fear as they recalled Chu Feng’s abilities.
“Enough, let’s continue our training.”
After saying this, Wuma Shengjie walked toward the palace, and the other members of the Wuma Heavenly Clan also entered the training formations, resuming their cultivation.
As for Chu Feng, he wasn’t hiding his abilities—he truly wasn’t a match for Wuma Shengjie.
However, he didn’t leave just like that. After all, the cultivation resources here were discovered by his grandfather and nurtured by his grandfather’s power. The main reason Chu Feng entered the Ancestral Martial Cultivation Realm was for these resources.
This was a gift left to him by his grandfather, and Chu Feng naturally couldn’t just walk away and hand it over to someone else.
But the Wuma Heavenly Clan had found this place first, and Chu Feng wasn’t strong enough to defeat Wuma Shengjie.
Unable to seize it by force, Chu Feng had no choice but to resort to some tricks.
Chu Feng pretended to leave but, after walking a distance, began setting up a formation.
Through the formation, he infiltrated the depths of the cave. Once underground, Chu Feng could sense an even more powerful surge of natural energy.
He soon discovered the formation Wuma Shengjie had set up.
Wuma Shengjie was using this formation to channel the natural energy of the area into the cave for himself and his clan to cultivate.
However, in reality, Wuma Shengjie was only borrowing the natural energy of the area—he hadn’t found the true cultivation resources.
In other words, what Wuma Shengjie and his clan were using for cultivation was merely the overflow of natural energy from the resources, not the true essence of it.
This wasn’t Wuma Shengjie’s fault, as the cultivation resources were incredibly difficult to find.
Even Chu Feng, with his abilities, couldn’t locate them.
This showed just how formidable Chu Feng’s grandfather and father had been.
Although they were also juniors at the time, the concealment formations they set up were so advanced that even Chu Feng couldn’t break them now.
It was likely that, if Chu Feng had lived in their era, he would have been no match for them either.
Although Chu Feng couldn’t break the formations with his own abilities, fortunately, his grandfather had left him a formation to locate the cultivation resources.
With that formation in hand, it was like having a key to unlock the door—everything became much simpler.
Once the formation was set up, Chu Feng felt as if he had entered another space.
He was still standing in the same spot, but in front of him appeared a massive ore.
The ore was as tall as two people, shimmering with a kaleidoscope of colors, as if it were a treasure from the immortal realm.
The vast natural energy emanated from this ore.
The reason it felt like Chu Feng had entered another space was that, before the formation was complete, there had been nothing in front of him.
But after the formation was activated, a faint energy spread, and the ore appeared before him.
It was all thanks to the formation.
Chu Feng was certain that this ore was the cultivation resource his grandfather had discovered and nurtured.
“The gift my grandfather left me is even more extraordinary than I imagined.”
At this moment, Chu Feng’s eyes were filled not only with excitement but also with a deep sense of awe.
The more he observed, the more amazed he became.
He was almost certain that the dazzling, otherworldly ore before him was not just a simple cultivation resource.
Hidden within it was an incredibly dense concentration of barrier energy.
It was like a door, behind which lay an unimaginably powerful formation.
In other words, what Chu Feng had obtained was not just a powerful cultivation resource—it might also grant him access to a formidable formation.
