“Xiao Yu?”
Zhao Old Man glanced at Xiao Yu, then shook his head repeatedly, smiling at Chu Feng.
“Lord Chu Feng, you must be mistaken.”
“How could my granddaughter possibly fancy this Xiao Yu?”
Zhao Old Man genuinely didn’t believe Zhao Menglu would like Xiao Yu.
He wasn’t pretending; he truly felt such a thing was impossible.
“Senior Zhao, I saw with my own eyes your granddaughter and Xiao Yu together.”
“That Xiao Yu even mistook me for a rival, not only threatening me but also punching me.”
“Right here.”
Chu Feng smiled, pointing to his abdomen.
He had no intention of seeking revenge; he just found it amusing.
“What?”
“Xiao Yu dared to hit Lord Chu Feng? That’s impossible, right?”
“Lord Chu Feng is a Supreme realm existence, while Xiao Yu is just a mere Martial Ancestor.”
Hearing Chu Feng’s words, the crowd found it hard to believe.
But they all turned their gazes toward Xiao Yu.
Facing the hostile looks, Xiao Yu was so scared that tears streamed down his face.
“Xiao Yu, you better own up to it.”
Chu Feng squinted, looking at the convulsing, tearful Xiao Yu.
“Lord Chu Feng, I deserve death, I deserve death.”
“I must have eaten a bear’s heart and a leopard’s gall to disrespect Lord Chu Feng. I’m damned, I’m damned.”
“This lowly one was too blind. Please, Lord Chu Feng, spare me a path to live.”
“I’ll stay far away from Menglu from now on, never daring to approach her again.”
“I’ll turn and run the moment I see her.”
Xiao Yu suddenly knelt upright, repeatedly slapping his own face, but only with one hand, as his other was already crippled.
“Xiao Yu, what nonsense are you spouting?”
“You’re tarnishing my granddaughter’s reputation. How can I spare you?”
Seeing this, Zhao Old Man was unwilling to let it slide.
Xiao Yu admitting to it was one thing, but dragging his granddaughter into it was another.
“Grandfather Zhao, Lord Chu Feng isn’t wrong. We were there too.”
“Yes, we were there.”
At that moment, two women stepped forward.
These two were close friends of Zhao Menglu.
They had indeed been present in the forest when they encountered Chu Feng.
“Grandfather Zhao, you can’t say Xiao Yu is tarnishing Zhao Menglu’s reputation.”
“Because it’s the truth.”
“Yes, Xiao Yu was wrong to attack Lord Chu Feng, but your Zhao Menglu insulted him even more.”
“Exactly. Lord Chu Feng had told Zhao Menglu he was in the Supreme realm.”
“But she didn’t believe him at all, saying to us that Lord Chu Feng was crazy, a fool.”
“And she said she didn’t even like Chu Feng, telling him not to pester her.”
“But clearly, Lord Chu Feng wasn’t pestering her; she was the one pestering him.”
“We all know this clearly.”
“Right, how could Lord Chu Feng fancy a woman like her?”
“Truly shameless.”
The two women said.
Their words made Zhao Menglu feel like she was suffocating.
She never expected her closest friends to betray her at such a moment, truly kicking her while she was down.
“You… you’re lying.”
“You’re just jealous of my Menglu, jealous of her closeness with Lord Chu Feng, so you’re slandering her.”
Zhao Old Man still didn’t believe what they said, but his expression grew grim.
After all, not only did Zhao Menglu think Chu Feng was crazy.
When Chu Feng claimed he was in the Supreme realm, even Zhao Old Man thought he might be delusional.
It was only after Chu Feng showed his strength that he realized it was true.
But before that, even if you beat him to death, he wouldn’t have believed it.
Still, this didn’t stop him from feeling angry.
He genuinely believed they were slandering Zhao Menglu.
“Senior Zhao, we can also testify to this.”
“I was there too.”
“So was I.”
Then, others who had been in the forest stepped forward.
This was what it meant for the wall to fall and everyone to push.
No one would have expected that those who had mocked Chu Feng in the forest would now step up to testify for him.
And this was the power of strength.
In the face of absolute strength, some people reveal their terrifying nature.
“Zhao Menglu, you still won’t admit it?”
After stating the facts, they began pressuring Zhao Menglu together.
“Grandfather, I was wrong, save me.”
Zhao Menglu, already terrified, was near collapse after this.
With a thud, she knelt before Zhao Old Man, wailing.
She was utterly afraid. After witnessing Chu Feng’s power and recalling her earlier insults, she felt her life was over, only able to beg her grandfather for help.
Seeing this, Zhao Old Man was speechless, completely dumbfounded.
At this point, he knew Chu Feng was telling the truth.
But this truth was hard for him to bear.
Clang—
Suddenly, Zhao Old Man raised his arm, drawing his weapon.
“You wretched girl, you’ve utterly disgraced me. I’ll kill you.”
Zhao Old Man was furious, truly intending to kill Zhao Menglu.
Buzz—
But his weapon had barely been drawn when his body froze, unable to move.
“Senior Zhao, young people have their own pursuits. It’s normal.”
“I don’t mind, so you shouldn’t hold it against them either.”
Chu Feng spoke.
As he finished, Zhao Old Man’s previously restrained body regained freedom.
Needless to say, it was Chu Feng who had restrained him.
At that moment, Zhao Old Man collapsed to the ground, sobbing in despair.
He felt his lifelong reputation had been ruined by his granddaughter.
“Senior, don’t blame her. She has her own pursuits. You can’t impose your ideas on her.”
Chu Feng walked to Zhao Old Man, helping him up, and then helped Zhao Menglu up as well.
Chu Feng wasn’t blindly kind.
On the contrary, he was someone who repaid kindness doubly and vengeance even more so.
Those who were good to him, he rewarded generously.
Those who wronged him, he paid back in kind.
But for Zhao Menglu, Xiao Yu, and the others, Chu Feng didn’t want to pursue it.
If it were his past self, with such insults, he wouldn’t have let them live.
But along his journey, Chu Feng had grown, not just in strength but in temperament.
If Zhao Menglu and Xiao Yu were in the same realm as him, he wouldn’t have let them off.
But now, the gap was too vast. To him, they were like ants.
He genuinely didn’t want to bother with them too much.
Frankly, if he took their lives over this, Chu Feng felt it would demean himself.
But not pursuing it didn’t mean tolerating or indulging them.
That’s why Chu Feng brought it up—to teach them a lesson.
