“Alright, alright, didn’t we agree to come together and leave together? I can’t exactly let you wait outside for me.”
Chu Feng gently pushed Long Xiaoxiao away, but as he looked at her overflowing excitement, his eyes were filled with tenderness.
He had always had a good impression of Long Xiaoxiao, and now that impression had grown even stronger.
It was true that Chu Feng had once helped her greatly. Because of him, she had fused with the Dragon Vein Source, gained her current talent and potential, saved her mother, and earned her father’s recognition and affection.
Yet not everyone repays kindness with kindness.
Take Yin Daifen, for instance. Chu Feng had clearly helped her too, but instead of gratitude, she had turned around and bitten him.
Long Xiaoxiao’s actions stood in stark contrast to Yin Daifen’s.
After all, she had been willing to hand over even her qualification for the Wish God Palace trial to Chu Feng, without hesitation and without regret.
“Heehee, earlier I really thought my Little Benefactor gave the trial slot to Yin Daifen because you found her pretty and fancied her.”
“I even felt a little sour inside.”
“Now I know you were actually setting her up.”
Long Xiaoxiao said shyly.
“So, is your heart still sour now?”
Chu Feng asked.
“Not sour at all, not sour at all. I couldn’t be happier.”
Long Xiaoxiao replied with a wide grin.
“Damn it, there was actually something like this?”
While Chu Feng and Long Xiaoxiao were beaming with joy, the expressions and feelings of Yu Hong’s trio, who were still enduring pain, grew extremely complicated.
After hearing Chu Feng’s explanation, they finally understood everything.
Chu Feng had done it on purpose.
When he asked Long Xiaoxiao for her key, it wasn’t to take advantage of her. He was helping her.
Moreover, since Chu Feng had passed the trial, it meant he hadn’t lied. He really had given his own key to Yin Daifen.
The liar was Yin Daifen. She had accepted the key he gave her, yet refused to admit it and even cursed him for being shameless.
“I never imagined that Miss Yin, who looks so delicate and pitiful, could be such a despicable person.”
“Brother Chu Feng, we misunderstood you earlier.”
Bao Yue said to Chu Feng, his face full of remorse.
“Brother Chu Feng, I’m sorry.”
Kui Wu Di let out a wail-like apology.
“Brothers, do you need any help?”
Chu Feng asked the pair.
“Huh? Help?”
“What do you mean?”
Both were taken aback, not quite understanding.
Yet with a casual wave of his hand, Chu Feng set up two formations. With another flick of his arm, the formations settled over the two of them.
The lightning still struck continuously, but now it was redirected through the formations into the ground.
They still felt pain, yet it was greatly reduced.
Bao Yue and Kui Wu Di could now stand. The remaining discomfort was entirely bearable.
“Brother Chu Feng, you really are a good person.”
“What have we ever done to deserve this? We don’t know how to thank you.”
The two were utterly grateful to Chu Feng.
They were so moved they were on the verge of tears.
“It was nothing, no need to mention it.”
Chu Feng said.
“Brother Chu Feng… could you perhaps help me too?”
At that moment, Yu Hong actually spoke up, asking for help.
“As for you, I’ll pass.”
Chu Feng replied.
“I’ll give you payment. As long as you help me, I’m willing to pay anything. Just name it, and it’s yours.”
Yu Hong said.
“Sorry, I don’t need your payment.”
Having said that, Chu Feng took Long Xiaoxiao and prepared to head deeper into the area.
“You petty little man, so narrow-minded, you’re no man at all!”
Seeing Chu Feng about to leave, Yu Hong immediately started cursing.
At those words, Chu Feng suddenly stopped and turned back to look at him.
“Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. Not only can I use formations to lessen the punishment of this lightning, I can also use formations to intensify it.”
“Would you like to experience what it feels like when the lightning punishment is strengthened?”
Chu Feng asked.
“You!!!”
Yu Hong was so frightened he couldn’t speak.
The current lightning was already hard to endure. If it grew stronger, the pain would be unbearable.
“Also, let me tell you something else. I fully comprehended the content on the stone tablet.”
“This lightning punishment is supposed to last ten days and ten nights, and the power will grow stronger over time.”
“Did you think I set up formations just to ease the suffering of these two brothers from the Monstrous Demon Temple?”
“You’re wrong. I was actually saving their lives.”
“If I hadn’t used formations to protect them, as the lightning grew stronger, they wouldn’t have lasted ten days. In less than three, they would have died here.”
Chu Feng said.
“Brother Chu Feng, please, save me, save me!”
“Please set up a formation for me too.”
“Everything I own is here. Take it all, I give it all to you!”
Yu Hong hurriedly removed his cosmos sack and threw it towards Chu Feng.
This time he made no conditions. He simply handed over everything he owned.
“You won’t turn around later and bite me, claiming I robbed your cosmos sack, will you?”
Chu Feng did not catch it, but asked him instead.
“No, no, I’m giving it willingly.”
Yu Hong said.
Chu Feng smiled faintly, then turned to Bao Yue and Kui Wu Di.
“Brothers, you must bear witness for me. He willingly gave me the cosmos sack and begged for my help. I, Chu Feng, never threatened him once.”
Chu Feng said to Bao Yue and Kui Wu Di.
“We’ll testify. It was completely voluntary.”
The two nodded repeatedly.
“Since your attitude is sincere, I’ll help you just this once.”
As he spoke, Chu Feng caught the cosmos sack, then set up a formation that enveloped Yu Hong.
The moment the formation settled over him, the pain Yu Hong felt immediately lessened.
“Thank you, Young Master Chu Feng, thank you!”
“I will never forget this life-saving grace.”
Yu Hong thanked Chu Feng profusely.
Whether it was genuine or not, he had to do it now.
He was terrified. If Chu Feng withdrew the formation, he would be finished.
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe he could act like this.”
“My Little Benefactor, you really are amazing.”
Long Xiaoxiao looked at Yu Hong’s behaviour and felt thoroughly satisfied.
Chu Feng merely smiled slightly, then took Long Xiaoxiao and walked deeper into the area.
However, barely the time of one incense stick after Chu Feng left, the thunderclouds filling the sky suddenly began to disperse.
Not only did the clouds vanish, a figure also appeared. It was the old man.
“The punishment is over. You may leave.”
With a sweep of his sleeve, a formation gate appeared.
“It’s over?”
“Didn’t you say ten days and ten nights?”
Yu Hong stared wide-eyed, utterly incredulous.
“Who told you ten days and ten nights?”
“The punishment has ended. Get lost quickly.”
“If you don’t leave, the punishment will descend again, and the gate will disappear.”
“If you want to receive punishment here for the rest of your lives, feel free to stay.”
After saying that, the old man’s figure flickered and vanished.
Only the formation gate remained.
Yu Hong stood there, stunned.
He looked like a fool, frozen in place.
Only after a long while did other emotions appear on his face.
“Chu Feng, this isn’t over between us!!!”
Yu Hong roared towards the heavens. His furious voice echoed through the world.
He knew he had been tricked, completely fooled by Chu Feng.
The punishment had never been ten days and ten nights, nor was it lethal. On the contrary, it had been extremely brief.
Yet he had handed over every treasure he owned to Chu Feng.
All for a momentary reduction in pain?
“You liar, you liar! I will kill you, I will definitely kill you!!!!”
Yu Hong’s furious roars tore from his throat. In his rage, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Yet he paid no attention to the blood. He was so angry that tears streamed down his face.
“Alas, Brother Yu, that wasn’t right of you.”
“Just now, you were the one begging Brother Chu Feng for help and willingly handing over your cosmos sack.”
Bao Yue said from the side.
“Exactly. Even we demons know the importance of keeping our word. As a human, you should honour your word even more. You mustn’t wrongly accuse Brother Chu Feng.”
Kui Wu Di spoke with a face full of righteous indignation.
“Shut up, both of you!!”
“It wasn’t your things that were lost! Inside that cosmos sack weren’t just treasures, there was also a forbidden martial technique of my Yu Heavenly Clan!!!”
“That technique must never be passed to outsiders!!!”
As Yu Hong said this, not only was he furious, tears poured down his face.
When had a genius of the mighty Yu Heavenly Clan ever suffered such humiliation?
With a furious sweep of his sleeve, he stormed into the formation gate and left the area.
Bao Yue and Kui Wu Di, however, felt no sympathy for Yu Hong. Instead, the two exchanged a glance and then burst into wide grins.
Yu Hong had targeted Chu Feng from the very beginning, only to end up toyed with like this. From a bystander’s perspective, they found it immensely satisfying.
