“Alas, we should never have indulged Lingxi and allowed her to participate in this strongest junior competition.”
“Had we not come here, we would not have provoked this enormous trouble.”
Mentioning the matter, Gu Yang’s face was filled with regret.
“Senior, what exactly has happened? Please tell me.”
Chu Feng asked.
Seeing Chu Feng inquire, Gu Yang first let out a long sigh before recounting the events.
After the battle between Chu Feng and the Linghu Heavenly Clan, Chu Lingxi had returned to the Wanzhou Ancient Clan with her mother.
Upon returning, in order to strengthen herself, Chu Lingxi made a decision.
Possessing both the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline and a heavenly bloodline, she chose to seal the heavenly bloodline to focus solely on cultivating the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline.
In truth, Chu Lingxi’s Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline far surpassed her heavenly bloodline. However, because she had previously rejected the Wanzhou Ancient Clan, she had always concentrated on the heavenly bloodline, preventing her full potential from being unleashed.
As she grew, the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline had long accumulated immense power.
When Chu Lingxi abandoned the heavenly bloodline and devoted herself to the Wanzhou Ancient Clan bloodline, her cultivation advanced at an astonishing rate.
Now, Chu Lingxi’s cultivation had reached the pinnacle of Venerable, making her a Ninth Rank Venerable realm martial cultivator.
This level of cultivation was extraordinarily strong, not only among juniors but within the entire Ancestral Martial Starfield.
It happened that at this time, the strongest junior competition was about to begin.
Chu Lingxi knew that although Ninth Rank Venerable was extremely powerful in the Ancestral Martial Starfield, participating in an event like this would still make it difficult for her to achieve good results.
Yet she wished to gain some experience, so she wanted to join. Gu Mingyuan strongly supported this idea.
Thus, Gu Mingyuan, Chu Lingxi, and a group of experts from the Wanzhou Ancient Clan arrived in the Storm World.
Who could have expected that, as soon as they emerged from the ancient teleportation formation, they would encounter a certain individual.
This person was named Lu Wantong.
Lu Wantong was a prophecy master. Though his prophecy techniques were not as refined as those of the Insightful Heaven Master, disciple of the Enlightenment Saint Venerable, they were nonetheless highly proficient.
Because of his expertise in prophecy, Lu Wantong maintained cooperative relationships with many powerful forces in the Holy Light Galaxy.
In the Holy Light Galaxy, Lu Wantong could be said to have deep connections and vast influence.
Moreover, setting aside his terrifying network, he himself was a Supreme realm expert with Fifth Rank Supreme cultivation.
Such an existence was one that the current Wanzhou Ancient Clan absolutely dared not offend.
Yet who would have thought that trouble descends from the heavens even when one seeks to avoid it.
Simply because Lu Wantong caught sight of Chu Lingxi, he developed intentions towards her.
Lu Wantong actually wished to take Chu Lingxi as his concubine.
Naturally, Chu Lingxi and Gu Mingyuan would not agree to this.
Yet unexpectedly, Lu Wantong refused to let the matter rest.
He even declared that within seven days, Chu Lingxi must marry him. Otherwise, he guaranteed that the Wanzhou Ancient Clan would vanish from the Holy Light Galaxy.
This terrified the members of the Wanzhou Ancient Clan greatly.
The reason Elder Gu Yang wanted Chu Feng to persuade Chu Lingxi was precisely for this matter.
“Senior Gu, then how exactly do you wish me to persuade Lingxi?”
Chu Feng understood Gu Yang’s intent, so when he asked this, his tone had already lost its previous politeness.
Yet Gu Yang evidently had not noticed the change in Chu Feng. Thinking that Chu Feng was willing to help persuade her, he immediately beamed with joy.
“Of course, persuade Lingxi to marry that Lu Wantong.”
“We cannot afford to offend Lu Wantong. If Lingxi continues to refuse, not only will her days be difficult, but I fear our Wanzhou Ancient Clan may disappear from this world entirely.”
“But fortunately, we encountered young friend Chu Feng here. I know that girl Lingxi shares an extraordinary relationship with you. If young friend Chu Feng is willing to persuade her, that girl Lingxi will surely listen.”
As Gu Yang spoke these words, his old face wrinkled into a smile like a steamed bun, utterly delighted.
“Forcing marriage upon your own kin, do you think this is something a senior like you should do?”
Chu Feng asked in a stern voice.
Only upon hearing this did Gu Yang realise that Chu Feng’s attitude seemed different from what he had imagined.
“Young friend Chu Feng, could it be… you are unwilling to persuade Lingxi?”
Gu Yang asked tentatively.
“I will not allow Lingxi to do something she does not wish to do.”
Chu Feng stated.
“Is that so?”
“Heh heh…”
Gu Yang lost his previous eagerness and instead let out a cold laugh before suddenly stopping in his tracks.
“Young friend Chu Feng, if you are unwilling to help with this matter, then please return.”
Having seen that Chu Feng was not willing to assist, Gu Yang’s attitude underwent a drastic change. His tone towards Chu Feng became extremely cold.
Moreover, his meaning was now very clear.
If Chu Feng was unwilling to help persuade Chu Lingxi, then he should not expect to see her.
Boom.
Yet no sooner had he spoken than the surrounding world underwent a tremendous change. The weather turned abnormally frigid.
The Storm World was already perpetually beset by wind and snow, with extremely low temperatures.
With his pinnacle Venerable cultivation, Gu Yang should not have been affected by the cold here.
Yet now, he felt the surrounding temperature piercingly cold, like invisible blades about to pierce his skin.
He could hardly endure such cold and felt that, if it continued, he would soon freeze to death.
Why had it suddenly become so cold for no apparent reason?
Gu Yang was utterly bewildered.
Just as he puzzled over this, Chu Feng’s voice suddenly rang out.
“If not for the fact that you are an elder of the Wanzhou Ancient Clan, you would already be dead.”
Hearing these words and looking into Chu Feng’s icy gaze, Gu Yang abruptly awoke to the truth.
It was Chu Feng who had done this. It was Chu Feng who had released such frigid killing intent.
Yes, killing intent. He saw killing intent in Chu Feng’s eyes.
“No, no, do not kill me. I was only thinking of the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.”
“We cannot afford to provoke that Lu Wantong.”
Gu Yang dropped to his knees before Chu Feng with a thud, so frightened that he was on the verge of tears.
Yet Chu Feng did not make things difficult for him and instead withdrew the chilling killing intent.
“Lead the way.”
After retracting the cold intent, Chu Feng said to Gu Yang.
Having felt Chu Feng’s killing intent, how could Gu Yang dare disobey? He hurriedly continued leading the way.
After some time, they arrived outside a city.
“Young friend Chu Feng, the people of my clan are all there.”
Gu Yang pointed towards the city and said.
Yet upon seeing it, Chu Feng felt displeasure in his heart.
This city was clearly constructed using boundary power, the technique of a Dragon Mark Saint-cloak World Spiritist. The Wanzhou Ancient Clan did not possess a world spiritist of this level.
Furthermore, Chu Feng noticed guards stationed outside the city who were not from the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.
All of this must have been arranged by that fellow named Lu Wantong.
On the surface, the Wanzhou Ancient Clan members were residing there, but in reality, they had already been imprisoned by Lu Wantong.
“Lu Wantong, I would quite like to see just what abilities you possess to dare force my family’s Chu Lingxi to become your concubine.”
Chu Feng gave a cold snort. Rather than acting directly, he began walking towards the city.
