Chapter 18

"Chu Feng, you’re no good either. After a whole day, you’ve got nothing to show for it." Chu Xue sneered, mocking Chu Feng as she looked at his empty bag.

"Is that so? When you ten are combined, your harvest doesn’t seem much better than mine, does it?" Chu Feng glanced at the equally empty bags of Chu Xue and the others, and said sarcastically.

"I really can’t understand what Chu Wei was thinking, putting you ten good-for-nothings in one group. And you ten good-for-nothings even came to the central area. Are you here for a picnic? Do you have enough rations?"

"Bullshit." Hearing Chu Feng’s words, Chu Xue flew into a rage, and the nine lackeys beside her also looked displeased.

Especially Chu Gao, who pointed at Chu Feng and shouted, "If you dare to be disrespectful to my young miss again, I’ll cripple you."

"If you think you can, come and try." Chu Feng gave Chu Gao a contemptuous glance and then continued to eat his rations.

"Do you think I won’t dare?" As Chu Gao spoke, he advanced on Chu Feng with a fierce momentum, a whirlwind rising beneath his feet, sweeping up large patches of leaves, clearly displaying his Fourth Rank Spirit Martial strength.

But just as Chu Gao approached Chu Feng, Chu Feng suddenly lifted his head, his eyes shooting out two cold beams that pierced Chu Gao’s eyes like daggers.

"Step"

At that moment, Chu Gao hastily stopped, then quickly retreated two steps. For when he saw Chu Feng’s gaze, he felt a sense of intimidation.

This intimidation made Chu Gao’s back chill and his heart race. He had felt this before, and he knew very well how terrifying a person who could intimidate him like this could be.

Despite finding it hard to believe, since Chu Feng was only at the Fourth Rank Martial Cultivation and had just entered the Inner Sect, this intimidation told him not to engage with Chu Feng.

"Gulp"

Swallowing hard, Chu Gao turned and retreated, tail between his legs.

This scene left Chu Xue and the others at a loss. How could he retreat without even fighting? How embarrassing!

But if they knew that Chu Gao had been scared back by a single look from Chu Feng, they would feel even more embarrassed.

"Chu Gao, what’s wrong with you?" Chu Xue scolded angrily.

"Miss, I..." Chu Gao didn’t know how to answer.

"Useless scum."

Seeing Chu Gao’s timid appearance, Chu Xue gritted her teeth in anger, but didn’t know what to do. Finally, she said to Chu Feng with a fierce tone:

"Chu Feng, you’ve really grown up, have you forgotten the time when you were beaten to a pulp by Brother Hongfei when you were a kid?"

"Let me tell you, you’d better never return to the Chu family, or I’ll make Brother Hongfei beat you even worse."

Hearing Chu Xue’s words, Chu Feng’s hands clenched suddenly, crushing the rations in his hands to powder. A strong wind swept out from him, blowing Chu Xue and the others back, even Chu Gao couldn’t resist it.

Chu Hongfei, who had once humiliated Chu Feng, was someone Chu Feng would never forget. That year, when he was only eight, he was beaten so badly by the ten-year-old Chu Hongfei that he lay in bed for half a month.

What hurt most was that when Chu Guyu went to confront Chu Hongfei, he was also beaten black and blue. This became a thorn in Chu Feng’s heart, a thorn that would cause pain whenever he thought of it.

Chu Feng slowly lifted his head, his eyes emitting a thick coldness, and he said to Chu Xue in an extremely cold voice:

"Chu Xue, tell Chu Hongfei that I, Chu Feng, will return to the clan meeting this year, and he’d better be prepared to beg for mercy on his knees."

"And now, you’d better disappear from my sight immediately, or I’ll make you regret it for the rest of your life."

Under normal circumstances, Chu Xue would have retorted, but now she didn’t have the courage. The aura Chu Feng was emitting made her legs weak and her body tremble. She knew this feeling was fear.

In the end, Chu Xue didn’t argue back but turned and walked into the depths of the forest. Chu Gao and the others quickly followed, as they, like Chu Xue, couldn’t resist Chu Feng’s aura.

After Chu Xue and the others left, Chu Feng tidied up and continued on his way.

He knew that Chu Hongfei wasn’t someone to be underestimated. Not only was he the best fighter in the Chu family back then, but his current achievements were second only to Chu Guyu.

Chu Hongfei was the only person in the Chu family, besides Chu Guyu, to be admitted to a first-class sect, which already spoke to his martial cultivation potential.

Moreover, since joining the sect, Chu Hongfei had never returned to the Chu family, and no one knew his current strength.

However, Chu Feng felt that Chu Hongfei was likely to return to the Chu family for the clan meeting this year, as his father was also one of the candidates for the head of the family.

Given Chu Hongfei’s potential, even if he hadn’t reached the Sixth Rank Spirit Martial, he was at least at the Fifth Rank. Therefore, Chu Feng had to quickly improve his strength, at least to the Fifth Rank Spirit Martial.

"Ahh, don’t touch me~~~~"

But just as Chu Feng had walked a short distance, a sharp cry echoed through the forest, and it was Chu Xue’s voice.

At this moment, Chu Feng’s brows furrowed. After a brief hesitation, he ran in the direction of the sound.

Meanwhile, in a clearing in the forest, an unsavory scene was unfolding.

Chu Gao and the other nine were trembling with fear, standing to one side, while in the center of the clearing, Chu Xue was being harassed by three men.

These three men were in their twenties, with extremely lecherous faces, but they all carried a black iron sword on their backs, indicating they were members of the Sword Alliance.

"Don’t be afraid, little sister. We have no ill intentions; we just want to chat with you."

One of the men, with a face full of scars, was pulling at Chu Xue’s purple robe, having already torn off one sleeve, exposing her white skin.

"Tsk tsk, so white, I like girls like you."

The other two were also groping Chu Xue, their eyes gleaming with lust, and their mouths were already drooling.

"As fellow disciples, don’t you fear the elders will punish you for this?" Chu Xue’s face was full of tears, and she struggled weakly.

"Little sister, we are protecting you. The elders will praise us, not punish us."

"Exactly, staying with these good-for-nothings will only put you in more danger. Why don’t you stay with us? When the hunt is over, we’ll give you some compensation, hehe..."

Night was falling, and the three men were extremely lonely. Finding Chu Xue, such a gentle lamb, they wouldn’t let her go.

"Three senior brothers, please let my young miss go." Chu Gao trembled as he begged.

"Swish"

But as soon as he spoke, one of the Sword Alliance members drew the black iron sword from his back and swung it at Chu Gao. A gust of wind swept past Chu Gao.

"Thud"

After the gust of wind, a bloody wound appeared on Chu Gao’s leg, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"Fifth Rank Spirit Martial"

Seeing this, the Chu family members were frightened and retreated. The ability to turn wind into a blade and defeat Chu Gao in one strike indicated that this person was at the Fifth Rank Spirit Martial level.