In that moment just now, Zhao Tianxuan had almost thought he was seeing things. But having cultivated the Sword Slaying Profound himself and standing so close, the chance of Zhao Tianxuan being mistaken was virtually nonexistent.
Precisely because of that, Zhao Tianxuan found it so inconceivable.
Eight months was not a short period for a Body Refining Realm martial artist. After all, the golden years for cultivating martial arts only lasted a few years.
But for someone in the Joint Aperture Realm, whose lifespan reached three hundred years, less than a year was hardly a long time.
When Chen Fei had been unwilling to display it earlier, Zhao Tianxuan had instinctively assumed that Chen Fei's Sword Slaying Profound cultivation had run into difficulties, so he wanted to conceal it.
But now Zhao Tianxuan realized that Chen Fei had not been cultivating poorly at all. He had cultivated it far too well and had genuinely wanted to hide his abilities, only to be forcibly pressed into revealing them.
No one understood the difficulty of cultivating the Sword Slaying Profound better than Zhao Tianxuan. After cultivating it for so many years, he had only fused thirty-six formations and was still quite some distance from seventy-two formations.
Yet Chen Fei had displayed it so effortlessly.
"Please forgive this humble display!" Chen Fei turned to Zhao Tianxuan and cupped his hands.
Zhao Tianxuan's mouth twitched slightly. If Chen Fei's Sword Slaying Profound counted as a humble display, then what had his own performance just been?
"Little Brother Chen truly possesses extraordinary talent. I was the one being sentimental for nothing." Zhao Tianxuan forced a smile onto his face, while his earlier hearty laughter had long since vanished.
"Elder Zhao praises me too highly," Chen Fei said with a smile.
"No. Among all the people