Within the main hall.
Xiao Zhan and the other three remained fixedly staring at Chu Feng.
Xiao Zhan let out a cold laugh, then shook his head:
"You're quite the frightening con artist. Even this old man was almost taken in by you."
"No wonder Huohuo fell for your deception."
At that moment, First Elder Xiao Shan also planted his cane down and stood up. His gaze was equally icy as he said:
"Youngster, throughout the history of the Lihuo Kingdom, even the most extraordinary heavenly prodigy could do no more than enter the ranks of a third-rate martial artist in a single day."
"No one in the Lihuo Kingdom has broken that record in the past hundred years."
Xiao Shan's expression held a trace of reverence. He clasped his withered hands toward the heavens and said,
"And that Overlord Heavenly Prodigy who entered the third-rate realm in a single day has now become the youngest great general in our Lihuo Kingdom."
"He is a legendary grandmaster without equal under heaven!"
"Our Lihuo Kingdom's pride!"
"Could it be that you're saying you're even more talented than that general?"
At that moment, another Elder, whose build was somewhat stocky, also rose and shouted:
"Frauds these days are becoming more and more outrageous."
"Even storytellers wouldn't dare make up something like this. Yet you dare deceive us at the very gates of the Xiao Household?"
"And you entered the grandmaster realm in a single day?"
"Do you think you're an Immortal God?"
For a time, all four men in the main hall rose and angrily berated Chu Feng.
The atmosphere in the main hall tightened to the breaking point.
Only Xiao Huohuo was inwardly aghast. Gazing at Chu Feng's figure, his reverence grew even stronger:
"As expected of my master!"
"My guess was indeed correct."
"Not only did my master infuse me with ten streams of spiritual energy, he also entered Qi Refining in a single day!"
"He's even surpassed the first level of Qi Refining!"
Thinking this, Xiao Huohuo clenched his fists once more:
"My ability to take nine streams of spiritual energy into my body is entirely thanks to my master's guidance."
"Without my master, I'm nothing."
"Compared to my master's genuine World-Shocking Talent, I'm still far too lacking."
"What right do I have to feel proud?"
Then, under the astonished gazes of Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders,
Xiao Huohuo acted as though he had not heard their earlier reprimands at all. He respectfully asked Chu Feng with utmost seriousness:
"Master, what sort of existence cannot be described by a realm?"
"Could it be that you've already surpassed the limits of immortal cultivation?"
As he asked this, he drew in breath after breath, and his eyes shone more and more brightly.
As though he had realized something, he completely ignored everyone's strange looks and said excitedly:
"The immortal cultivation method you imparted can cultivate one into an Immortal God!"
"If one were stronger than an Immortal God, what would such a sight be like?"
Perhaps he truly could not bear to watch any longer. Third Elder Xiao Yi, who had remained silent all this time, snorted coldly, rose, and questioned him disdainfully:
"Stepping onto the path of cultivation makes one a grandmaster?"
"And you say he cannot be described by a realm?"
"Such an existence would be inferior even to the Bodhidharma Patriarch, who shook the world eight hundred years ago, wouldn't he?"
"Could it be that you, sir, are an even more formidable figure than the Bodhidharma Patriarch?"
As he spoke, he suddenly changed tack and sneered sarcastically:
"Then having you visit our Xiao Household today is truly a blessing our Xiao Household must have cultivated over several lifetimes."
Seeing his own father and the Three Elders hurling abuse at his master, Xiao Huohuo flushed red with anxiety.
He feared that the words spoken by his dad and the three Elders would displease his master.
He hurriedly explained:
"Dad, Master truly isn't what you think."
"Master is different from those frauds of the past. He really is an Immortal God."
At this moment, Xiao Zhan no longer had his earlier good temper. He said to Xiao Huohuo:
"Huohuo, sit down first."
"You're still a child. You don't understand anything."
"A fraud this brazen, who dares deceive our Xiao Household, should be dealt with by your dad."
The three Elders also pressed forward one after another:
"That's right, Young Clan Leader. Don't interfere in this matter."
"This fraud is simply too arrogant."
"Once we tear off his true face, you'll understand everything."
The four of them paid no heed whatsoever to Xiao Huohuo's explanations as they forced their way to stand before Chu Feng.
The might of four Houtian realm martial artists surged skyward, even shattering the teacups on the table.
The pressure of a Houtian realm martial artist was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
An ordinary third-rate martial artist would become stiff beneath such might, eventually unable to move at all.
And this was even more true for the ordinary man before them, who possessed not the slightest trace of cultivation.
Xiao Zhan and the other three took a step forward and glared furiously at Chu Feng.
Their imposing might bore down upon the young man in its entirety!
They had originally thought that the young man before them would be scared witless and flee the Xiao Household with his tail between his legs.
Yet they had never expected that the young man seemed entirely unaffected. Instead, he remained as leisurely and composed as before.
Chu Feng acted as though he had not seen the pressure exerted by the men before him at all, tranquil as still water.
He continued standing with his hands behind his back, lowering his head as he murmured:
"If you do not cultivate, you will see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon in the sky."
"If you cultivate, you will see me as a mayfly gazing upon the azure heavens."
As his calm voice fell, the aura of the Qi Refining Fourth Level erupted from his body!
A faintly red rosy glow surged like a wave of air, whipping up the young man's black hair and robes.
A terrifying pressure immediately surged forth like a tide, spreading across every corner of the entire main hall!
The instant the rosy glow rose, the four men were violently swept backward several steps by the wave of air.
Under this pressure, Xiao Zhan and the other three trembled all over, their eyes shaking as they stared at the man before them.
Suddenly, the long swords placed on both sides of the main hall began to hum.
The crowd turned around and saw the ten long swords hanging in the hall shoot from their scabbards with a clang.
The ownerless long swords actually rose into the air amid that terrifying aura.
The long swords hovered in the air.
At the same time,
In the Xiao Household's side rooms, rear mountain, courtyards, and every other place where clan members were walking about, people were horrified to discover that the long swords hanging from their waists had suddenly begun to tremble violently.
Leaning against a great tree and feeling the cool breeze brush across her cheeks, Xiao Mei rested with her eyes gently closed.
Suddenly, her beautiful eyes snapped open, and she looked toward her waist.
She saw that the treasured sword hanging from her waist had begun to ring and tremble restlessly.
The trembling lasted only a moment. Amid Xiao Mei's cry of alarm, the long sword flashed with cold light, shot from its scabbard, and flew toward the sky.
Looking up, Xiao Mei saw that more than ten thousand flying swords had risen together, densely filling the sky as they flew toward the Xiao Family Hall.
Xiao Mei's beautiful eyes trembled as she exclaimed in shock:
"What's going on?"
The Xiao Family Hall.
In less than twenty breaths, while Xiao Zhan and the other three were still staring at the young man before them in bewilderment,
they suddenly felt the sky darken and looked outside the hall.
The four men immediately became slack-jawed and dazed. Their teeth chattered as they muttered to themselves:
"W-what exactly is going on?"
The ten thousand flying swords covered the entire sky above the Xiao Family Hall. They swept smoothly through the air before finally settling behind the young man.
For a moment, ten thousand swords spanned the heavens, and pressure loomed like an abyss!
Divine light shone from the young man's eyes. Still tranquil as still water, he looked at them calmly.
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