Although Feng Jun had won, the people of Jade Ruins... were truly quite unconvinced.
After all, the Grand Elder had not come along. Otherwise, with three Qi Condensation cultivators against two, it would have been hard to say who would win.
If the sect master emerged from seclusion, even without advancing to the Emergence from Dust Stage, four Qi Refining Stage cultivators joining forces would absolutely crush their opponent.
Feng Jun could not be bothered with what they thought. He merely gave the Third Elder a bland look. "Once your sect master comes out of seclusion, it does not matter if he comes looking for another match... Let us discuss what happened today first."
The Third Elder was dumbstruck. He wanted to say something harsher, but realized that it seemed pointless.
Yu Baiyi was rather straightforward. He tidied his charred clothes, cupped his hands, and said, "This time, Fellow Daoist has won. We accept our loss and honor the wager. But I wonder, how is Junior Brother Kou...?"
"Since you would not act, I had no choice but to punish him myself," Feng Jun replied casually. "I have already crippled his cultivation."
The moment those words came out, the faces of both Jade Ruins and Jade Sect members changed. They could not help murmuring among themselves, and quite a few showed their anger openly.
Crippling someone's cultivation was no small matter, especially when the person crippled was not some Low-Rank Martial Master or Mid-Rank Martial Master, but a Qi Refining Stage expert—a great cultivator in this era!
To put it plainly, throughout Xia Nation, the only forces confirmed to have Qi Refining Stage experts so far were Jade Ruins and Luohua Manor.
Yu Baiyi's face darkened as well—though it was already blackened as if scorched by smoke and fire.
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