"Greetings, Venerable!" Lu Yan'an and the other geniuses bowed respectfully to the Venerable in midair.
"Hmph!"
A low snort struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer. Venerable Zhouguang was no longer as mild as before. Instead, he seemed like a heavenly god, his cold gaze sweeping over the crowd hovering below. Even the thousands of cultivators in Chaos City felt the pressure in their hearts and hardly dared to look up.
Silence!
The more than nine hundred geniuses present didn't dare make a sound.
"Chaos City is the safest place we could have arranged for you. There's practically no real danger here!" The Venerable stood in the air, looking down on them like a heavenly god. "And yet, in such comfortable surroundings, nearly a tenth of your thousand-strong group still died. You've truly disappointed me!"
As if he felt there was little point in saying more, Venerable Zhouguang's manner softened slightly.
"Make the most of your final ten days. If you need to challenge Tongtian Bridge, go do it. If you need to study a Chaos Stele, hurry up and do that. Once you leave Chaos City, it'll be a long time before you can return." Venerable Zhouguang waved a hand. "You may go! Ming Feng, stay behind."
"Yes!"
The crowd answered respectfully.
They dispersed at once, flying off in every direction across Chaos City. Only Ming Feng remained.
"Have you made up your mind?" Venerable Zhouguang asked Ming Feng with a smile. A surge of spatial power enveloped him and brought him into his G-class spaceship.
"Your disciple pays his respects to you, Teacher!" Ming Feng said clearly, promptly dropping to his knees.
"Hahahaha, excellent! From today onward, you are my twenty-first direct disciple!" Venerable Zhouguang laughed with unrestrained delight. He had been extremely frustrated at missing out on