Chapter 5985: Don’t Blame Me For Being Mean

Chapter 5985: Don’t Blame Me For Being Mean

Entering the spirit formation gate, Chu Feng and Xia Xingchen found themselves standing in the middle of an underground chamber.

Chu Feng noticed that the surrounding spirit power lingering had thinned out, but even so, this place was not to be made light of. It was an incredible remnant in the past, just that it had grown considerably weaker since.

He was curious to know why this remnant was losing power.

“What are you looking at?” Huahua asked.

She had ventured deeper into the underground chamber, but she returned when she noticed that Chu Feng and Xia Xingchen weren’t catching up. She realized that the two of them were stalled here because Chu Feng was busy examining the surroundings.

“My apologies, elder. This is a habit of mine. I’d examine every remnant I enter,” Chu Feng said.

“You don’t have to apologize to me. It’s not a bad habit,” Huahua said.

Xia Xingchen stared at Huahua in astonishment.

Huahua noticed her gaze and asked, “Big sister Xingchen, why are you staring at me like this? Is there something on my face?”

“No, it’s nothing.” Xia Xingchen shook her head with a smile.

She could tell that Huahua had become much more understanding and tolerant of Chu Feng, but there was no need for her to point it out.

“So... did you discern anything?” Huahua asked.

“Not yet,” Chu Feng replied.

“It’s fine. There’s no rush. We have plenty of time,” Huahua replied.

Xia Xingchen looked even more bewildered.

The group slowly ventured deeper into the underground chamber. This time around, Huahua matched Chu Feng’s pace while the latter carefully studied everything around him.

Chu Feng wouldn’t always act like this. How he behaved depended on the circumstances surrounding the remnant. He would only be this meticulous when he thought there were vital clues to be unearthed.

And that was also what was weird about this remnant. There were indeed clues everywhere, but he was unable to make sense of them. It was all a mess.

This also proved that the owner of this remnant was no ordinary person. This seemed to be an intentional attempt to sabotage the challengers’ judgment.

There were no obstacles along the way, till they arrived before a spirit formation gate.

This spirit formation gate was open, but there was no way to enter it. It contained seven rapidly whirling colors that formed a lock. To open the lock, they would first have to understand it.

Chu Feng, Huahua, and Xia Xingchen closely examined the lock.

It didn’t take long for Xia Xingchen to surrender. “I don’t get it at all. I’ll leave it to the two of you. Figure out what the method is and tell me what to do.”

“Elder, I’m afraid I can’t help you,” Chu Feng said.

“Ah? What does that mean?” Xia Xingchen was confused.

“It’s a multi-tiered lock. After unlocking the first lock, you’ll have to enter the spirit formation gate before you are presented with the second lock. There could be more locks after the second—I have no way of telling for sure—but my gut feeling tells me that there might be more than four locks. On top of that, what’s inside the spirit formation gate changes over time.”

“In other words, we have to decipher the locks in real-time. There’s no way you can help me.”

“That’s right.” Chu Feng nodded.

Reluctant to give up, Xia Xingchen turned to Huahua in hopes that the latter had come to a different conclusion.

However, Huahua shook her head and said, “Chu Feng is right.”

“What do I do then?” Xia Xingchen asked.

“You should wait here for us,” Huahua said.

“Chu Feng, you must take good care of Elder Huahua then,” Xia Xingchen instructed.

“Shouldn’t I be the one protecting him?” Huahua asked.

“He’s a man. It’s only right for him to look out for you. Don’t worry, Huahua. Chu Feng is someone whom you can rely on,” Xia Xingchen said with a grin.

“Time will tell,” Huahua replied before turning back to the spirit formation gate.

She could tell that there was some credence to Chu Feng’s words, but she still hadn’t deciphered the first lock yet.

Weng!

Just then, Chu Feng waved his sleeves and drew a formation blueprint.

“Elder, this is the deciphering method for the first lock,” Chu Feng said.

He proceeded to construct the formation himself and enter the spirit formation gate, proving that his method worked.

“What do you think? Reliable, no?” Xia Xingchen looked gleeful as if Chu Feng was her disciple.

“He’s indeed a talented world spiritist, but as for his character...”

Xia Xingchen quickly interjected, “There’s no question about his character either. He saved me.”

“He saved you, not me, so I’ll reserve my judgment for now,” Huahua replied before she began constructing a formation based on Chu Feng’s blueprint.

Soon, she entered the spirit formation gate too.

Xia Xingchen did the same and successfully entered the spirit formation gate too, but it didn’t take long for her to come out.

“Damn it, it’s just a gate! Is there a need to make it so complicated?! You can just close this spirit formation gate if you don’t want anyone to enter; you don’t have to mess with me like that!” Xia Xingchen grumbled with a pout.

She was so angry about being unable to clear the subsequent locks that she even began blaming the remnant’s owner.

However, she soon smiled. “How can Chu Feng's judgment that accurate? I doubt that his mother, Jie Ranqing, would fare better than that. I can see now there is a huge gap between us and Jie Ranqing. No wonder we weren’t a match for her.”

She had known all this while that Jie Ranqing was formidable, but seeing Chu Feng in action further drove in the gap between them. It felt like she hadn’t even figured out the first step, but Chu Feng was already working on the fifth or sixth step.

And it was not just blind guesses but reliable deductions built on evidence.

There was no way to compete with such monsters. Such was the gap between them.

“I pity the prodigies of the current era. They are all the most talented prodigies to ever emerge in their respective powers. They escaped Jie Ranqing’s shadow by being born several centuries later, but they still ended up encountering her son. What a tragedy!”

Despite Xia Xingchen’s words of lamentation, she had a gloating smile on her face.

However, she soon turned to the spirit formation gate with a frown. “A man and a woman, all alone in a secluded place. Will sparks emerge between them?”

However, Xia Xingchen quickly burst into laughter and turned around. “That’s impossible. Huahua hates men. She won’t be moved no matter how outstanding Chu Feng is.”

Her smile swiftly crumbled. She looked back at the spirit formation gate and began stamping her feet impatiently. “But that little brat Chu Feng is indeed extraordinary.”

Xia Xingchen clasped her hands together and began praying to the spirit formation gate. “Huahua, don’t blame me for being mean, but men can’t be shared. Please be evicted from the spirit formation gate after failing to decipher the subsequent locks.”