Chapter 6263: How Am I To Know?

Chapter 6263: How Am I To Know?

Absorbing the lightning didn't harm Chu Feng, but it removed his disguise, forcing him to revert to his original appearance.

That shocked the Huangfu Heavenly Clan.

“You are Chu Feng... You are the real Chu Feng?!” Huangfu Shangwu, despite his injuries, exclaimed at Chu Feng.

He had crossed blows with Chu Feng in the Nine Heavens’ Zenith. There was no way he could forget the latter’s face.

“What do you mean I am the real Chu Feng? I never said I was the fake Chu Feng,” Chu Feng replied with a smile.

He didn’t look to be in pain despite the lightning seeping into his body. He stared at Huangfu Shangwu with a calm demeanor. Not only that, but he was so calm that it made Huangfu Shangwu shudder as inexplicable fear crept into his heart.

“What’s going on? You know him?” Huangfu Jiangxing asked.

“Young master Jiangxing, he is Chu Feng, the Nine Heavens’ Zenith’s Chu Feng, the most talented prodigy of the present-era cultivators,” Huangfu Shangwu explained.

Huangfu Jiangxing was no fool. He had figured out as much, but he wanted confirmation. That confirmation further fanned his rage. He had been wanting to confront Chu Feng ever since he heard about the latter, but he didn’t expect to be outdone by Chu Feng on his turf.

The outsiders also snapped out of their daze, and a huge commotion broke out. They had heard about Chu Feng, but most didn’t know what he looked like.

Those who had initially joined Chu Feng’s team but were eliminated sensed their Cosmos Sack being unsealed, so they took it out and inspected its contents. The treasures inside surpassed their wildest imagination.

“We misunderstood Chu Feng!”

They finally understood Chu Feng’s rationale for eliminating them. Those who had entered the tower with Chu Feng were all in trouble. Those people were nowhere to be seen at the moment, but there was no doubt that the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would be going after them.

Being eliminated saved them instead.

The one who looked the most conflicted was Huangfu Zhantian.

“I see. Chu Feng was the one who awakened the Immemorial Bloodline Tower. No wonder, no wonder,” he remarked publicly.

His words were so authoritative that many took them as the truth. However, the Huangfu Heavenly Clansmen gathered outside the tower looked as if someone had stuffed feces down their throats.

They had to agree with Huangfu Zhantian’s words, having heard that Chu Feng possessed a formidable bloodline power. On top of that, Chu Feng was able to absorb the energy inside the Immemorial Bloodline Tower when the others weren’t able to do anything about it.

It made perfect sense that the tower was awakened by Chu Feng.

But how could those words be spoken aloud? Wasn’t it putting their clan down? It would tarnish their Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s image!

Had anyone else said those words, their heads would have rolled! But no one dared to stage a protest because those words had come from Huangfu Zhantian’s mouth. No one dared to berate him.

Little did they know Huangfu Zhantian had done it on purpose. He was there at the Nine Heavens’ Zenith too.

Huangfu Shangwu had filled him in on the details as soon as he left the Nine Heavens’ Zenith. While Huangfu Shangwu didn’t get into the final trial, it didn’t take a genius to figure out that Chu Feng and the others must have been behind the deaths of Huangfu Shengyu and the others.

Huangfu Zhantian knew just how much the clan chief doted on Huangfu Shengyu, and that made him determined not to spare Chu Feng.

But he met Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng warned him not to touch Chu Feng, or else the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would be destroyed. He crossed blows with Song Changsheng and knew that the latter was far stronger than him. Naturally, he knew that Song Changsheng’s warning was not just a threat.

For that reason, Huangfu Zhantian told Huangfu Shangwu not to reveal his conjecture that Huangfu Shengyu had been killed by Chu Feng, for Chu Feng was backed by entities they couldn’t afford to mess with.

So, Huangfu Shangwu feigned ignorance when he returned to the Huangfu Heavenly Clan. If not for that, the Huangfu Heavenly Clan would have already put a kill order on Chu Feng.

Huangfu Zhantian hadn’t expected Chu Feng to come all the way here and conquer the Immemorial Bloodline Tower. He thought of this as a misfortune not for Chu Feng but for them. From the bottom of his heart, he dared not to touch Chu Feng.

That was why he intentionally said those words to lead the crowd into thinking that Chu Feng had obtained the power with his strength instead of snatching it from them. This would justify them not going after Chu Feng.

However, the only ones in the Huangfu Heavenly Clan who dared not touch Chu Feng were Huangfu Zhantian and Huangfu Shangwu; the others harbored no such reservations. Almost all of their clansmen had made up their minds to kill Chu Feng, especially Huangfu Jiangxing.

“Chu Feng, how dare you barge into our territory?” Huangfu Jiangxing glared at Chu Feng with eyes that looked like they could breathe fire.

The Immemorial Bloodline Tower was his opportunity to leave his name in history, but Chu Feng ruined it all. He turned into a clown.

“Didn’t you activate this tower so that someone can help you awaken the power inside the tower? I helped you every step along the way, but it is a pity that you don’t have the means to conquer the power. All of us will die if we fail to conquer this power. I don’t want to die, so I can only do it on your behalf,” Chu Feng replied righteously.

“We’ll die if we can’t absorb the power?”

This sent not just the outsiders but the Huangfu Heavenly Clansmen into a panic. That power was indeed terrifying; it didn’t look like Chu Feng was just fearmongering.

Even the Huangfu Heavenly Clansmen thought that Chu Feng’s words were credible, let alone the outsiders. No one said it out loud, but most people were starting to think that Chu Feng didn’t come here to steal any treasure. Instead, he was here to rescue the Huangfu Heavenly Clan and the others trapped inside the tower.

“Chu Feng, is that true? Will they all die if you don’t conquer the power?” Eggy asked.

“Of course it’s a lie. I’m just leading them on. Yes, I am the only one who can absorb this power, but this power wouldn’t have killed them even if I didn’t subjugate it,” Chu Feng replied.

“You sure are good at spinning lies,” Eggy replied.

Many people believed Chu Feng’s lie, including Huangfu Jiangxing. However, the latter refused to accept this outcome.

“Stop talking nonsense. This item was born in the Immemorial Bloodline Tower, and it was refined by our Huangfu Heavenly Clansmen. It is rightfully ours! What rights do you have to claim it?” Huangfu Jiangxing questioned.

He didn’t want to let Chu Feng take all the credit.

“What rights do I have?” Chu Feng sneered. “Very well, why don’t you come here to claim the power? Go ahead and stop this power from killing everyone in the tower.”

Huangfu Jiangxing froze. Needless to say, he dared not to do that. Otherwise, he would have already made a move.

“Go ahead and do it. Why aren’t you coming over? It’s right here, waiting for you to absorb it,” Chu Feng dropped taunt after taunt, his tone becoming heavier with each passing sentence.

“Y-y-you must have used some means to prevent us from absorbing it!” Huangfu Jiangxing retorted.

Chu Feng laughed. He only had four words in response, “A useless dog barking.”

He turned away from Huangfu Jiangxing and focused his attention on absorbing the nine-colored lightning. Those words made his face turn livid.

He was indeed a useless dog barking. Reality was not going to change just because of his words. The only way for him to prove himself was to steal the power from Chu Feng. But he could not and dared not do so. He didn’t even dare to attack Chu Feng, fearing that he would face the nine-colored lightning’s backlash if he did so.

It was one thing if the lightning merely injured him like Huangfu Shangwu and the others, but what if something went wrong and the lightning killed him instead? Even the possibility of that was enough to stoke his fear of death.

The crowd was no fool. It was not just the outsiders who could see through Huangfu Jiangxing’s cowardice; even the Huangfu Heavenly Clansmen felt some disdain toward their young master.

They believed Chu Feng’s words that they would die if the power was not absorbed. It was one thing for their young master to be unable to save them, but he was even getting in Chu Feng’s way of saving them.

Just then, the nine-colored lightning in the sky became blinding, only for the sky to suddenly turn quiet right away. All the nine-colored lightning surged into Chu Feng’s body.

All of a sudden, Chu Feng vanished into thin air, leaving everyone at a loss.

Huangfu Zhantian glanced toward the northwest direction of the Immemorial Bloodline Tower. He sensed Chu Feng’s aura appearing there.

“Milord, Chu Feng has escaped! Where should we chase after him?”

The Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s elders turned to Huangfu Zhantian for further instructions. They knew about Huangfu Zhantian’s incredible capabilities. Even if they had no idea how Chu Feng escaped, they wouldn’t put it beyond Huangfu Zhantian to know where Chu Feng was.

But Huangfu Zhantian glared at them with furious eyes. “Why are you asking me? How would I know?”