Upon hearing Chu Feng's challenge, Gu Yaoyao's expression turned even uglier, and the handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball.

"But...but someone has already submitted a challenge jade slip today!"

She said somewhat awkwardly, "Senior brother, you're unlucky, you've arrived too early. Why don't you come again tomorrow?"

"Someone handed it to you? Who did it?"

Chu Feng glanced behind her, but apart from a few maids, he didn't see anyone else.

"This...this person hasn't arrived yet."

Gu Yaoyao's eyes darted away. "My brother said he'll arrange for someone to come today... for a sparring match. Senior brother, please choose another day."

Chu Feng laughed. A friendly spar? Arrange for someone to spar?

You're trying to find someone to reserve a spot and use up today's challenge slots to buy time, right?

Thinking this, Chu Feng took a step forward, forcing Gu Yaoyao back into the cave: "Junior sister, I'm just a stubborn person."

"Today, I want to challenge you."

"Even the King of Heaven himself is here; you're going to be on this stage today!"

Gu Yaoyao was so anxious that she stamped her feet: "Senior Brother Chu! Are you being reasonable?!"

"I am indeed being unreasonable."

Chu Feng straightened his clothes and sat cross-legged on the stone steps at the entrance of the cave. "Junior Sister Gu, you can wait for your challenge."

As he spoke, he took out a handful of melon seeds from his storage bag and handed them to Hongxiu, while he also cracked a handful for himself.

"I'll wait for you right here."

"If you don't come out, I'll sit here until dark."

If you don't come out by dark, I'll sit here until tomorrow.

"If you don't come out by tomorrow..."

"Let's sit here until the day the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm opens!" Hongxiu added.

Watching the two leisurely eating sunflower seeds, and Xia Hanyan laughing heartily beside them.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yaoyao's vision went black.

Why is Chu Feng so difficult to deal with?

……

Gu Yaoyao hid in the cave and wouldn't come out, but Chu Feng wasn't in a hurry. He just sat at the door eating melon seeds.

Hongxiu squatted down beside her, chatting and eating sunflower seeds at the same time.

Xia Hanyan leaned against the stone wall, trimming a small dagger with her fingernails, occasionally throwing a flirtatious wink at the disciples watching, eliciting gasps of surprise.

After waiting for about half an hour, a whooshing sound came from the east.

It's Gu Hanchuan.

He wore a black robe with silver trim, and a jade pendant engraved with the character "裁" (meaning "cut") hung at his waist. Behind him was a pale-faced inner disciple.

The disciple was thin and had shifty eyes; he was clearly not cut out for fighting.

"Yaoyao!" Gu Hanchuan landed at the entrance of the cave and called out to the inside.

Gu Yaoyao poked her head out from under the door, her eyes red-rimmed: "Brother! Chu Feng bullied me!"

"How did I bully you?" Chu Feng flicked a sunflower seed shell away. "I didn't even step foot on the threshold of your cave; I just sat here waiting for you to come out and compete. How did I bully you?"

Gu Hanchuan ignored him and turned around to nod to the thin disciple.

"Lu Ren, go up and hand over the challenge jade slip."

Lu Ren stood there, stunned.

He saw Chu Feng, and then he saw the smiling woman in the purple dress next to Chu Feng.

Xia Hanyan didn't need to look a second time; with a flick of her wrist, the spiritual energy fluctuations of a peak Golden Core cultivator subtly emanated.

The pressure wasn't particularly strong, but it was still quite oppressive for a disciple in the early stages of the Golden Core realm.

Lu Ren's face turned even paler.

"Senior Brother Gu..." He swallowed hard, his voice trembling, "I suddenly feel a bit uncomfortable in my dantian..."

Gu Hanchuan frowned: "What do you mean?"

"I ate some bad spiritual fruit yesterday, I have diarrhea... no, my Qi Sea is churning..." Lu Ren kept moving his feet backward. "Should I go to the Pill Hall to check?"

"stop!"

Gu Hanchuan said in a low voice.

But Lu Ren didn't dare stop and turned to run.

In just a few breaths, the figure disappeared, and the disciples watching couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"They ran away already?"

"I'd run too. Let alone Chu Feng, who cleaved Long Aotian in two with a single strike yesterday, there was a woman at the peak of the Golden Core stage standing next to him!"

"That Gu Hanchuan is really something, he can't even find someone reliable."

"You're kidding. You can search the entire inner sect, but there aren't many who dare to mess with Chu Feng these days."

Gu Hanchuan's face instantly turned ugly. He turned around and stared at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng stood up and dusted off his backside.

"Senior Brother Gu, your assistant has run away. Can you move aside now? I'm about to spar with your sister."

"Chu Feng!"

Gu Hanchuan gritted his teeth, took the jade pendant with the character "裁" from his waist and held it above his head. "As the referee for this event, I now have to add a rule."

"Those who already possess the Heavenly Abyss Token are prohibited from challenging other token holders to ensure the fairness of the selection process!"

Everyone in the room was shocked by his shamelessness.

"Holy crap, what kind of rule is this? I've never heard of it before!"

"It was added on the spot, it's too obvious."

"Is this how referees are supposed to act?"

Chu Feng didn't get angry immediately; instead, he tilted his head, looking on with curiosity.

"Senior Brother Gu, which sect's classic text records this rule? Which volume and page is it on?"

"This was a last-minute decision by the referee team."

"A last-minute discussion?" Chu Feng looked around. "I only see you as the referee. Where are the others who participated in the discussion? Are they just in your head?"

puff.

Someone in the crowd couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Hanchuan's temples throbbed twice, and the jade pendant in his hand cracked as he gripped it tightly.

"Chu Feng, this referee's decision is final. If you disagree, you can appeal after the match!"

"After the match?" Chu Feng laughed. "What's the point of me appealing if the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm is closed?"

He took a step forward and shook his head.

"Senior Brother Gu, let's make things clear."

"The rule you mentioned is not in the sect's laws, nor is it mentioned in the Tianyuan Order selection regulations."

"You, a referee, dare to set your own rules in public without official documents stamped by the Enforcement Hall?"

"Are you the referee... or the sect leader?"

As soon as he said this, the laughter of the disciples watching grew even louder.

Gu Hanchuan's face turned ashen.

He thought that revealing his referee identity would intimidate Chu Feng.

But he forgot that Chu Feng was someone who dared to defy even the Elder of the Enforcement Hall, so what was a mere referee's jade token?

"You!" Gu Hanchuan took a step forward, his spiritual power surging, and the aura of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator emanated from him. "Chu Feng, if you disrupt the selection process again, this referee can take you down immediately!"

Chu Feng raised an eyebrow.

"You?"

"presumptuous!"

As soon as Gu Hanchuan finished speaking, he moved.

He drew a cyan longsword from his waist; the blade gleamed with spiritual light, and a chilling aura spread along its edge.

The sword tip pointed directly at Chu Feng's brow, and the sword light fell like a bolt of lightning, extremely fast.

As expected of Elder Zhang's personal disciple, he unleashed a deadly move right away, without any hesitation.

Chu Feng took half a step back, and his blood-red longsword was drawn from its sheath. Both of his golden cores began to circulate simultaneously.

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