Chapter 623: Is It Tolerable or Intolerable

"Damn it, Chu Feng is alive, so lively and incredibly powerful! Who said he was dead?!" The Underworld Cat cursed inwardly, thinking, "This kind of fake news is truly devastating!"

The Big Black Ox, with his sleek black fur and a pair of rough, powerful horns that made him resemble a demon king, asked, "Brother, how have you been these past few days? Everyone outside said you died in Purgatory, personally killed by Miss Qin. They've practically deified her in the last few days."

The Northeast Tiger was now very formidable. Having cultivated to a certain level, the tiger race exuded natural authority without needing to display anger, and its mottled fur shimmered like gold and jade. He said, "Now, cultivators from all races directly call her a goddess, which makes us brothers very unhappy. We want to 'behead' her to avenge you."

The Old Donkey, ever shameless, added, "Exactly! We plan to capture her, then burn her in front of your cenotaph and send her to you, to be your servant girl."

"Hmm, we'll chop her into nine pieces and burn them across the land!" the Big Black Ox added.

The Underworld Cat, listening from the side, broke out in a cold sweat. These tough characters were each more ruthless than the last. Qin Luoyin's reputation in the starry sky had now reached its peak; wherever she went, young cultivators from all races were fanatically devoted, regarding her as the most perfect goddess. Yet, these guys were actually planning to abduct her and, like burning paper offerings, cremate her in front of Chu Feng's cenotaph. It was utterly brutal.

Chu Feng coughed dryly and said, "She's not my match; I'll settle accounts with her slowly later."

"Hey, wait a minute, brother," said the Northeast Tiger, whose square head, large ears, and sharp, glinting eyes made him very perceptive. "Why did your expression change when you mentioned her? Your gaze was so suggestive. Is there something you're hiding?" He leaned his massive head closer, looking at Chu Feng.

"Nothing of the sort," Chu Feng declared righteously. "In short, I suffered no losses in my fight with her. I'll slowly settle accounts with her later and make Grand Dream Pure Land pay a heavy price!"

However, when he recalled their entanglement in the Purgatory space, that snow-white, crystalline body instantly appeared before his eyes, making his heart waver slightly.

"Oh my, what's that expression? Absolutely suggestive!" the Big Black Ox exclaimed, swaying his rough horns, his face full of strange smiles. "From my hundreds of years of experience as a 'love guru,' something big has definitely happened here, something romantic and scandalous!"

Chu Feng retorted, "Old Black, you couldn't even manage your first love, that green yak on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It left you with regret, and you've never forgotten her even after hundreds of years. How can you still have the nerve to call yourself a love guru and make wild guesses?"

"That's two different things!" the Big Black Ox exclaimed, clearly touched on a sore spot.

The Northeast Tiger's bell-like eyes gleamed green. "Explaining is just covering up," he said. "There's definitely something hidden here. Could it be an affair? Whoa, brother, you're unbelievable! Did something actually happen between you and Qin Luoyin?"

The Old Donkey was even more invigorated. "Next time I leave the mountain," he declared, "I'm going to shout it to the whole world, telling everyone that Qin Luoyin is my brother Chu Feng's personal maid, calling her Little Qin! This will definitely infuriate those bastards from beyond the stars to death. Don't the Ten-Star Body Xu Chengxian and other geniuses from outside the domain admire her? Now, Old Donkey here will tell them that their so-called goddess has long been my brother Chu Feng's conquest!"

"Go sit somewhere else and don't stir up trouble!" Chu Feng said, his face dark.

"This is absolutely not stirring up trouble!" the Old Donkey exclaimed, growing more and more excited, wishing he could hold a press conference immediately. "I'll have to publicize this properly in the future! I'm going to accept interviews from the starry sky media and have a good laugh teasing the young geniuses from all races in the universe, hee-haw, hee-haw!"

Beside them, the Underworld Cat was utterly dumbfounded, completely petrified. It had clearly heard and understood everything from the side and was truly shocked.

It also sensed that Qin Luoyin seemed to have something ambiguous, a "situation," going on with Chu Feng. This was because the expression Chu Feng unintentionally revealed was truly too abnormal; his heart was clearly stirred.

"Meow!" The Night Demon let out a loud cry, feeling sorrowful, extremely displeased, and very angry.

"What are you howling about?!" Chu Feng slapped it on the head, taking the opportunity to distract the others, because even with his thick skin, he didn't want to discuss such matters with his brothers.

"You, Chu, you've desecrated the flawless goddess in my heart! I'm so full of hatred and rage!" the Night Demon exclaimed.

Chu Feng was so exasperated he found it amusing. "You can barely protect yourself, yet you're fighting for your goddess? Are you out of your mind?!" he said. Then, he kicked the Underworld Cat again, truly treating a top 100 cosmic genius as if it were nothing.

Hearing such blunt words, the Underworld Cat immediately lost heart and hung its head. Finally, it asked unwillingly, "What exactly did you do to her?"

"It's not what I did to her," Chu Feng said, shaking his head and sighing. "It's that she insisted on being the mother of my child. Of course, I was unwilling, but I never expected her to shamelessly launch a sneak attack on me. Alas, one false step leads to eternal regret; by the time you look back, a hundred years have passed."

"I'll fight you!" The Underworld Cat sprang up, scratching at Chu Feng's face with a claw. Listening to Chu Feng show off and act so conceited, its heart felt utterly desolate.

"Get out of here!" Chu Feng slapped it down, making its black fur stand on end. He said contemptuously, "You're just a cat. Do you actually want a human-beast romance? How shameful!"

"I am already in human form!" the Underworld Cat retorted. "My cat form is just an auxiliary Dharma Body; normally, I don't even manifest it. You devil, when the time comes, I'll tell all the geniuses in the universe to avenge Goddess Qin!"

The Old Donkey leaned over and said, "You little cat, you're so unperceptive! I'm going to hold a starry sky press conference right now. You'll come with me then, to be the desolate backdrop that highlights my brother's achievements! It's settled then, hee-haw, hee-haw!"

Chu Feng grabbed the Old Donkey. "Don't mess around," he said. "At least for now, I can't expose myself. I'll still have to deal with them later; it's not good to reveal secrets right now."

Not long after, Chu Feng saw his parents inside the mountain gate of Immortal Mountain. Besides them, a group of Kunlun Grand Demons were also present, along with Zhou Quan, the old grandmaster of Wudang Mountain, and the old ape of Dalin Temple.

The reunion of so many people was incredibly lively and emotional.

Evidently, like Big Black Ox, Northeast Tiger, Old Donkey, and the others, they were merely inside the mountain gate, not having entered the true trial grounds. Only Yellow Ox and Ouyang Feng were capable of genuinely stepping into such a place and daring to venture.

This was because the requirements for talent were exceptionally high; it was a place for cultivating demon saints. Success was one thing, but failure would mean becoming a living dead.

"Xiao Feng!" Chu Feng's parents hugged him, immediately bursting into tears. These past days had been agonizing for them; they had cried themselves to sleep daily, believing he wouldn't return.

Although Big Black Ox, Northeast Tiger, and others offered comfort, saying Chu Feng was merely trapped in a dimensional space and would eventually escape, everyone knew that hope was slim.

"Brother, you're finally back!" Zhou Quan exclaimed, swaying his four ox horns, howling, his eyes red as he wiped away tears.

The Old Lama, the Mastiff King, Wudang Mountain's old grandmaster Wu Qifeng, and the old ape of Dalin Temple all stepped forward, deeply moved and incredibly happy.

Yellow Ox and Ouyang Feng were not present; they had entered the depths of Immortal Mountain, undergoing trials like madmen to hone themselves, for Yellow Ox had long sworn to avenge Chu Feng and cleanse those enemies with blood.

Such a reunion and gathering naturally called for fine wine. They clinked glasses and engaged in a long, heartfelt talk.

Chu Feng learned many things, and most were manageable, but what he found most unbearable was that the True Son of Earth had indeed set his sights on them.

Yu Chi-kong, the protector of the True Son of Earth, had been lurking in the East Sea, seeking to hunt them down, intending to capture Chu Feng's parents and demand the 'Breathing Technique of Stolen Guidance'.

Even when controlling the rotten great ship, Yellow Ox and Ouyang Feng had suffered greatly in their last encounter. Fortunately, they escaped in time and returned to Immortal Mountain, otherwise they would have been in peril.

This was also the reason the two of them were cultivating so intensely!

"Yu Chi-kong, True Son of Earth Zhou Shang, are you tired of living?!" Chu Feng immediately became enraged.

As fellow local cultivators, these two did not confront those from outside the domain; instead, they turned their blades on their own people, which was truly unacceptable to Chu Feng.

Before this, it was one thing for Yu Chi-kong to demand the Breathing Technique of Stolen Guidance on behalf of the True Son of Earth. Now, he was growing even more brazen. He stood by idly when Chu Feng was fighting a life-or-death battle, and after Chu Feng was presumed dead, he actually came to hunt his family, wanting to obtain the inheritance. This was utterly beyond endurance!

Chu Feng's voice was icy. "When I just came in," he said, "I noticed Yu Chi-kong, sitting on a glowing green bamboo boat, hiding in the dark. He harbors ill intentions; this old scoundrel must be killed!"

The Big Black Ox nodded. "This old scoundrel is very powerful and also very perceptive," he said. "Back then, after our great battle in Kunlun Mountain, we immediately rushed to Longhu Mountain to save people. As a result, this old guy arrived right after us and almost succeeded. He's utterly despicable; he's very close with those from outside the domain, yet he tries to kill us. He truly deserves to die!"

"I'll go kill him!" Chu Feng said coldly.

The Northeast Tiger immediately stopped him. "No, brother, don't be impulsive," he said. "That old guy might have surpassed the Contemplation realm by two major levels; he's incredibly wicked. Don't suffer a great loss out of momentary anger."

Chu Feng frowned upon hearing this. He had the Kasaya of Universal Equality on him, but last time, when Qin Luoyin was demonized and performed the Dream Dance, like an ancient shaman performing a ritual, she had actually ignored the field on the kasaya, causing him to suffer a great loss.

Now, with Yu Chi-kong at least two major realms higher than him, Chu Feng had no choice but to proceed with extreme caution.

Chu Feng pondered deeply, then took out the Vajra bracelet. It was completely different now, with some threads intertwined on it, contained within.

One must know that those threads were formed from the burning of supreme symbols, of the same level as the black talismans, and were offerings to the clay idol at the end of the reincarnation path.

But he put it away again. While the Vajra bracelet was indeed powerful, its true strength lay in its unparalleled growth potential, and it might not be effective in this immediate situation.

Afterward, he glanced at the stone box. This item was very strange, passive in nature; it could protect him on the reincarnation path, but it had never actively displayed its power.

His heart stirred. Inside the stone box was a cluster of six-colored flames, variegated and crystalline—the Six Paths Reincarnation Fire. If unexpectedly unleashed, this could be incredibly useful.

Ultimately, Chu Feng chose a knife whose scabbard was almost rotten. He had obtained it on the reincarnation path, snatching it from dried, corpse-like beings who patrolled and guarded the path in a desert.

At that time, Chu Feng could be said to be incredibly audacious, brazenly seizing the mysterious ancient knife from the hands of those dim-witted, almost comatose soldiers.

"I'll go try it," Chu Feng declared. "If I don't give Yu Chi-kong and the True Son of Earth a taste of my blade, the indignation in my heart won't dissipate!"

This time, he was truly furious and shocked, completely enraged. He felt Yu Chi-kong and the True Son of Earth were utterly shameless and went too far. After his presumed death, they still wouldn't let go, wanting to lay deadly hands on his family. How could he possibly tolerate that?!

"Brother, that old guy is too powerful; don't be impulsive," the Big Black Ox and the others urged.

"It's fine," Chu Feng said. "If I really can't win, I'll immediately retreat. I won't fight him to the death. Not even Purgatory space could trap me, so please believe in my escape abilities."

After subduing the Underworld Cat, he left Immortal Mountain.

Chu Feng entered the foggy area, carefully observing the surroundings. Sure enough, after slightly opening his Fiery Golden Eyes, a golden glow flashed in his eyes, and he discovered Yu Chi-kong in a distant sea area.

"Does this old guy have a dog's nose?" Chu Feng muttered. "He's really sharp, actually able to linger nearby and find the right place!"

Chu Feng gripped his knife, put on his bronze mask, and headed forward.