The Sacred Ruins

"Hold it, Brother Chu. Please don’t be angry just yet. There’s a misunderstanding in this matter. I come from a top-ten planet with a mission to select heavenly talents and bring them back. Brother Chu, please stop for a moment."

Zhang Chuan shouted quickly. His talking speed was fairly quick even though his face was stomped on by Chu Feng. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to finish his words.

"Do you mean to intimidate me by mentioning the Ten Greats at this juncture? How can a servant like you be worthy of selecting heavenly talents?! You must be threatening and enticing me because you’re afraid of dying."

Bang!

Chu Feng kicked him out, causing him to spray out blood in the air. His body was full of tears and fairly close to bursting apart.

"Moreover, you’re a mere servant. How dare you call me brother?"

Chu Feng’s speed was extremely fast after learning the World’s End Near at Hand. He landed once again on the deck with his foot on the man’s chest.

Zhang Chuang screamed in misery. His entire body was spasming and most of the bones in his body had been fractured!

"You speak of a misunderstanding. Earlier on you were provoking me again and again with malicious words. What misunderstanding can there be? You must be stalling for time for fear of death. Don’t you feel that it’s so comical?!"

He whipped out with his legs once again—all of Zhang Chuang’s teeth dropped off, mixed with blood, and his entire body was once again sent flying.

"Ah..." Zhang Chuan cried out wretched. He couldn’t even roll about in pain because his injuries were too severe and he couldn’t move at all.

"Enough, I’ll leave him for you to punish. Interrogate him about the things I want to know." Chu Feng handed Zhang Chuan to Li Feng, Zhan He and Zi Luan.

The trio glanced at each other. The man was flaccid on the ground with injuries all over his body and most of his bones broken. How were they supposed to punish him? He was already quite close to crumbling.

Zhang Chuan cried miserably and almost fell unconscious. He shouted, "Chu Feng, you treat me like so. Aren’t you afraid of a calamity befalling you? I come from the Ten Greats!"

Chu Feng wasn’t satisfied with Zhan He’s group and immediately shot a sidelong glance. He had captured the man but was still suffering from his provocations.

Bang!

Zhan He took action immediately. His used too much force and shattered Zhang Chuan’s already cracked lower jaw.

Zi Luan almost puked—she used her hands to hold her tall bosom as she breathed heavily, not dare to look anymore.

Chu Feng sat there and drank a mouthful of wine. "You’re too cruel. How could you destroy a man’s arm and lower jaw within moments? What cold blood? But have you gotten anything out of him?"

The three cursed inwardly. Who was the cruel one here? The person had almost been scattered under his beatings and would break apart at the slightest touch. How could he blame them?!

The three saw Zhang Chuang’s injuries were too severe and that he would soon die. They wanted to give him some treatment but accidentally broke his leg and dropped it on the deck.

"Ah!" Zhang Chuang screamed. His face was pale and his body was drenched in a mixture of cold sweat and blood.

Chu Feng immediately said with concern, "I’m warning you three. Don’t be so heavy-handed and cruel. Why dismember the poor man at the slightest pretext. You guys are tyrants! Moreover, interrogate him quickly. I’ll sell you if you can’t get answers out of him. I won’t feed useless people!"

The three: "@##%"

They really wanted to spew out profanities. How were they supposed to interrogate the man when his limbs were falling off at the slightest touch. He had long since been crippled.

"Speak. Which of the Ten Greats are you from? Who’s your master?!" Li Feng and Zhan He asked hurriedly.

Zhang Chuang’s body was drenched in blood and he was sweating profusely. He still wanted to speak fierce words and stress his identity as one from the Ten Greats, but he broke out in tears when Zi Luan accidentally touched his other leg.

He could no longer speak fierce words but still refused to confess.

At the same time, Zi Luan was almost in tears. She really couldn’t stand seeing this man wallowing in a pool of blood. It was fine if they killed him directly, but now it seemed as though they were dismembering him alive.

The group on Fangzhang island was petrified—the scene was simply too unsightly. Above all, he had directly entered the island and kidnapped the man.

"Hold it!" Someone shouted. That was because Zhang Chuang was that noble’s subordinate. If anything were to happen to him here, they would be to blame.

"Why should I let him go just because you say so?" Chu Feng was too lazy to pay them any attention. He then shot a glance at Yuan Mo who was recovering on the deck and said, "You also go and extort him. If you can’t get results then I’ll beat you up!"

"What right do you have to beat me?!" Yuan Mo wanted to fight it out but decided to compromise in the end.

As expected of a demonic son level character, he immediately had Zhan He bring out a Spirit Biding Cord, tied Zhang Chuang up and tossed him directly into the sea to fish for sharks.

"Ah, no!" Zhang Chuang screamed loudly.

He was tied by the Spirit Binding Cord and couldn’t move. He couldn’t hold on even though he was only facing normal sharks that hadn’t evolved and was almost shocked to death.

Zhang Chuang couldn’t endure with all the great white sharks encircling him. He was lifted out for a while and then submerged once again near those bloodthirsty animals. Even though he was normally disdainful, even a kid could kill him at present.

"I confess. I’ll speak. My master is from the Deity Planet and he’s called Yu Jiubian. His status is high and his position is venerable."

"Never heard of him." Chu Feng shook his head.

Suddenly, a veiled lady walked out from the depths of Fangzhang Island. She was tall, lithe and probably of extraordinary beauty judging from her demeanor. She said with a cold voice, "Chu Feng, you’ve overstepped your bounds. You come to disturb our Fangzhang Island and disturb my wedding. What exactly do you want?"

Doubtlessly, it was Princess Qing Qi who had arrived.

Chu Feng felt bewildered and paid no attention. Instead, he glanced at Zi Luan.

Zi Luan was pissed. Not only had she become a servant, but now she was supposed to play the role of an intimate maid? Did he want her to go and fight a verbal battle? This Demon King Chu was acting like a master, ignoring the other party while having her deal with things.

Zi Luan wasn’t willing, but she still spoke. "Where have we overstepped our bounds? When did we disturb your wedding? We were just passing by and got curious. It’s your island that wants to marry a daughter to Chu Feng. It’s not you, but a certain person called Ruo Lan. Then this Zhang Chuang appeared to provoke and humiliate us. We feel your Fangzhang Island is in the wrong here. Is this how you treat your guests?"

"What? I’m supposed to marry him? Impossible! I must be with the young miss!" The maid who was shouting earlier about how Chu Feng wasn’t worthy of the princess cried out in alarm.

In the distance, the countenance of the old lady who had come out of the depths of the island changed abruptly. She felt things had taken a turn for the worse—she hadn’t communicated with Qing Qi and Ruo Lan before this and now it seemed the proverbial cat was about to be out of the bag.

At this moment, Chu Feng’s eyes rose high. Just a while ago, those from the Fangzhang Island had told him that they had another daughter whom they wished to betroth to him. This person turned out to be Qing Qi’s maid.

He hadn’t paid this matter any heed since the beginning, nor did he have any intention to form a marital relationship with the Fangzhang Island. But his face turned cold after discovering that they had actually pushed out a maid to deceive him.

"Absolutely intolerable!" Zi Luan’s mouth was sharp. She discerned Chu Feng’s thoughts from his ugly expression and immediately played her role as an intimate maid. She said furiously, "Long ago, your island wanted to marry Princess Qing Qi to Chu Feng. It’s fine that you want to renege on your words at present, but you even wanted to replace her with a maid and marry her to Chu Feng? This is blatant humiliation!"

No one had said anything when the maid Ruo Lan flipped out. "What nonsense are you spouting? How can I marry him? I’m to follow the young miss to Deity Planet. What does your master Chu Feng amount to?!"

"Little Friend Chu, you’ve misunderstood. Ruo Lan, you shut up!" The old woman who had just hurried over spoke thus. She hurried came in to mediate matters and explained, "Ruo Lan has already been take in as an adopted daughter by the island lord and can be considered a princess."

Ruo Lan’s expression turned pale from the shock. That was because she felt that she had become a sacrificial pawn and could no longer follow Princess Qing Qi to the top-ten planets.

"Goddammit! How angering!" Zi Luan cried arrogantly. She couldn’t help but glance at Chu Feng after saying this and then kept on carrying out her duty as a caring maid. "Your Fangzhang Island has gone too far. Do you treat us with such disdain? Whatever reasons you spout, that is only a maid. What adopted daughter? I fear she herself doesn’t even know of this matter."

She then added, "Moreover, did you lot not hear Zhang Chuang’s words? Their master Yu Jiubian is only targeting Chu Feng. He heard that Fangzhang plans to marry their daughter to him so he decided to interfere and disrupt this marriage. Now he will marry Princess Qing Qi while you let Chu Feng marry her maid. Are you working together with Yu Jiubian to humiliate Chu Feng?"

Chu Feng snorted coldly. He felt that Saintess Zi Luan’s words were correct and Fangzhang was indeed going too far.

Things were already too obvious at this point. Fangzhang wanted to form a close relationship with the Ten Greats and were quite proactive in this regard.

"Little friend Chu Feng, please listen to my explanation." The old woman was still trying to speak. She really wanted to make Chu Feng stay and trick him into entering the island. That was because they were covetous of the Robbery Induction. They couldn’t give up; they had to obtain it.

Chu Feng said, "There’s nothing to explain. I have no interest in the people from your island. Whether it’s the princess or the maid, I shan’t marry any of them. Nor do I want to have any relations with you lot!"

The old woman opened her mouth but felt incomparably bitter. Now it was certain that she couldn’t make Chu Feng stay. There was no longer a way to have him enter the island.

At this time, Princess Qing Qi spoke, "Since you feel that our Fangzhang island has no relationship with you, then release Zhang Chuang. He’s a guest of your island."

"Are you out of your mind?" Zi Luan spoke, "the princess should get help if she’s sick in the head. Do you think the world revolves around you? This Zhang Chuang humiliated us and courted his own death. Why must be let him go just because of a single word from you? We’ve already made it clear that we have no relations with you. Do you feel that your prestige is so great?"

Princess Qing Qi’s face fluctuated between white and blue after hearing this.

At this time, Chu Feng nodded toward Zi Luan and said, "You have a point. I’ll consider leaving you near me. No need to sell you anymore."

Zi Luan almost cried out after hearing this. She really wanted to say, please just sell me!

That was because her brother Zi Xiao had long since contacted her and told her that the ones competing to buy her was her family.

Zi Luan felt that she could save her family a considerable sum of money by running away herself. But if things were too bad she would just let Chu Feng sell her.

Presently, she wanted to cry but no tears came to her. She had performed too well and... couldn’t close her mouth once she started. She had made a big mistake.

At this time, Zhan He, Yuan Mo, Zi Luan, and Li Feng’s photon computers lit up. They all received important news.

Afterwards, Chu Feng’s photon computer also showed that someone from the Origin Beast Platform was trying to contact him. He checked it and the image of a young man shrouded in golden light was projected into the air. This person berated them at the same time, "You have guts. Let go of Zhang Chuang this instant!"

Someone on the Fangzhang Island had contacted the noble Yu Jiubian. This person was now contacted the Chu Feng’s party via the photon computer.

"Who do you think you are? You’re not worth a fart! How dare you scold and command me?!" Chu Feng was disdainful and didn’t put this person in his eyes at all despite the fact that he appeared quite formidable and was shrouded in golden light like a god.

"Young master Yu," Princess Qing Qi cried out.

In a flash, everyone present understood that this person was Yu Jiubian.

"Master, these people are irreverent!" Zhang Chaung spoke with a cruel expression and scanned Chu Feng’s group.

"Let him go!" Yu Jiubian said coldly. He spoke with a commanding tone as though disobedience wasn’t an option.

"Yuan Mo, what you being startled for?" Chu Feng glanced back at Yuan Mo, Zhan He and the others. "We have such a good bait and he’s already tied up. Go and fish up a flood serpent immediately!"

"Okay!" Yuan Mo was a wild person. Even though Yu Jiubian’s identity was extraordinary, he was also infuriated after being berated like so.

Plop!

He tossed Zhang Chuang directly into the sea where seven or eight great white sharks were swimming. The moment they smelled blood, all of them opened their bloody maws and rushed towards him.

"Ah..." Zhang Chuang was scared out of his wits and began screaming his lungs out. He felt intense pain all over his body and was about to be torn apart.

"What gall!" Yu Jiubian said coldly.

Chu Feng said indifferently, "Not satisfied? Then come over too and I’ll toss you into the sea to feed the old ao turtle. [1]

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[1] A mythological turtle.