Qin Fei’s foundation was originally not particularly solid, and he mainly cultivated the Great Dao of Music, but now he was charging forward to engage in close combat as if he had lost his mind.

Xia Feng didn’t hesitate to protect Qi Wan’Er behind him, while Qin Fei on the opposite side seemed even more infuriated, quickly forming a spell with his hands.

The prodigies standing behind Qin Fei were not afraid of escalating the situation: "You mud legs over there, we didn’t bother with you outside the Secret Realm’s gate because we were worried it would get damaged and stop us from entering. It’s not because we feared you mud legs."

The other prodigies echoed this sentiment, but they had no intention of following Qin Fei into battle, clearly treating him as a pawn.

Xia Feng’s eyes darkened slightly, internally cursing the idiots and malignant fools within the Celestial Sound Orthodoxy.

He kicked out, directly sending Qin Fei flying backwards with a blow to the chest.

However, the retreating Qin Fei seemed to have achieved his plan, a sinister and mischievous smile breaking out on his face.

Xia Feng was startled, as a layer of talisman array suddenly unfolded beneath his and Qi Wan’Er’s feet, binding their ankles like a restraint rising from the ground.

Moreover, this binding force was growing stronger, seemingly binding the surrounding Great Dao of Music as well.

After entering the Secret Realm, all other Great Daos were originally constrained by the rules, leaving only the Great Dao of Music to explore the surrounding environment. Now this talisman array had also bound the Great Dao of Music, making the others think Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er had no means of attack left.

Qin Fei steadied himself, his face mocking as he spoke: "Mud leg, have you never seen this kind of thing before?"

"With your insight, I bet you never thought there could be something like a talisman array?"

Xia Feng was originally cultivating the Great Dao of Celestial Talisman, and although it hadn’t broken through to the Celestial God Realm, he was more than qualified to study such a crude talisman array on the ground.

Rather than breaking free from this binding, Xia Feng was more curious about who had stabbed him in the back.

As soon as he turned around, the followers of the Celestial Sound Orthodoxy fixed their gazes on a man among them.

This man bore a resemblance to Qin Fei. When he found himself under everyone’s gaze, he first shrunk his neck in trepidation, then muttered softly to encourage himself.

"Why, why are you looking at me?"

"I did this for the Celestial Sound Orthodoxy, for all of us."

"We’ve been following this kid for so long, he killed so many Celestial Sound Beasts, and all he gave us were a few Celestial Sound Talismans."

"He took down the Celestial Sound Beasts with such ease, why couldn’t he kill a few more and give them to us? He just tossed us a few as if he were giving alms to a beggar."

"And the Celestial Sound Elf, we discovered it together, yet his first reaction was to stop us from following him, clearly wanting it for himself."

"You’ll see, after he got the Celestial Sound Elf, he planned to keep it all to himself."

"Every man for himself, or be Annihilated. What’s wrong with wanting some benefits?"

His original voice was still somewhat small, but as he continued, whether bolstered by confidence or finally releasing his pent-up dissatisfaction, his voice grew louder and angrier.

Xia Feng looked at the clown-like man raving before him, his gaze swept over the followers who were wavering in their expressions: "Is this what you all think as well?"

The followers bit their lower lips, looked at the hundred or so people across from them, and instinctively felt compelled to bow and plead.

But turning their heads to see Xia Feng watching them with a subtle gaze, they were unsettled, unsure if their betrayal of Xia Feng was the right choice.

Xia Feng said nothing, but two followers who had previously proposed going up the mountain together now openly showed their true colors.

"Qin Tian is right, you’re just too selfish, we won’t get anything good following you."

Xia Feng scoffed, as if they couldn’t get anything good following him, what benefits could they possibly gain from Qin Fei, the idiot?

His attention, however, fell on the man called Qin Tian: "You also have the surname Qin, what’s your relationship with Qin Fei?"

Qin Tian’s expression carried some pride, as he quickly moved to stand beside Qin Fei: "This is my brother, my real brother."

Lu Ziqian, next to Xia Feng, spoke furiously: "You two despicable and shameless scoundrels, I just saw Qin Tian secretly tossing a talisman array while the master wasn’t looking."

"Qin Fei was at the front forming a spell to distract the master’s attention while this guy underhandedly acted from behind!"

He was so enraged that his chest heaved: "The master has treated you well, why are you doing this to him!"

Having said this, he stood firmly behind Xia Feng, trying to help Xia Feng solve the talisman array on the ground.

However, never having cultivated the Great Dao of Celestial Talisman, and being unfamiliar with talisman arrays, he had no idea where to start after looking for a long time.

Xia Feng looked at the boy for a moment, then turned to face the remaining followers, asking once more: "What do you think?"

Except for the two who had stepped over earlier, the remaining few did not show any intention of leaving, even with a hundred or so prodigies from other sects staring them down.

"The master has been good enough to us; we shouldn’t desire more."

"I won’t betray the master and the Divine Maiden; I am a follower of the Divine Maiden, I won’t leave her."

Hearing their jumbled voices, which even carried a bit of nervousness, they still chose to stand with Xia Feng.

Xia Feng breathed a slight sigh of relief. These people could be cowardly, but if they lacked even basic loyalty, they wouldn’t be worth keeping at all.

He slightly joined his fingertips and casually drew a line on the ground.

The talisman array that Lu Ziqian found so troublesome was instantly nullified by Xia Feng’s casual gesture, leaving Qin Fei across the way as if he’d seen a nightmarish sight.

"That’s impossible, how could you break that talisman array, I paid a lot to smuggle it out from the Celestial Talisman Divine Domain."

Xia Feng scoffed: "Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it’s impossible. There are plenty of things you haven’t seen yet."

Turning his gaze to Qin Tian, whom he disliked more than Qin Fei, he asked: "Have you decided on your manner of death?"

Qin Tian’s body trembled slightly as he hid behind Qin Tian, afraid Xia Feng would kill him on the spot.

"Don’t, don’t come for me, it was my brother who made me do it, I didn’t want to..."

Qin Fei, infuriated, gave him a slap: "What nonsense are you talking about?"