Problem

Xiao Heng was badly injured, but Xiao Yan was no better off. The backlash from the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations was far greater than the side effects Xiao Heng suffered from constantly using Bloodline Power. Then there was the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and the many high-level Dou Techniques. All of it had pushed his exhaustion to its limit, while the aftereffects continued to assail him.

Defeating Protector Wu, an Eight-Star Dou Zong, along with the many Dou Zong experts of the Tianming Sect—how could that possibly come without a price? There was no such good fortune in this world.

Meanwhile...!

In the small courtyard where Xiao Yan was staying, Xun Er waited anxiously outside. Suddenly, two gray-robed old men appeared. One of them spoke directly, "Miss, that Xiao Heng seems rather mysterious. Neither of us can see through the strength of the person behind him, and there are not many people of such strength in the Central Continent."

The old man had not said it outright, but Xun Er understood. They had come to inquire about Xiao Heng. After considering it for a moment, she said flatly, "I do not know much about Brother Xiao Heng either. He seems to have been an orphan. He did not seem particularly outstanding when he was young, and as for the person behind him, I know nothing about that either."

"Perhaps... Xiao Yan might know," the other old man said gravely as he looked at Xun Er.

At those words, Xun Er frowned and said coldly, "Let this matter end here! Brother Xiao Yan cannot possibly know either. Brother Xiao Heng would not harm me. As long as he is not an enemy, why must you investigate him so thoroughly?"

The two old men exchanged glances and ultimately nodded. They said