After the third bell toll rang out, the Heavenly Law Bell's sharp edge finally held the array's binding force at bay for the moment, winning Yan Yu a chance to break free.
Joy burst from Gray Wolf's eyes. Braving the risk of angering Xu Chunniang, he stirred the surrounding array and silently revealed his location to Yan Yu.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I admit that my junior sister and I were at fault first. I am willing to compensate you and quell your anger.
"If you insist on splitting hairs and force my junior sister and me to take action, that would be rather unsightly. After all, we martial brother and sister have quite a few puppets in our hands."
Xu Chunniang did not look at him, still gazing toward the source of the bell chimes. Her tone carried hidden meaning.
"Is that so? What a pity. Your junior sister seems to have abandoned you."
Gray Wolf was startled and instinctively retorted, "Impossible! Even if Junior Sister abandoned everything else, she would never abandon me! Do not think you can shake my resolve with mere words!"
Xu Chunniang gave him a strange look. She did not know why Gray Wolf was so confident, but after Yan Yu used the Heavenly Law Bell to escape, she fled without looking back.
The direction in which she fled happened to be the opposite of Gray Wolf's.
After a brief thought, Xu Chunniang understood why Yan Yu had acted so.
Yan Yu did not know that this array had been set by Xu Chunniang. She merely thought she had encountered a formidable enemy on this journey, one even Gray Wolf could not handle.
So, while Gray Wolf was tied down, she simply activated the Heavenly Law Bell and quietly slipped away.
"I did not lie