Huo Xing was brought back to the Star Crown Sect's base and locked in a temporary cell. Lu Qibin found a doctor to treat him.
Why?
Perhaps he simply wanted Huo Xing to survive, but his explanation to everyone else was that Elder Li Gong needed to interrogate him personally once he returned.
"Why did you beat him into this state?"
Li Ming had already learned that her grandfather's excuse for sending her back to the base to retrieve the Soul Card had been a ruse. She just hadn't expected them to act so quickly. In barely half a day, the badly injured Huo Xing had been brought back.
"These injuries were caused by Teacher's Soul Pressure," Lu Qibin answered truthfully.
"Where's Li Yang?"
Li Ming asked.
"Teacher went after her and hasn't returned yet. He told me to bring him back first, then interrogate him for the relevant intelligence afterward." Lu Qibin closed his eyes. "Also, Teacher has already sent word to the sect. The higher-ups have probably learned that Li Yang is still alive."
Everything had happened too suddenly. Not only Lu Qibin, but even Li Ming had yet to process it.
Fortunately, Lu Qibin had always been emotionally steady. "Don't think about taking him away, either. With injuries this severe, ordinary doctors outside won't be able to treat him. He might die even faster.
"If he stays here, there may still be a chance for recovery.
"Besides, if Li Yang has fled to the Heaven Dou Empire, then he'll be key to extracting the relevant intelligence. Neither Teacher nor the sect elders will want anything to happen to him."
Li Ming pressed her lips together without saying a word.
After Lu Qibin left the cell, Li Ming looked at the unconscious Elder Li Gong and personally applied