Bi Fan smiled faintly and recounted, in the most casual tone, the one harrowing trial after another he had faced in Star Cloud River.
"...In the end, I came out through the Gate of Nature with the Spirit Refining Star Tome and the Lightning Beast. That's what happened to me."
At his words, everyone fell silent without thinking. They knew what despair and loneliness lay behind his breezy tone and matter-of-fact account.
Five years might not seem long, but when someone had no idea whether he would ever escape a sealed space, every moment of waiting was torture. Few could hold on.
Bi Fan had managed it, and so he had made it out safely. Apart from Cheng Jue, he was the only one to emerge from the Space Storm in Star Cloud River.
After a long pause, Yu Bo Yi finally smiled and said, "Brother Bi, you haven't introduced this young fellow here. Who is he?"
At that, Xu Ye hurried to his feet and gave a shy yet polite cupped-fist salute. Everyone quickly returned the greeting.
Bi Fan smiled. "His name is Xu Ye. After I came out of the Gate of Nature, the pressure in the spatial passage squeezed me out, and I fell in a remote part of White Night Space. This young fellow pulled me out of the lake and even stood his ground against a Chaos Fierce Beast in there."
Zheng Shi'an, Kuang Yuanba, and the others couldn't help rising to their feet. With solemn respect, they bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Brother Xu, for saving our eldest brother (master)!"
The unexpected grand gesture left Xu Ye flustered and at a loss. He hurriedly helped them up. "Please, don't do that. I didn't help at all back then. A bolt of lightning suddenly