By the end, the young man even looked a little aggrieved. The situation had been urgent, and he'd taken two solid punches without daring to fight back, then slunk away.
Xi Boyun continued, "After my brother ran out, these two young men chased after him. They started fighting before anyone could say a word. Luckily, their spiritual power hadn't recovered either, so it was just fists and feet. Then this young man came out." As he spoke, he pointed at Hou Dakuan.
Bi Fan narrowed his eyes. "And then?"
Xi Boyun's expression grew animated. "Then I noticed spiritual power fluctuating around this fellow cultivator. It was incredible! We don't know how, but after entering the Desolate Plains, our spiritual power was sealed, and we couldn't use it at all. I was curious how he'd recovered his."
"But this fellow was quite hostile toward us, so I had no choice but to set up a formation and trap them here for the time being. While setting it up, I discovered there was already a formation here, so I broke it as well. I wanted to ask this fellow how he'd recovered his spiritual power, but he said he'd explain once their big brother returned. So we've been waiting here ever since. That's the whole story..."
"Well..." Hearing his explanation, Bi Fan and Ling Xiaoxiao couldn't help finding it both funny and awkward. If the man was telling the truth, then this had all been a false alarm!
Still, they couldn't just take his word for it. Bi Fan walked over and asked Fox Immortal, "What happened at the time?"
Fox Immortal gave a wry smile. "I was in the room next door with Qianqian, getting ready to change her medicine. Hou Xiaokuang and Wu Luochuan were keeping watch outside. We hadn't