Yang Xiong did not wait for anyone else to say anything before vanishing from the spot. Everyone was stunned, especially Zhao Wuji, while Tang San ate Oscar's Recovery Sausage to heal as quickly as possible.
After following the Titan Giant Ape's trail for several kilometers, Yang Xiong arrived at a relatively open area and called out directly, "Could someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect please come out?"
There was no response from the surrounding space after he spoke. Left with no choice, Yang Xiong took out the Sect Master's token Ning Fengzhi had given him. "Members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, seeing this token is the same as seeing the Sect Master. Please come out at once."
A helpless sigh came from the shadows, and then a figure emerged.
Yang Xiong was startled when he saw the figure. "Teacher Lin Gong, why is it you? Could it be that you've been the one secretly protecting me all along?"
Lin Gong looked somewhat speechless. "I've taught you for six years. What's wrong with secretly protecting you?"
Yang Xiong was dumbfounded. "Teacher Lin, weren't you only a Soul King? Can you really protect me in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
In Yang Xiong's mind, whoever had been secretly protecting him should at least have been a Soul Emperor or Soul Saint. Yet it turned out to be merely a Soul King. In the Star Dou Great Forest, a Soul King amounted to nothing. Even Zhao Wuji, a Soul Saint, was in some danger—especially when they might be facing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like the Titan Giant Ape.
Lin Gong immediately glared at him. "What kind of look is that, brat? Who told you this old man was a Soul King?"
Yang Xiong was stunned. "If I remember correctly,