Pan Long had not been unconscious for long.
Once the fighting ended and he began to rest, he recovered no slower than the One-Eyed Giant.
At most, a quarter of an hour passed before he came to.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in his bed at home. His mother sat beside him, watching him anxiously.
"You're awake!" she said happily when she saw him open his eyes. "How do you feel?"
Pan Long sent his True Qi through his body, then smiled. "I'm fine. I'd used up too much True Qi, and the frenzied Grudge Cutter drained what I had left. That's why I passed out. I'm not actually hurt at all."
"That's what I said. His energy was weak, so he'd obviously just exhausted his True Qi." His father, seated nearby, broke into a smile. "No need to make such a fuss. You nearly frightened everyone."
"My son fought a giant alone with one sword and saved Dingfeng Town. They all owe Little Dragon their lives. So what if I made a little fuss?" Ren Yue instantly went from devoted wife and mother to a Hedong Lion. "You grown men are all his elders, some of you even distinguished masters. And what happened when it mattered? You still needed Little Dragon to save you!"
"He saved their lives. What right do they have to complain?"
Pan Lei looked embarrassed. "They weren't complaining. You just gave them a fright..."
"Why didn't the giant give them a fright, then?"
Faced with his wife's bristling anger, Pan Lei had no idea what to say. In the end, Pan Long, who knew how to win his mother over, quietly talked her down.
About a quarter of an hour later, Pan Long persuaded Ren Yue that "early to bed and