Hu Xiaotian said, "Then allow me to venture a guess. Someone deliberately arranged Lady Wen's injury, striking her with the Ice-Soul Asura Palm. An injury inflicted by this palm technique requires you to use the Sun-Melting Limitless Art to save her. In the process, you would expend a tremendous amount of internal power, leaving your strength severely diminished for a time. Whoever laid this trap would very likely seize that opportunity to strike at you."
Ji Feihua smiled. "Correct!"
Hu Xiaotian said, "Even I can work out something so simple, so it certainly wouldn't escape you. If you already saw through their treacherous scheme, yet chose to climb the mountain knowing a tiger lurked there, then you must have a way to deal with it."
Appreciation shone in Ji Feihua's eyes. His regard for this young fellow had not been misplaced. With such a clear head, he should have seen straight through the arrangements Ji Feihua had made tonight.
Hu Xiaotian said, "Your martial skills are extraordinary. Even if you expended some internal power, perhaps the damage wasn't that severe."
Ji Feihua laughed. "Are you saying I'm feigning illness?"
Hu Xiaotian said, "I wouldn't dare presume." Inwardly, however, he was certain that Ji Feihua's injuries were nowhere near as serious as they appeared. Even his vomiting blood in the Bright Moon Palace had merely been a performance for Qin Yutong. Could he suspect Qin Yutong too?
Ji Feihua said, "I thought Wen Ya was merely a pawn. I never imagined she was concealing so much."
Hu Xiaotian was taken aback, uncertain what had prompted Ji Feihua's remark.
Ji Feihua said, "An ordinary person suffering injuries that severe would have died long ago. She could never have survived until now."
Hu Xiaotian said, "Qin Yutong is an excellent physician, and she