"Young Master Fang, you should go!"
Everyone was stunned by those words.
Not only did Feng Yan, He Dongling, Jian Ruyi, and the others find it unbelievable, even Fang Qianyuan almost thought he had misheard.
"Elder Wei, what did you say? You don't want to fight anymore?"
"That's right." Wei Huan looked at him and sighed softly. "I admit that I still regarded you as a gifted junior before. I did indeed underestimate you. But now, I have no choice but to acknowledge that your strength is already almost on par with us old fellows!"
He remarked with feeling, "At your age, such an achievement truly is unmatched in all the world! If we continue fighting, even I cannot predict the consequences."
"Perhaps I could still capture and kill you, destroying a genius of the Azure Cloud Sect. Or perhaps you would defeat me, grievously wound me, or even kill me outright, making me nothing more than a stepping stone to your fame!"
"That is why I said this battle no longer has any meaning. If we are to fight again, I must be fully prepared and utterly serious, approaching it as a true clash between experts..."
"In that case..." Fang Qianyuan gave him a long, searching look, but did not probe further. He merely said, "I'll take my leave!"
With that, he turned and raced into the trees. He moved incredibly fast, becoming a streak of white light and vanishing into the dense woodland in the blink of an eye.
"Elder Wei, you..." Feng Yan and the others stared at Wei Huan in disbelief. "Why did you let him leave?"
No matter how they turned it over in their minds, they could not understand.
Wei Huan said, "Do you truly think I was letting him leave? As I just