The three immediately came to Xu Hanwu's side. She lay there like a sleeping beauty, and they anxiously tried calling to her.
"The eldest young lady is unharmed."
Lin Changheng rose. Seeing the questioning looks the three directed at him, he recited the explanation he had prepared.
"That Chen Family Remnant actually dared harbor such vicious intentions toward Hanwu and strike so ruthlessly?"
Xu Qianzhan narrowed his fearsome lone eye, murderous intent brimming within it. "Like a festering sore clinging to the bone! The next time I meet him, I will not let him escape. I'll cut him into eight pieces!"
Xu Xuheng immediately crouched down, took the female cultivator's hand, and examined her with his magical power. After confirming that, apart from the injuries sustained in battle,
she was essentially fine and had suffered no other harm, he rose and said gravely to Lin Changheng, "Thank you, Pill Master Lin, for saving my daughter. We will certainly repay you generously!"
"You also frightened off a late Qi Refining cultivator, clearing up the situation and preventing a collapse. You thwarted the robber cultivators' plans and instead left ten of them dead. Your contribution was considerable, to say the least. The Lineage will record your merits and bestow a separate, generous reward."
Xu Xuheng was an astute man. He had detected a few problems in Lin Changheng's account, but its overall logic held together, and the outcome was good. Xu Hanwu was unharmed, and nothing was amiss with her Storage Bag. That was enough!
After a little thought, he realized that Pill Master Lin had concealed certain details, perhaps involving secrets of his own. He would not stubbornly dig down to the roots.
Moreover, rewards and punishments had to be clearly distinguished, rather than lumped together.
For a personal favor, he