Lu Feng helped Su Yuexin up with the utmost care.
At that moment, the Daluo Golden Immortal from the Panshen Heavenly Palace shouted again, "Who are you? Why did you intervene in defiance of the rules?"
"I don't know anything about your rules. Can't you see I was saving someone?" Lu Feng shouted back. He knew he could not show weakness now. At least in front of Su Yuexin, he could not back down.
The Daluo Golden Immortal's brows shot up. "The rules of the Panshen Heavenly Palace forbid anyone from interrupting before a contestant or their sect leader concedes. Violators will be severely punished!"
"I concede," Su Yuexin said quietly. Her voice was not loud, but it carried far enough for many people to hear.
"Eldest Miss..." Lu Feng began, but he did not know how to continue. Although Su Yuexin looked gentle and rarely spoke much, she was fiercely competitive. Once she decided to do something, she would find every possible way to accomplish it and never give up lightly.
For someone like her, admitting defeat had to be deeply painful. But her injuries were serious. Even after taking a Flat Peach, she could not recover in such a short time, so she naturally could not fight again.
Su Yuexin gently squeezed his arm, signaling him to say no more, then addressed the Daluo Golden Immortal. "My apologies, Senior. He is my friend. He has a rash disposition, and seeing me in such danger made him act impulsively. I had already conceded, but I was unable to say it at the time. Coming up here to save me did not violate the rules."
Only she knew whether she had already conceded, but her explanation was reasonable enough. After all, she really had been in grave danger. At that