A trace of anger flashed across Feng He's face, but he held it back.
This was hardly the time to provoke Huo Lian too much. Even though he held some of Huang Xiao's secrets, he was asking Huo Lian for a favor now, after all, and could not go too far.
Feng He stood there pondering how to persuade Huo Lian.
"I never expected you to hold out against Chao Hun. That is quite surprising," Huo Lian said, glancing at Huang Xiao.
He could see no sign of injury on Huang Xiao, but the blood on him showed that he had already fought Chao Hun for a long time before coming here with Feng He.
He had a rough understanding of Chao Hun's strength. That was the pinnacle of the Dao Realm. Even if Huang Xiao had some more strength hidden away, he was unlikely to be a match for him.
Holding out for a few moves or even a few dozen would have been understandable, but the blood on Huang Xiao had dried and darkened. The fight had lasted far longer than that, more than even several hundred moves.
Chao Hun had not had many injuries earlier. The blood on Huang Xiao was clearly his own, so his earlier injuries must have been severe.
"It was the miraculous power of the Longevity Pill that allowed me to recover," Huang Xiao said.
"Oh?" Feng He, who was pondering nearby, could not help turning his gaze toward them when he heard Huang Xiao.
Anything concerning the Longevity Pill always drew his attention.
"Oh, you did touch it briefly back then." Huo Lian nodded. "Could you still have some of the Longevity Pill's aura within you?"
"Yes. Though I only obtained a tiny bit of its aura, it was far too vast