"No, we still need to stand guard here," Huo Lian said. "Whatever Kui Yong sensed, I believe something he never anticipated is bound to happen-for instance, the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripening early, or the formation breaking open ahead of time."
"Zhu Fancheng?" Wu Xuancang asked.
"Exactly. He's been inside for several years, working to break the formation all this time. I believe that even if he can't break it, he can at least bring its breaking forward a little," Huo Lian said. "That may be where Kui Yong's calculations fall short."
"Then we really do need to stand guard here," Fan Zhuolang said. "Once the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripens, the formation Kui Yong laid down is bound to undergo major changes, and will probably collapse at the same time. Even if he reinforced it so it won't collapse on its own, we should be able to break it easily then, shouldn't we?"
"There's one question now: who stays?" Wu Xuancang asked.
"Huo Lian, you definitely have to stay," Zuo Qiu Shu said.
"Exactly. Without you, no one can stop Kui Yong," Fan Zhuolang said.
"There's no use in my staying either." Huo Lian shook his head. "Even if I stayed, I couldn't stop Kui Yong. Besides, I have my own affairs to attend to. I can't stay here."
"Then what do we do?" Leng Guhan asked. "Are none of us going to stay?"
"We can't leave this place unmanned either." Xuan Tu shook his head. "The strongest among us now are the three of you: Huo Lian, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, and Wu Xuancang."
At this point, Xuan Tu paused, then looked at Fan Zhuolang. "Fan Zhuolang, your strength is still a little lacking."
Xuan Tu knew Fan Zhuolang felt somewhat unconvinced, but that was the truth.
Back then, Fan Zhuolang