Elder Hu jolted awake. Several familiar faces hovered above him in the darkness, their upper bodies forming a circle.
He seemed to be lying somewhere on his back. Those faces were all filled with anxiety. Though Elder Hu found them very familiar, for a moment he could not recall who they were.
He suddenly sat up. The ring of heads leaning over him and the figures surrounding him swiftly drew back, revealing a stretch of black night sky.
"Martial Uncle Hu, are you all right? We gave you a Windheart Pill just now. How do you feel now?"
The group had merely drawn back their upper bodies, while they themselves still surrounded the seated Elder Hu. One of the voices that had sounded within Elder Hu's sea of consciousness spoke again.
Elder Hu subconsciously turned his head and saw a burly old man, his face full of concern.
"Cangfeng..."
Elder Hu recognized the old man. He was Jiang Cangfeng, a cultivator under his command. The instant Elder Hu called out that name, countless thoughts suddenly flooded his mind.
He had originally wanted to ask where he was, but in that instant, as all manner of thoughts surged forth, Elder Hu recalled quite a few things. His heart jolted, and he hurriedly asked,
"Where is this?"
In truth, he had already clearly seen his surroundings. This was a mountaintop, with an endless expanse of deep darkness all around, while mountain winds howled without cease.
"After Martial Uncle lost consciousness, we left Bone Echo Market. Martial Uncle acted swiftly at the time. While controlling the innkeeper to open the door, you also used an illusion technique to block detection in that area. Since not much time passed before or after, it did not cause too great a disturbance.
"After we saw Martial