Once outside the cave, Xiang Bao demanded, "Brother, why'd you let him go? I don't believe you couldn't have beaten him!"
Xiang Shaofeng fell silent for a moment before slowly asking, "Did you notice the problem?"
"What problem?"
"Before we entered the cave, his cultivation was at the First Layer of the Qi Realm. What about now?"
Xiang Bao thought back carefully, then his face suddenly changed. "Now that you mention it... His Qi and Blood really did surge a moment ago."
Xiang Shaofeng nodded. "Exactly. In just that short time, he managed to break through."
"Either he was already on the verge of the Second Layer before the autumn harvest, needing only one or two more acupoints to break through, or he had a fortuitous encounter inside the cave."
At this, he looked at Xiang Bao and asked, "Which do you think it is?"
