Soon, the teleportation force enveloped Chu Feng.
But this teleportation force didn't merely cover Chu Feng. Even though Xia Xingchen was quite far from him, she too was engulfed by it, being within the same ruins.
The sudden appearance of the teleportation force left Xia Xingchen somewhat at a loss.
It wasn't until she returned to the mountain forest and landed safely that she realized she had been forcibly expelled from the ruins.
Still, she felt a twinge of unease — after all, Chu Feng and Huahua were still inside.
But soon, two more pillars of teleportation force appeared, and the heart that had been suspended in her chest finally settled.
Because the two figures within those teleportation arrays were none other than Chu Feng and Huahua.
However, no sooner had Xia Xingchen's heart settled than it shot back up again.
She noticed that both Huahua and Chu Feng looked off — neither was in a good state.
Huahua in particular had a pallor so ghastly it was frightening.
In comparison, Chu Feng's condition was practically nothing worth mentioning.
"Huahua, you..."
Xia Xingchen hurriedly stepped toward Huahua.
But Huahua immediately darted over to Chu Feng, grabbing his shoulders tightly. She examined him carefully from head to toe, then from toe to head, several times over, before finally asking, "Chu Feng, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Senior," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"How could you possibly be fine?"
"Take this quickly. And this, this, and this — take them all together."
Huahua produced a handful of pills and thrust them toward Chu Feng.
"Senior, I'm really alright. There's no need for pills."
Chu Feng could tell these pills were extraordinarily precious, and given his condition, taking them would be nothing short of a waste.
"Hurry up and take them."
But while Chu Feng was still speaking, Huahua seized the moment and slapped the entire handful of pills straight into his mouth.
She even released the power of her barrier directly, refining and fusing those pills into Chu Feng's body.
Since her cultivation surpassed his, by the time Chu Feng realized what had happened, it was already too late.
Even if he wanted to refuse, there was no longer a chance.
"Sit down, sit down. I'll help activate them — they'll work faster that way."
After forcing Chu Feng to ingest the pills, Huahua then tried to drag him down to sit on the ground.
The scene left Xia Xingchen standing there dumbfounded, her mouth hanging open for a good while.
It took her until now to snap back to her senses.
In one swift step, she surged forward, planting herself between the two, and pulled Huahua away from Chu Feng.
"Hold on, hold on — Huahua, what are you doing?" Xia Xingchen looked at Huahua.
"I'm treating Chu Feng's injuries," Huahua explained.
"But obviously you're the one who's hurt worse, aren't you?" Xia Xingchen said.
"Sister Xingchen, you don't know how dangerous that formation was. Chu Feng, he—"
"He what? No matter how you look at it, he's in far better shape than you. What's gotten into you, girl?"
"Sit down. I'll treat you."
Xia Xingchen paid no attention to Huahua's protests and forcefully pressed her down to sit on the ground. Huahua still tried to struggle free.
So Chu Feng also smiled and said to Huahua, "Senior, I'm really fine. If you don't believe me, just check for yourself."
"If you don't trust my word, surely you trust your own barrier techniques?"
Chu Feng directly took Huahua's hand and placed it on his wrist.
After examining him, Huahua found that Chu Feng truly had no serious injuries — but she still said, "I don't trust my barrier techniques as much as I used to."
"Girl, what nonsense are you spouting? Is your head not thinking straight?"
Xia Xingchen pulled Huahua's hand away from Chu Feng's wrist, then turned to him and said: "Chu Feng, don't worry about it. You're hurt too — go rest and recover. Leave Huahua to me."
With that, Xia Xingchen took over and forcibly helped Huahua with her treatment.
Huahua was already weak, so naturally she couldn't outmatch Xia Xingchen.
As for Chu Feng, he had no serious injuries to begin with, and on top of that, Huahua's pills had left him brimming with vitality.
Huahua, meanwhile, didn't have any grave injuries either — her mental state was simply unstable, and some rest and adjustment would set her right.
Chu Feng then turned his gaze toward the location where the mobile palace had been.
The mobile palace was gone.
In the spot where it had stood, there was not the slightest trace of residual energy. It had departed as cleanly as if it had never been there at all.
Though he could detect nothing, Chu Feng still fell into deep thought.