A questioning look

"Nan-jie!" Yuan Xuelan exclaimed as she approached from the corner.

She smiled and tugged at his arm, "It's good to see that you're okay but we have to get out there. Let's go."

A complicated expression clouded his face. Yuan Xuelan looked back at the palace and said, "But…" Even though he couldn't see what was happening in the courtyard any longer there was no mistaking the panicked cries and the deep saturation of power that simmered and brewed there yonder. 

"I know. It's not looking good but now's not the time to playing hero," Nan Chang pouted at him, unrelenting with her grip. "Seriously, if you go back, no one's going to help you with that monster. Plus, you've more than accomplished what we asked of you!" She added with a chirp. "Xu Zhemu is safe."