He was the tenth of the Ten Heroes, while Xu Yang had barely missed the list. Now that Xu Yang had gone deeper than him, wasn't this proof that he was inferior to Xu Yang?
He could also go a little deeper, but doing so risked injury to his bones and muscles from Tianfeng Valley's strange power, which would be counterproductive.
He figured Xu Yang was just putting up a brave front, trying to snatch his tenth-place spot on the Ten Heroes List.
"My physical body is tempered quite well!"
Xu Yang smiled and continued forward with Jiang Fan, soon sitting down in the area for Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement Martial Artists.
In truth, he could go much deeper. However, his cultivation on the surface was only at the initial stage of Marrow Cleansing. It was already astonishing that he could sit in the same spot as those with Minor Achievement, and going any deeper would be difficult to explain.
