In fact, when the teleportation array malfunctioned years ago, it not only inflicted serious injuries on Fang Bai but also profoundly affected his friends and relatives. When they emerged in the True Martial Realm, they found themselves scattered across different regions, each in different corners of the sky.
Fang Bai remains unaware of this to this day and believes that his friends and relatives all arrived safely in the True Martial Realm, living in the same place.
Fang Bai led Wu De out of the stone house for two reasons. Firstly, he didn't want Wu De to linger in the underground palace below and delay their plans, risking detection by other martial artists which could spell trouble. Secondly, he wanted to inquire about the current situation of those friends and relatives.
"Elder Wu, greetings!"