Li Dashan saw that people were coming and pointed at Bai Xiao, saying, "You... you dared to hit me... I won't let you leave Liu Family Fortress today, just you wait." Wiping the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, he spoke vehemently. Now that there were more people, Li Dashan felt emboldened; after all, people from the same village wouldn't stand by and watch him being bullied, and, no matter what, Bai Xiao was still an outsider.
This was a deep-seated instinct to defend one's own, something every village shared.