Gale was ready to leave for the town with Xiaolin and Wang Li in the morning. Sadly, he forgot that today he was supposed to show the secret lair he was building to Shi Jun and plan for the few other things he needed building.
The woman decided to stay till he was finished too, as they were eager to know the later part of his story throughout the journey. However, Gale had other work as well.
He needed to make a tour around the mountain range to find Shi Fan and buy a bulk of pure crystal for Xiaolin. Without pure crystal, her progress had completely stopped. Although he feared for her second calamity, he couldn't just leave her spirit arts stranded.
Finding Shi Fan would be a bit problematic in this great wilderness, even though he got the general direction from Twilight, and where to leave a message in case he couldn't find him.