Lin Qi recognized him at a glance.
It was Old Ye, the man she had defeated and sent fleeing.
Old Ye had an ordinary face, but his eyes were exceptionally deep, with a trace of barely perceptible wildness lurking in their pitch-black depths.
Compared to the two cultivators she had just encountered, Old Ye was different.
Lin Qi slowed her pace and approached him. "I remember you hated me."
"I hated the you who had just arrived in Flying Sand Forest." Old Ye slowly turned around, his deep-set eyes falling on Lin Qi.
"Now that you left Flying Sand Forest through your own abilities, naturally I no longer dislike you."
Lin Qi smiled politely. "Whether you dislike me or not actually has little effect on me."
Old Ye got straight to the point. "This is Flying Sand Forest at the easternmost edge of the Eastern Continent battlefield. If you want to walk to the Central Continent battlefield on your own two legs, it will be impossible in this lifetime!"
Lin Qi's brows drew together slightly, emotions churning in her eyes. "Or what? Should I believe you?"
"I want to cooperate with you."
Lin Qi looked wary. "Cooperate? Do I look like a good person?"
They had met only once, yet he was already proposing cooperation. What exactly was he plotting?
"Not really." Old Ye answered quietly, looking quite serious. "But I am serious about cooperating."
"You cultivators from the outside world entered the Five Gods Battlefield because you surely wanted to reach the former core battlefield and find the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures left behind by your predecessors. You do not know the way, but I do."
"I was born and raised in this land, so I understand its circumstances better than you. And... I can take you to