The voice sounded from just three meters in front of Chu Yuntian, close enough that he could almost feel the High-Order New Human's oppressive presence bearing down on him. Yet Chu Yuntian could not see in the dark and saw nothing. He had no way of knowing that the person standing directly before him was not the one speaking.
There were two of them, a young man and a woman. The young man who spoke stood slightly behind the woman, faintly giving off an air of submission.
They were Xiao Qi and Dan Huang. They had not entered Yin Valley, instead taking a detour and using the most troublesome route to enter directly through the entrance to Yang Valley.
As for why, Xiao Qi had not said, and Dan Huang found it inappropriate to ask.
Given their ranks, the regions around Yang Valley that others found difficult to traverse were nothing worth mentioning to them. They moved through them with ease.
Yet when they arrived at the Land of Sanction, they had not expected to encounter an old man at the end of the passage—an old man who looked skin and bones, as though he had gone hungry for days.
A trace of curiosity appeared in Xiao Qi's eyes behind his veil. The place was pitch-black, but darkness did not affect the vision of someone at his rank in the slightest.
Chu Yuntian did not dare speak. He could not see what was in the darkness, but he could feel someone watching him.
"Do you know what lies ahead?" Xiao Qi asked in a clear voice.
Chu Yuntian froze, not expecting one of the two to be a woman. He then cautiously replied, "A circular cliff?"
Xiao Qi raised his brows in surprise, while Dan Huang let out a startled