"Is something the matter?"
Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue turned around to see Zhou Wenli striding over. "You two don't seem to be from the Great Gan Kingdom?"
Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue nodded. Though they had changed their appearances, they had not deliberately altered their voices, and their speech carried traces of their local accents. It was not strange for Zhou Wenli to notice they were not from the Great Gan Kingdom.
Zhou Wenli looked Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue over. "Do you know that being sent here this time was actually a death sentence?"
As he spoke, indignation filled his face, and he expected Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue to reveal looks of utter shock. Yet neither of them reacted.
Zhou Wenli was somewhat disappointed. It seemed these two knew they had been sent here to die. After all, the matter of the Five-Colored Demon Bull Clan Leader was not difficult to uncover if one investigated.
But unlike him, who refused to be sacrificed like this, these two seemed to have accepted their fate.
Wei Fan frowned. "What do you want to say? Say it directly. No need to beat around the bush."
Zhou Wenli had indeed been sent here to die, but they had not.
Zhou Wenli glanced around before lowering his voice. "Fine, I'll speak plainly. We've all been pushed out here to die, but you two seem prepared to face death. I, Zhou Wenli, still don't want to die.
"Though I'm nearly eight hundred years old, living several more centuries would be no problem. When the Five-Colored Demon Bull Clan Leader arrives, I want you two to create an opportunity for me to escape.
"As long as I survive, I will personally take your descendants as disciples and do my utmost to protect them in