If Fang Liang or He Xuan had been here at this moment, he would certainly have recognized that among the dozens of Divine Connection cultivators standing there, the two of them had once encountered as many as ten or twenty.
These cultivators were precisely the cultivators of that clan who had once pursued and intercepted the two of them.
Of course, among these cultivators were also many from other clans and factions, but all of them were cultivators on friendly terms with that clan.
Hearing the Old Ancestor of his clan ask this question, the middle-aged cultivator who had spoken earlier stepped forward, bowed again, and respectfully said:
"Reporting to the Old Ancestor and Senior Huang, there is no mistake: those two entered Hanyou Valley. Five or six years ago, we pursued them all the way here. Afterward, we issued a bounty and asked the factions and clans around Hanyou Valley to keep watch for them.
"In all these years, we have never received any news that those two left. Furthermore, three years ago, we encountered a fellow cultivator at the peak Spirit Severing stage who was secluded in Hanyou Valley. He said that he had encountered one of those two in the valley's deepest reaches.
"Afterward, we gathered our people and entered the area that fellow cultivator had mentioned to search carefully. Unfortunately, we failed to find them.
"That place was already extremely deep within Hanyou Valley. The icy cold there was not something all of us could withstand for long, so after searching for half a year, we had no choice but to return.
"However, neither our informants nor the bounty we spread has produced any news that those two have left Hanyou Valley. Therefore, this junior believes that those two must have become frightened. That is why