I had just been discussing with Yuan Ci what was going on with Shang Wanyou, who had been following us, when several auras whose cultivation levels I couldn't discern suddenly appeared ahead. It seemed to be a group traveling together.
The appearance of this group brought all the beasts accompanying the great demon to a halt. I was about to ask Official Zhao what exactly was going on up ahead, but before I could say anything, a chaotic battle suddenly broke out!
The upheaval caught everyone completely off guard. Even Official Zhao froze for a moment. I looked into the distance and said, "This is bad. It looks like a conflict has broken out. Starting a fight without even talking first means they're either enemies or irreconcilable foreign races. Let's retreat from here first!"
"They really are foreign races! Let's go. Humans are even less law-abiding than demons. These people are all here to hunt, so it'll be safer once we reach a city!" Official Zhao added. Everyone agreed wholeheartedly. Here, she was the only native, so at least she wouldn't lead us astray.
We fled northeast with Official Zhao. Sun Chongyang and Yuan Ci followed as well. As for Shang Wanyou, she was still haunting us like a lingering ghost, which genuinely surprised me. What future could she possibly have by following us? Her cultivation was the highest among us; she could easily have escaped on her own.
"There are several people nearby! Boss, what should we do?" someone suddenly shouted in the ancient tongue as we fled.
Over the past few days, Sun Chongyang and the others had learned a smattering of the ancient tongue from me. They could understand some everyday expressions. After all, the ancient tongue was quite similar to the languages spoken in the Central