"First, tell me your name and where you came from." The middle-aged man's voice grew gentler still.
Yet an inexplicable chill of terror swept through the young man.
Fuck!
He really had no idea why he was here! But he could guarantee that if he said he didn't know how he'd arrived, his head would go flying the very next second!
What should he do?
Stall for time first...
Pressing his lips together, the young man said, "My name is Hu Deping. I'm from Black Mountain County."
"Black Mountain County?"
The middle-aged man sounded puzzled. He had no knowledge of that place. Still, there were many counties in the supernatural world, and every one connected to living people had major factions behind it.
His anticipation grew.
"So you're Brother Hu from Black Mountain County. Being able to enter Golden Rooster Mountain shows how highly you're valued. This isn't an easy place to reach," the middle-aged man said, probing.
Although the young man was an ordinary person,
there was a strong chance some powerful figure stood behind him, so the man put away his initial mockery and lowered himself to speak as an equal.
Powerful figures were powerful figures, after all.
Even a dog they kept couldn't be taken lightly.
As long as he could leave this place,
he would gladly become a powerful figure's dog himself!
After all, anyone capable of sending an ordinary person into Golden Rooster Mountain was no ordinary big shot!
"Uh..."
The young man named Hu Deping considered his words, then said cautiously,
"You flatter me. I just work for someone. This place certainly isn't easy to enter, but that's only true for people like us. Some people still have their ways."
He had already realized that this unseen middle-aged man seemed to have misunderstood something