However, the gray-robed man with a face like polished jade soon chuckled lightly. "Little friend Xiao Yan, I am Han Yu, and this is Qiu Yue. We are both descendants of the Pingnan Army that once guarded this place. Our ancestors were among the last batch of cultivators to enter this place and fight. But nearly all of the older generation died on the battlefield back then, perishing alongside the enemy, leaving no final words for the surviving juniors."
"My grandfather and father were also too young to know how to leave this place, so our families were forced to remain here for generations. Just now, after hearing from Little Black that you had arrived, we saw a glimmer of hope and wished to obtain from you a way to leave."
After the former finished speaking, the burly man immediately added in a rumbling voice, "But rest assured, little friend. My brother and I are not the sort to bully others with our strength. If you can tell us how to leave, we definitely will not let you suffer a loss. Whether it is Fighting Skills, Cultivation Methods, medicinal pills, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or anything else, we will satisfy you as best we can."
Seeing that the two had shown no hostility for the time being, Lin Feng temporarily abandoned the thought of fleeing at once, lest he provoke them.
However, upon learning that they were descendants of the Pingnan Army, he was briefly stunned. Then, without drawing attention to it, he glanced at the Storage Ring where he had just placed the skeletal remains.
If his guess was correct, the skeleton at Pingnan Pass should also have belonged to someone from the Pingnan Army.
But there seemed to be no sign that the skeleton had been disturbed