At this, the elderly town lord looked again at the two people atop the giant tree. "Let Xiao Shao down. Keep Yu Zhonglang tied up."
"Town Lord, why?" Xiao Shao could not help asking.
The elderly town lord spoke coldly...
"He is a beastman. We cannot rule out the possibility that he is colluding with that Spirit Willow clansman."
"We must wait for the Aurora Divine General to arrive and interrogate him."
Elsewhere...
Riding the Black Awakening Demon Dragon, Sikong Jing returned to the small lake from before.
Through communicating with the intelligent Black Awakening Demon Dragon, he had already gained a rough understanding of this world within a world.
This place was called the Aurora Continent, named after the Aurora Sacred Pearl of the Primordial Cosmos Great World. There were three races on the continent: the Aurora Human Race, the Beastman Race, and the Spirit Willow Clan, just as the elderly town lord had mentioned.
The three races had always been in conflict...
However, it was mainly the Aurora Human Race that suppressed the other two. The latter two generally maintained a close alliance as well.
"In other words, the Aurora Human Race is the strongest, while the other two races can only join forces to resist them?" Sikong Jing asked.
The Black Awakening Demon Dragon nodded...
"That's right. The Aurora Human Race occupies the center of the continent, while the other two can only huddle along its edges. As for demonic beasts like us, we cannot awaken intelligence within Aurora Human Race territory."
"If one is caught, one is killed."
"I am Yu Zhonglang's mount, and I do not know why I suddenly awakened intelligence either. It seemed that not long ago, a strange beastly sound rang out. Then I could speak the human language and gained