"Brother Xiao?"
Zhi Bai froze briefly when Xiao Yan addressed him so solemnly, but the odd look in Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly filled him with excitement.
"Brother Xiao, have you discovered something unusual?"
Excitement shone in Zhi Bai's eyes, impossible to conceal.
"A discovery? You could call it that."
Xiao Yan said no more and simply led Zhi Bai onward. The Cang River Basin covered a considerable area, but with his Dou Sheng cultivation level, Xiao Yan could have reached the Extraterrestrial Evil Race's hiding place with a single thought.
To avoid startling the snake in the grass, however, he chose to advance quietly using only the strength of a Dou Wang.
As a result, merely flying to that little hill took the two of them a full half-day.
When they finally reached it, the sight within left Zhi Bai horrified.
A sizable fortified settlement stood in the middle of the hill, presumably home to bandits and outlaws. Now, however, those supposed bandits and outlaws had been drained into dried husks, with only a faint layer of demonic qi lingering around their bodies.
Just looking at that demonic qi made Zhi Bai's heart churn with unbearable agitation, and he felt a faint urge to slaughter everything around him.
"Th-this is what the Extraterrestrial Evil Race does?"
Facing the hellish scene before him, Zhi Bai could not help drawing a deep breath. A moment later, however, wild delight appeared in his eyes.
"Brother Xiao Yan, how did you discover something was wrong here?"
"Instinct."
Xiao Yan answered his question with that single, casual word.
"Instinct?"
Zhi Bai shook his head gently.
"You really are too mysterious. You actually sensed this place from thousands of miles away."
A smile tugged at his lips as he finished.
"But regardless, once we report this