"You're all cultivators. Good. Humans learn quickly. I'll teach you some basic formation principles. Repair the formations here."
Lin Hao looked at the numb, captive humans before him, maintaining a cold tone in his guise as the Little Peng King.
He did not reveal his identity, nor did he tell these people they were free.
In their current circumstances in the Demon Realm, doing that would probably benefit neither side.
He would first find a casual excuse to keep them alive, then teach them some basic knowledge and keep them here for now.
Besides, after so many years and generations under demon rule, quite a few of them probably believed the Demon Clan's interests came before everything else.
If he truly revealed his identity and treated them kindly, someone might well try to sell him out. That was why Lin Hao had adopted this approach for now.
"Your Majesty, we've performed maintenance work before and understand some basic principles."
As the one with the highest cultivation among them, Nu Qi naturally took on the responsibility of speaking, though his expression was somewhat numb.
Lin Hao said nothing more. He tossed out a jade slip and turned to leave. "Not enough. Master everything in here. If you're lucky and prove useful, you can keep living until you can no longer work."
These words of Lin Hao's, delivered like a "bestowal of grace," suddenly brought a glimmer into many of the numb eyes in the crowd.
They could survive just by doing this kind of work?!
Rumor had it that exceptionally gifted human slaves were occasionally selected to follow Great Demons as personal servants.
That was the highest achievement and status available to the many humans raised in captivity in the Demon Realm.
Although Lin Hao's promise could not compare to that