Outside a gorge.
Leng Yi suddenly stopped and said to Ning Xuan, "Brother Ning, we need to take a detour."
"Why?"
Leng Yi was both amused and frustrated. "Don't play dumb with me. You must have noticed them long ago."
Ning Xuan glanced at the two men behind them. "You mean them? They haven't bothered to hide their presence, so of course I know they're there. Are you saying there's something wrong with them?"
Leng Yi couldn't tell if Ning Xuan genuinely hadn't realized or was just pretending. But that didn't matter.
He quickly said, "They're probably Law Enforcement Officers heading to the Realm Capital for the assessment, just like us. But it's not normal for there to be only two of them."
"Well, there are only two of us," Ning Xuan countered, seeing no issue.
