Zhang Ying knew very well that in this world, only people from that aristocratic family could find the weakness of her Eight Gates Defense Array with just a glance!
Only those geniuses from that clan, whose prenatal education from the womb was about the strengths and weaknesses of various formations, could do this.
Only in this way could the children, after birth, instinctively find the weak point of any formation.
"This..."
Hearing Zhang Ying's words, Wu Long and Wu Hu exchanged glances, their expressions hesitant.
As orphans, they naturally wished to find any other relatives still alive in this world.
But now, as esteemed inner sect elders of the Blazing Fire Sect, their status and position throughout the southwest were considered very high.
In the past, in order to find their family and understand their background, they had searched the entire southwest region several times.
Yet, even with their status as inner sect elders of the Blazing Fire Sect, they had found no clues whatsoever!
But now this woman claimed to know their identity! This was indeed hard for them to believe.
After all, so many years had passed, and no one had dared to make such a promise.
"To tell you the truth, my Eight Gates Defense Array was most likely taught to me by someone from your family."
"As far as I know, in this world, only people from that clan can find the weakness of this formation purely by intuition!"
"However, I can't prove whether what you say is true or false, so I only have an eighty percent certainty."
"But if you truly found the weakness of my formation solely by intuition, then it means you are indeed from that clan!"
Seeing that the two did not believe her, Zhang Ying could only patiently explain.
"Of course, we found it by intuition!"
Hearing Zhang Ying start to doubt them, Wu Long quickly stepped forward and affirmed.
This was their innate talent, known to everyone in the Blazing Fire Sect since childhood, and it could absolutely not be faked!
In that case, this woman in front of them might truly know the whereabouts of their family!
"Alright, since that's the case, you two wait on the side. After we finish dealing with the matters in the valley, I will take you to find your family."
"However, if you dare to lie to me, I will definitely have my junior disciple kill you!"
Zhang Ying then issued a threat.
The matters of the Huang family back then had now been thoroughly covered up by the entire southwest cultivation world.
Those who dared to speak the truth usually ended up dead.
Only when it was absolutely safe could she tell these two about the Huang family!
"Okay, we are absolutely not lying! We really found it by intuition!"
Hearing Zhang Ying's threat, Wu Long did not get angry.
Although the two brothers were simple-minded, they were not fools!
This woman in front of them, who could kill so many of them by herself, was definitely not an ordinary person!
Even she was so wary, which could only mean that their background was definitely not as simple as they imagined!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been unable to find any information for so long!
"Mhm, you two rest on the side for now."
"Junior disciple, let's go down and deal with the remaining people of the Blazing Fire Sect first, and rescue Patriarch Sun and the others!"
Zhang Ying nodded, her expression becoming more serious.
"Okay!"
Seeing Zhang Ying's expression, Lin Chen understood the seriousness of the situation and immediately agreed.
He knew Zhang Ying's personality; when she showed such a serious expression, it meant that things were really serious!
"Hahaha, Mr. Lin! How is it? Has that scoundrel Wu Zhixiong died?"
Just as Lin Chen and Zhang Ying were about to go to the bottom of the valley, Sun Zhiquan, leading a group of people, rushed up from the bottom of the valley.
Besides the people from the Sun family, the others were those who had been trapped in the valley by Wu Zhixiong.
Most of them were injured, but their conditions did not seem to be critical.
"No, he escaped."
"We didn't expect that kid to have a fragment of a magic treasure."
"He used the magic treasure fragment to find the weakness of the formation and escaped through a dog hole."
Lin Chen deliberately concealed the information about Wu Long and Wu Hu, only saying that Wu Zhixiong had escaped.
He remembered his senior sister mentioning some things about her formations. The Eight Gates Defense Array was the renowned technique of the Huang family of Beichuan back then.
It was just that for some reason, the Huang family was wiped out overnight, and only a few Huang family disciples survived and were now living in anonymity.
Lin Chen dared not guarantee whether there were any participants from that time among these people, so he had no choice but to resort to this strategy.
"Hmph, that scoundrel, he got lucky. If I meet him again, I'll flay him alive!"
Hearing Lin Chen's words, Sun Zhiquan's face immediately turned angry, and he made a promise to everyone.
"By the way, Mr. Lin, this storage bag contains the corpse of that Dragon-Winged Serpent."
"All of us only took some snake blood. We didn't touch the rest. It's all in there."
"This storage bag contains some spirit herbs and medicinal herbs from below."
As he spoke, Sun Zhiquan took out two storage bags and handed them directly to Lin Chen.
"Many of these spirit herbs and medicinal herbs were destroyed in the previous battle. We split the destroyed part, and the intact ones are all inside!"
Sun Zhiquan's expression was resolute at this moment.
The others also showed faint smiles, following Sun Zhiquan's words.
For them, they had almost lost their lives this time by choosing to believe Wu Zhixiong.
If not for Lin Chen, they would probably all have died in this valley!
Now, being able to survive and retain their lives, and also get some Dragon-Winged Serpent blood and spirit herbs, was enough.
As for the lion's share, they had no objections to giving it all to Lin Chen.
"Mhm, since Patriarch Sun says so, then I'll accept it."
Hearing Sun Zhiquan's words, Lin Chen did not refuse and accepted everything.
"Dong!"
However, at this moment, a melodious bell sound suddenly rang out in the sky.
"Everyone, this Southwest Grand Competition has been concluded early due to special circumstances. All cultivators are requested to immediately gather at the high platform in the center!"
Immediately after, an ancient voice sounded from above, which was the referee from before!
"Mr. Lin, it must be that Wu Zhixiong's escape has caused a major upheaval in the southwest cultivation world, leading to the early termination of the competition."
"Why don't we also go out first?"
Hearing the referee's words, Sun Zhiquan immediately looked at Lin Chen and stated his thoughts.