Lin Hao looked at Tang Ziyuan, suspecting she had ulterior motives.
Otherwise, why would she bring him to such a place just to talk?
Moreover, they had been walking for quite some time, and Tang Ziyuan still hadn't spoken, continuing to walk with her head down.
"Follow me, and I'll tell you!" Tang Ziyuan turned to look at Lin Hao, her expression cold.
"Are you trying to stall me?" Lin Hao asked, looking at Tang Ziyuan.
He suspected Tang Ziyuan was trying to delay him.
There were less than twelve hours left until Tang Ziyuan needed to pass the Yang Pass.
With time so tight, he didn't need to think twice to know that Tang Ziyuan definitely didn't want him to go back into the water to retrieve the dragon's saliva.
The scene earlier had been too perilous.
If he had died, Tang Ziyuan would have been left to wait for her own death.
Therefore, Lin Hao believed that Tang Ziyuan's inexplicable summoning of him and her silence were all part of a plan to stall for time.
Once evening arrived, he would lose the best opportunity to go into the water.
At that point, even if he wanted to retrieve the dragon's saliva, he would be powerless.
In the end, he would be forced to use the most basic method, establishing a karmic connection with Tang Ziyuan.
"Stall for time? Why would I stall for time?" Tang Ziyuan looked at Lin Hao, her eyes filled with indifference and disdain.
She understood Lin Hao's words.
However, she was too lazy to play any games of delay with Lin Hao.
Her own time was already tight. If it weren't for the Yang Pass, she wouldn't have spent so much time around Lin Hao.
Now that she could pass the Yang Pass using the simplest method, why would she bother stalling?
However, Lin Hao was unaware of Tang Ziyuan's thoughts.
Lin Hao looked at Tang Ziyuan, and based on the expression she displayed when she spoke, he felt she wasn't lying.
But if Tang Ziyuan wasn't trying to stall for time, then what else could she be doing?
Did she really have something to say to him?
Lin Hao was filled with doubt, knitted his brows, and continued to follow Tang Ziyuan.
He wanted to see what Tang Ziyuan was up to.
Of course, he wasn't entirely without precautions.
If they walked for another ten to twenty minutes and Tang Ziyuan still didn't speak, he would turn around and leave immediately.
This way, he would have only spent forty to fifty minutes, which wouldn't delay him from going back into the water.
Tang Ziyuan was unaware of Lin Hao's plan. She simply kept moving forward, looking for a very secluded place where they wouldn't be seen.
However, the further she walked into the secluded areas, the more unsettled her heart became.
She had thought she had seen through everything and would remain calm no matter what happened.
But now, as she moved into increasingly secluded places, her heart grew more nervous than she could have imagined.
In her entire life, even when facing various poisonous insects for the first time, she had never been as nervous as she was now.
She couldn't understand why she was so nervous, just because of Lin Hao.
Now, her entire body was tense, and her palms were even sweating.
Lin Hao, following behind Tang Ziyuan, noticed her strangeness.
He could clearly feel that Tang Ziyuan seemed to be getting more and more nervous.
Lin Hao was puzzled, not knowing what was going on with Tang Ziyuan.
"Hey, are you alright?" Lin Hao asked, looking at Tang Ziyuan with confusion.
Tang Ziyuan, already very nervous, was startled by Lin Hao's sudden speech.
"Are you trying to die? Can you not suddenly speak!" Tang Ziyuan turned to look at Lin Hao, her eyes wide, and said angrily.
Lin Hao was taken aback, then looked at Tang Ziyuan and said speechlessly, "Alright, I won't speak. You speak, what do you want to say? You should tell me now, right?"
"We're not there yet!"
"What? Not there yet?"
"If I say we're not there, then we're not there!"
"Then give me a time estimate, how much longer will it take? I don't have that much time." Lin Hao said, looking at Tang Ziyuan with a frown.
At this moment, he couldn't help but begin to doubt his previous judgment.
He felt that Tang Ziyuan was very likely stalling for time.
Otherwise, after walking for more than half an hour, how could they still not have arrived?
Moreover, this place was all mountains and rugged rocks; where was she going?
"We're almost there!"
Tang Ziyuan said with a stern look, then turned and walked away.
At this moment, she was extremely annoyed.
If it weren't for her pure Yin destiny, if it weren't for the rarity of finding someone with a pure Yang destiny, and if she didn't have more important matters to attend to, why would she seek out this shameless scoundrel Lin Hao!
Even if she were to die, she would never seek out a shameless scoundrel like Lin Hao!
Lin Hao followed behind Tang Ziyuan. Tang Ziyuan's sudden outburst made him even more confused.
However, Lin Hao was too lazy to think about it anymore.
In any case, he would give Tang Ziyuan another ten minutes.
If after ten minutes, Tang Ziyuan was still like this and didn't speak, he would ignore her and return.
At that point, even if Tang Ziyuan wanted to commit suicide, he would absolutely not pay attention.
Time slowly passed.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight minutes had gone by.
Tang Ziyuan walked ahead, feeling that this place was quite good.
There was a sunken area below, which was very flat, and the surroundings and overhead were all rocks, making it very hidden.
Moreover, they had walked for forty to fifty minutes, and they were already very far from Xiao Hei, Wang Da Cong, and the others.
Even if she and Lin Hao made any noise, they wouldn't be heard.
Tang Ziyuan suppressed her nervousness, surveyed the surroundings, and finally decided on this spot.
It was at this moment that Lin Hao looked at Tang Ziyuan and frowned, "We should be there by now, right? Are you going to speak or not? If not, I'm leaving."
Tang Ziyuan, who was already extremely nervous and secretly observing the terrain, was startled by Lin Hao's sudden words.
She looked at Lin Hao, her anger surging, but she ultimately suppressed it.
"We're here, it's down there. I'll speak after we go down," Tang Ziyuan said, pointing to the sunken area in front of them.
Lin Hao was stunned, then looked down curiously.
But after a careful glance, he didn't find anything particularly special.
If there was anything special, it was only that the place was quite hidden.
If one didn't walk up to it, no one would discover that there was such a place.
Moreover, this place gathered wind and water, so the feng shui was quite good.
However, this was Tianchi, not suitable for living. Otherwise, building a house here for recuperation would be quite good.
"You said you'd speak after going down, remember that." Lin Hao said to Tang Ziyuan.
He didn't have much time and was too lazy to ask Tang Ziyuan why she needed to go down to speak.
Anyway, the place wasn't high. If they went down, they went down. Would Tang Ziyuan eat him after he went down?