After hearing Minos' comment, silence settled there, while those people had their own doubts about these newcomers.
'Is he earnest, or is he just trying to deceive us?' Some of them had this thought. After all, skepticism was pretty common among cultivators.
In a world where only the strong had a turn, many individuals behaved in a 'peaceful' way, like unambitious individuals, as they took the lead and gradually took it all for themselves.
In fact, many noble families rose in this way, with the opportunism of some individuals.
Consequently, it wasn't unusual for people to be suspicious of cultivators who brandished strange and disinterested conversations, like what Minos had just said.
As for why the young Stuart had said he wanted to rescue someone from that place, that was because he was pretty sure Peter was there. At first, he and his group only knew that Peter's clues would be around this place.