Upon seeing Zhou Heng, the group of four opposite him immediately took up a defensive posture, protectively circling the young man in their midst.
Zhou Heng smiled and said, "I have no ill intentions!"
All four of the young people were around twenty years old; the youth in the center gestured with his hand to put them at ease and asked, "Brother, do you know the way?"
Daring to enter the mountain without knowing the path?
Zhou Heng recalled that he too had not known the way during his first trip into the Pingtian Mountain Range. He couldn't help but smile once more and said, "I do know it, actually."
All four showed signs of relief, still with the youth in the center speaking, "We were originally carrying a Heavenly Star Instrument, but halfway through, we encountered a demon donkey which robbed us clean!"
As they mentioned being robbed by a donkey, the other three showed a mix of anger and embarrassment, clearly considering it a highly disgraceful encounter.
