Chapter 1166

That rattan also had the strength of a Holy Lord and was slightly stronger than the invigilator leading the group.

However, plant life was extremely strong and had amazing regenerative abilities. The group of invigilators attacked the rattan frantically, trying to save their companions. However, the rattan refused to let go of the young man it had captured earlier and was waiting for a chance to capture a second prey.

The group could not even take care of themselves and naturally had no time to care about Gu Ding.

Hearing that Gu Ding wanted to leave, the yellow-haired young man hesitated for a moment but then shouted.

"Don't go. Help us save someone!"

Gu Ding could not help but laugh when he heard the yellow-haired young man's words.

"Why should I help you? Didn't you just want to stop me from clearing the level? "

"As long as you're willing to help us, we can let you clear the level!" The yellow-haired young man hesitated for a moment and finally chose to compromise.

"That's not enough. If I leave now, you still can't stop me." Gu Ding looked at the other party's situation. For a short period of time, they should still be able to withstand the rattan's attack.

"Then what do you want in exchange for your help?!" The yellow-haired young man knew that with just his group, he was afraid that he would lose at least one of his companions this time.

"I only have one condition. Tell me everything you know about this forest." Gu Ding stated his condition.

The yellow-haired young man's face turned a little ugly. They were natives of this forest and knew a lot of information. However, due to certain reasons, many things could not be revealed.

"I can't make that decision. I can bring you back to see the tribe elder. The tribe elder knows more than us, but whether he's willing to tell you is not up to me." The yellow-haired young man saw that his group could not hold on any longer and chose to compromise. "But before I bring you to see the tribe elder, you must swear not to hurt any member of our tribe."

"Deal!"

Gu Ding agreed readily. Then, he pointed a finger at the rattan and it turned into dust.

The young man who was entangled immediately broke free from the rattan, and the group retreated a few meters away from where the rattan had been.

The yellow-haired young man who was the leader looked at Gu Ding with a strange expression. There was awe, fear, and hesitation in his expression.

"I've saved her. Now it's time to fulfill your promise." Gu Ding smiled at the blonde young man.

The yellow-haired young man hesitated for a moment before plucking up the courage to ask Gu Ding, "Are you a Sage King Level powerhouse?"

"Is there a problem?" Gu Ding did not answer the yellow-haired young man.

"Swear the oath first before I can take you there," the yellow-haired young man said as he looked at Gu Ding with caution and fear.

"Alright …" Gu Ding had no choice but to swear an oath. He had no intention of doing anything to these indigenous people.

After listening to Gu Ding's oath, the blonde youth's expression softened a little. He turned his head and said to the people behind him, "Let's go back to the colony."

Gu Ding followed behind them leisurely.

What Gu Ding found strange was that they did not encounter any attacks from trees or vines along the way as they followed behind the blonde young man and his group. They did not even see a single ultra beast.

At first, Gu Ding thought that these people were really protected by the forest. However, after careful observation, he realized that this group of people was not protected by the forest. Instead, they had found a safe route to walk in the forest.

After about two hours, Gu Ding was brought to a village by the blonde young man and his group. In the words of the blonde young man and his group, this was a gathering point.

There were not many people in this gathering point, only about a hundred or so people. Most of them were elderly, women, and children. It was said that there were only about thirty people who were as young as the blonde young man and had combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the blonde young man and his group had returned, a middle-aged man walked over. His combat effectiveness was not low either. He was also a Holy Lord, but Gu Ding could tell that he was much stronger than the blonde young man.

"Avery, what are you doing? Why did you bring an outsider back! "The middle-aged man shouted at the blonde young man. "Who is he? Do you know anything about him? What if he's a Trial Participant?! "

The blonde young man looked aggrieved. "Uncle, he saved Lyme's life …"

The blonde young man, Avery, told the story of how he and his group were attacked by vines and how they were rescued by Gu Ding. Of course, he left out many details.

As for Gu Ding's identity, Avery did not say anything. He had been nagging Gu Ding repeatedly on the way here, telling him not to reveal his identity as a Trial Participant.

Gu Ding just listened and did not interrupt. His purpose for coming here was to find out more about this forest. Naturally, he did not want to cause any more trouble.

Moreover, Gu Ding knew very well that to the native life forms of this Path of Kings, Trial Participants like him were trespassers to this world. Naturally, they would not be welcomed.

After listening to Avery's story, the middle-aged man was still a little suspicious. After carefully looking at Gu Ding, he asked Avery, "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with his identity? If anything happens to the elder, our entire tribe will be destroyed … "

After that, Avery and the middle-aged man communicated telepathically for a while. No one knew what Avery said, but the middle-aged man finally left. Before he left, he frowned at Gu Ding.

Avery's group of friends also dispersed. Avery was the only one left. He brought Gu Ding to the door of a small mud hut and said to Gu Ding, "I'll talk to the elder and see if he's willing to see you."

After saying that, he bent down and went through the door. He was slightly taller than Gu Ding, close to 1.9 meters, and the door of the small mud hut was not even as tall as his head. Gu Ding estimated that it was barely 1.8 meters.

Gu Ding stood at the door and waited patiently. After a while, Avery came out and nodded at Gu Ding. "The elder wants you to go in. He said he wants to see you too."

Gu Ding nodded, lowered his head, and strode through the door.

After stepping through the door, Gu Ding realized that the inside was as old as the outside. He had originally thought that the house only looked old from the outside, and that there would be other spaces inside. After all, this was the place where the elder lived.

The house was not big, and after entering the door was the living room. There was a palm-sized golden leaf hanging on the wall of the living room. In front of the leaf, there were offerings of incense and flesh on the altar.

"Come in …" An old voice suddenly came from the bedroom on the left.

Gu Ding turned and walked toward the bedroom.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw an old man lying on a wooden recliner. The old man looked like he was in his twilight years, and his face was full of dry wrinkles. He was sleeping on the recliner, and his movements were sluggish as he waved at Gu Ding. "Come and sit …"

Gu Ding walked up to him and sat on a low stool beside him. He carefully looked at the old man in front of him. After a while, he realized that the elder's eyes did not look old at all. Instead, they were as clear as a baby's, and yet they were bottomless.

With that alone, Gu Ding knew that he had found the right person.

"That kid Avery might have deliberately hidden it from me, but you must be a Holy King from the outside world, right?" The old man looked at Gu Ding with a smile.