Han Xuhan thought back to everything he had explained so far, mostly under the threat of Zhao Weiqing and his puppet army. Slowly gnawing on the charred meat, he launched off a different set of explanations, solely meant to be heard by these two golden thighs of his.
"Back at that time after you two entered the platforms in the third stage, I sent Zhanxian out of that place, carrying a letter I wrote to a nonexistent partner waiting outside the portal.
"I've already discussed the reasons why I felt it was unsafe there. So sending out Zhanxian with that bait was just another safety precaution. You could say it was a last resort, in a way. If my suspicions turned out to be true, the chances were high that I wouldn't manage to escape the Holy Land in time during a sudden disaster.
