It took the group five days to reach Heng City, even traveling at full gallop. After all, not everyone possessed Baili Moqing’s profound internal energy, which allowed him to traverse such distances with lightning speed.
That very evening, Baili Moqing took Shu He, Nan Qi, Yi Meier, and Meng Fang to scout Geshan Mountain under the cover of darkness. Xi Zhu remained behind to coordinate with the members of the Liangce Battalion hidden in Heng City, preparing to carry out the mission Shu He had entrusted to him.
The terrain of Geshan was rugged. On the only path leading to the gunpowder workshop at the summit lay a green belt of jungle, dozens of meters long. It cut across the mountain like a green rope, eerily cleaving the peak from the slopes as if a valley had been carved directly into the mountainside. Geshan had originally been a bamboo mountain, covered in endless, dense thickets. In years past, villagers from around Heng City would often enter the mountain to harvest bamboo shoots and timber for income, but now, Geshan had become a forbidden zone for the locals.
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