Xie Yi said there was a temporary shelter on the side ridge of Fourth Peak.
It was a mountain stockade used to station troops, though it had been abandoned.
He and the people he had brought were staying there.
We could go there and rest for the time being.
He also said that the stockade had some basic necessities stored inside. Going there was better than starving and freezing here.
Of course, I did not refuse.
Although I had a way to find a place to rest, it would probably still be inferior to the outpost Xie Yi had mentioned.
My method was simple: temporarily expand a space, one that could shut out the snow, ice, and cold. But once we entered such a space, we would know nothing at all about what was happening outside.
I still wanted to see the Great Living Buddha. Time-Space Houn said it could handle that matter and invite the Great Living Buddha here. Of course, it could also send me to the Great Living Buddha.
But I still had it invite the Great Living Buddha over. If we went down the mountain and something happened up here, we would have no time to react.
The stockade did not look particularly run-down. It should have been built by The Officials, but apparently no soldiers had been willing to stay here. Only two local old men were left to guard the place. Their skin was dark, their faces covered in wrinkles, yet they wore the uniforms of imperial soldiers.
Xie Yi coughed lightly. "Since the Qing Dynasty soldiers were unwilling to station themselves here, they hired two locals to serve as the garrison. As far as I know, this troop garrison was supposed to have thirty-six soldiers. They were probably pocketing the pay for nonexistent