Underground Mechanism

"This copper ring was hanging from a branch pointing southwest. Could the Black Gate Cult have gone beneath the Great Stone Wall?" Jiulin took off her hat, letting her long ears out to breathe. "But there's no road leading deeper into the mountains over there, and there's no way it could fit fifty thousand refugees."

"Perhaps there are limestone caves or somewhere similar where they could hide," Shanhui said. "This kind of terrain does make it easier to block off scents. Besides, the Black Gate Cult never explicitly said that Otherworldly Heaven was within Baiyao Mountain."

If it was all just a scam, then there was nothing to hesitate over.

With Jinxia's current strength, dealing with a few Black Gate Cult envoys would be more than enough.

Half an hour later, Li followed the Copper Wire Pendant's guidance to the foot of a mountain peak. The last small bundle of copper wire was pinned beneath a rock, while before it stood a towering, precipitous wall of stone.

"The trail ends here." Li pinched the copper wire between her fingers—the bundle was clearly shorter than the previous ones. This meant that even after splitting one Pendant into several pieces, Luo Qingqing had nearly run out.

"I think the boss found the right place," Shanhui said, sniffing. "There aren't many distinctive scents here anymore, but there's definitely a faint smell of a camp on this cliff face."

The four exchanged glances, the same answer surfacing in all their minds.

"A hidden door."

Such mechanisms were common in the estates of aristocratic families, but that did not mean they could not appear in the wilderness.

If someone was trying to conceal something, putting a hidden door in a cliff face was perfectly reasonable.

"Let me find it," Jiulin volunteered.

"How?" Li asked.

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