Why hadn't they arrived yet?
Shen Tang's brows furrowed slightly.
According to the message Kang Shi's bluebird had brought back, the mountain where the armory was located lay northeast of her. Shen Tang had headed in that direction, and judging by the distance, they should be somewhere around here. The vegetation at the foot of the mountain also seemed to match, but this mountain path...
Shen Tang asked the bandits, "Are you sure this is the place?"
The bandits were stumped by her question.
Uh...
Shen Tang had told them which mountain and what direction, but they'd simply followed the Head of the Household. Now the Head of the Household was turning around and asking them... Remembering how Shen Tang drew her sword and lopped off people's heads without a word, they were too scared to answer recklessly.
"Have you all gone mute? Say something..."
She wasn't a local who'd grown up in Heyin. Being able to roughly tell north from south was already pretty good. As for which mountain this was and the exact location... that was asking too much of her. She hadn't meant to blame them, but the bandits were practically on the verge of tears.
After the bandits had pleaded and begged, one "hero" finally stepped forward, trembling. "It should be this mountain..."
His voice lacked conviction.
But that was exactly the answer Shen Tang wanted.
"We're not lost? Good, then let's keep moving!"
As long as they weren't lost, everything else was a small matter. What Shen Tang didn't realize was that she'd overlooked a tiny detail—Kang Shi's information was correct, and so was the direction she'd taken. She hadn't picked the wrong mountain, either. But Kang Shi was on the front side, while they were climbing in from the back.
The higher they went,