The Golden Armored Army left the city and, relying on the Nine Schools Techniques of the Agricultural School and School of Techniques, found many traces outside the city, closing in step by step on Shi Yuezhen's location.
After nightfall, the cries of beasts echoed through the mountains, and a sense of danger quietly spread.
The Technique Master in charge of tracking for the Golden Armored Army stood by a stream in the forest, divining the way ahead. Tracking the Five Elements Qi in the woods, he said to Gu Jun beside him, "They're up there. We've blocked all the paths down the mountain. If we go up now, we'll definitely find them."
Gu Jun didn't linger. He led his men straight up the mountain.
The sunlight gradually faded. Before night fell, this squad of the Golden Armored Army crossed the forest and spotted a cave ahead, its entrance lit by firelight.
Gu Jun looked back at Zhongli Shan, who was following behind him, silently asking whether he wanted to go over and take a look himself.
Zhongli Shan knew this cave was where Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu were hiding, but he remembered his younger sister's warning and hesitated. In the end, he chose not to get involved, instead telling Gu Jun, "The Military School Chongtai is only assisting with the investigation. When it comes to capturing them, that's your Golden Armored Army's job."
His younger sister wouldn't have said that for no reason.
Zhongli Shan remembered his father mentioning that he had gone to meet him at the cloud carriage stop because his younger sister had asked him to.
Seeing that Zhongli Shan had no intention of getting involved, Gu Jun assumed he was avoiding suspicion out of necessity and led his men toward the cave.
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