The bumpy ride hadn't affected anyone's sleep in the slightest. Jiang Cheng, the Fatty, Yao Shunyu, and Li Bai were all fast asleep, their snores rising and falling together like a symphony.
Ever since learning that Wu was strong enough to protect them all, Jiang Cheng had been brimming with confidence.
They had already killed the Night Watch's leader. Judging by the fight between Wu and the leader, as well as the earlier battle in the mountains, the remaining Night Watch remnants were no longer a threat to them.
Around noon, they arrived at a town nestled among a range of mountains. It was rather remote.
The scenery along the way hadn't been much to look at, either. The mountains around here were barren, scarred by mining and logging. Some had even been reduced to half their former size, their vast stretches of exposed yellow rock like enormous wounds.
According to the driver, this unremarkable town was called Jinxiu Town. It might not look like much now, but in its heyday its scenery had been unmatched for miles around. Unfortunately, developers had set their sights on the town's resources.
After more than a decade of development, the townspeople had grown richer, but the surrounding mountains and rivers had been ruined. At the time, over a hundred trucks a day had hauled away stone and timber.
Once the resources had been nearly depleted, the developers had simply walked away. They hadn't even paid the town the full compensation they'd promised. Worse, because processing plants had once been built here, many townspeople had fallen ill with strange diseases, and the children who remained weren't normal either. It became a vicious cycle, and everyone who was able to leave did so. Only the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled who couldn't