Teammates

"Because of the Saintess, the locals who live near Ga Wu Zhang De Snow Mountain regard it as a sacred place. Every year, plenty of pilgrims make the long journey here, trekking hundreds of kilometers around the mountain on a pilgrimage. They carry prayer wheels and are unwavering in their faith, devout to the extreme."

"If anyone tries to climb the mountain, they'll see it as a desecration of the gods and a grave insult to the Saintess. The consequences will be terrible, and disaster will strike at once."

Shang Mo spoke with a serious expression, not sounding the least bit like he was joking.

"Okay," Jiang Cheng agreed on everyone's behalf.

Once Shang Mo had put his backpack on again and shuffled out of the tent, the others seemed to relax a little. Being around a clue-bearing character in a mission always put them under a strange sort of pressure.

The man in the striped shirt turned to Jiang Cheng and asked politely, "Hello. Are you Mister Jiang?"

Jiang Cheng frowned. What was going on? He'd been recognized in the last mission, and now it had happened again. Was he really that famous now?

The man noticed Jiang Cheng's displeasure and hurried to explain. "Please don't misunderstand, Mister Jiang. We were here first, and Shang Mo showed us a list. Besides our names, there were three others on it."

"I heard Shang Mo call those two Mister Wang and Mister Huai, so that leaves you."

Jiang Cheng was surprised to hear there was a list, but when he learned it only had vague titles like Mister Jiang and Mister Wang, his expression eased a little.

The Fatty and Huai Yi looked just as surprised. Apparently, they hadn't known about the list either.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Cheng glanced