Zong Shen kept the airship flying at an altitude of around a hundred meters above the ground.
At the speed of the [Goblin airship], Zong Shen reached the edge of the rocky region five or six minutes later.
From here onward, to the east lay a vast expanse of dark green forest.
The reason this forest appeared dark green was because it contained many towering cypress trees.
Their branches were dense, their twigs slender and abundant, and their foliage exceedingly thick. Their crowns were completely enveloped by branches and leaves, making it impossible to see through from one side to the other.
The trunks generally formed dark green cones.
The tallest could reach over thirty meters in height.
Cypress wood was highly adaptable and favored warm, humid climates.
Not only was it wind-resistant and tolerant of smoke and dust, but its grain was fine, its texture hard, and it was water-resistant.
It was often used as pillars for temples or palaces.
He had not expected to find such a vast cypress forest here.
To make observation easier, he controlled the [Goblin airship] and climbed to an altitude of three or four hundred meters.
Then, he slowly flew above the dark green forest.
The cypresses below were too densely packed for him to see what lay beneath them.
He had no idea where the sound of the war drums from earlier had come from.
After flying east along the dark green forest for another seven or eight minutes, a clearly open area began to appear below. This clearing had been created entirely by logging, like a scar in the forest, and was even far larger than the Goblin Tribe.
Zong Shen controlled the airship to hover in midair and observed it openly.
Within this forest clearing, fur tents and straw-built shacks