On a mountain peak along the border between Ping Prefecture and Ying Prefecture stood a series of hastily erected temporary shelters.
Zhang Yu, Shi Yue, Wen Liang, Cao Fangding, and some twenty cultivators had transferred here from Liang Province three days earlier. At this moment, they stood atop the mountain, looking out toward Ying Prefecture in the distance.
Shi Yue suddenly felt a stir in his heart. Forming a hand seal, he calculated silently, then said, "Profound Rectifier, the letter has reached a place in the southwest corner. It is now moving south."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. "We need only wait."
The letter paper handed to Mo Ruohua had been supplied by them. It was no ordinary letter paper, but something Wen Liang and Shi Yue had borrowed a little of and condensed with heart-force.
Thus, wherever the letter went, Shi Yue and Wen Liang could sense it clearly.
Because the letter had been sent through an exclusive channel by two armored captains, even if it could not be delivered directly to the Celestial Mechanism workshop within the Military Prefecture, it should still land somewhere close to the target. That would allow them to narrow down the general area.
However, the Military Prefecture should have precautionary measures in place. By their estimation, the most likely possibility was that the letter would be opened before it reached its intended recipient. Its contents would merely be memorized or copied down before being passed on.
This was the most secure and least laborious method. It avoided the hidden dangers that an outside letter might bring, while also sparing them the trouble of specially arranging for someone to inspect it.
Fortunately, they had made another arrangement for this.
The letter contained quite a bit of text, but several combinations of words and phrases had