The hidden weapons flying relentlessly through the cave had stopped without anyone noticing.
The shower of rubble stirred up by the descending stone gate had also come to an end.
The furious Liaochen and his companion dragged Chi Jingyang into the middle of the passage, where he knelt obediently before Jiang Yanchuan.
"Speak," Jiang Yanchuan said.
This stretch of passage was a little wider than the entrance. Jiang Yanchuan ordered Gao Siyuan to light a Fire Starter, finally allowing them to see the scene before them more clearly.
Conflicting emotions flickered through Chi Jingyang's eyes several times. Instead of answering, he asked, "How did you know about this place?"
After leaving that small courtyard, these people had headed straight here without taking a single unnecessary detour. Clearly, they already knew the terrain thoroughly.
If even the people of Great Rui knew this place like the backs of their hands, it could no longer serve as a refuge for him and his companions!
They had already had the map the little girl drew in advance, and her constant mental muttering of [Left] and [Right] had guided them straight here. Faced with his question, the three of them felt a rare twinge of embarrassment.
None of them let it show.
Jiang Yanchuan set the little girl down, walked over to Chi Jingyang, and crouched to meet his eyes.
"You must have lived in seclusion for quite some time. Do you know what Beiming has been doing lately?"
Chi Jingyang froze. "What?"
Jiang Yanchuan's tone was sorrowful, as though he held all the people of the world in his heart. "The King of Beiming's order to burn the infected soldiers met with nationwide opposition and could not be carried out. Forced to spend a substantial sum fighting the epidemic, he was unwilling to