Seven days later, Xiao Yu arrived with the army among a range of low mountains near the borders of the Yue Kingdom, Jiang Kingdom, and Cheqi Kingdom.
The peaks here were not particularly high, but there were certainly plenty of them. Dozens of small mountains lay scattered irregularly across several hundred li, dividing the region into little basins.
The allied army of the Covering Moon Sect, Spirit Beast Mountain, and the Giant Sword Sect stopped in a somewhat wider basin. They would make camp here and wait for the cultivators of the other four sects to join them.
When a late Foundation Establishment cultivator maintaining order called out, "We've reached our destination! Rest where you are!" the entire procession immediately stirred.
More than ten thousand cultivators broke into a noisy hubbub of conversation and scattered in moments, each searching for a suitable place to establish a temporary dwelling.
Some used magic tools to cut timber in the woods and build wooden cabins. Others used earth-element spells to raise earthen houses on level ground, while still others simply hollowed out large holes in the rock to make stone chambers.
The scene was somewhat chaotic at first, but under the shouted orders of the higher-ranking cultivators, it soon grew orderly. Clearly, they had done this many times during the expedition and could quickly settle into the routine.
Xiao Yu glanced around, then flew straight toward a small mountain with somewhat fewer people.
This small mountain was only a little over a hundred zhang tall. Its vegetation thinned steadily from foot to summit. Above the halfway point, it grew increasingly sparse, leaving bare rock exposed in many places.
Near the summit, Xiao Yu stopped and jumped off his flying boat. After examining the area briefly, he brought out an axe-shaped magic tool and