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In Wang Long's view, places like Nanhua City seem almost entirely created for war, although they also gather trade from the entire governing area—if such primitive means of exchange can even be called trade.
However, after following Mr. Fan to Fire Mountain City, he realized that this was truly an absolute military fortress! There was nothing on the City Wall that could be called "aesthetic"; the materials used were said to be the hardest stones from the Northern Qian Mountain Range, combined with powerful magical formations that were twice as strong as those in Nanhua City. Moreover, heavy troops were stationed on top, and the density of patrols—Wang Long understood completely why Mr. Fan said they no longer had enough strength to protect their merchant convoy just by seeing this setup.
This is why Fire Mountain City had not become a primary target for the Demon Clan's attacks; if it were Nanhua City, which had suffered significant losses, Wang Long would even doubt whether Lu Feng still had enough strength to maintain such vigilance.
However, they did not need to worry for now. With Mr. Fan personally leading them in, the warriors of Fire Mountain City showed no signs of making things difficult for them.
Of course, even though Cai Burin was well-known and held a position, and Hua Ruhai was an old friend who had collaborated with them multiple times, they still did not have the qualifications to enter the more core areas of Fire Mountain City. The so-called merchant convoy was already prepared to set off; after Wang Long and the others arrived and rested briefly, the entire group departed!
During this time, Wang Long gained some understanding of their team.
This time, the number of people was quite decent; however, most of them were Foundation warriors whose strength allowed Ying Sang and others to easily take on multiple opponents. There were only two elder-level experts. One was Mr. Fan, who was traveling with them, and the other was a leader named Li Changge from the army dispatched by Fire Mountain City. They had tested Mr. Fan's strength and found it comparable to that of an elder from Twin Sword Sect, but not as impressive as some prominent disciples from Major Sects. Li Changge, on the other hand, demonstrated real skill; at least when facing Cai Burin's provocative gaze upon their first meeting, he managed to remain unfazed. The rest had to rely on Hua Ruhai and Wang Long. Among Hua Ruhai's group, only two were at elder level; the other was a Black-Faced Man who remained very low-key and rarely spoke. Initially, Wang Long mistook him for Hua Ruhai's subordinate. Then there were only Wang Long and Cai Burin left.
The scale of the convoy wasn't too large; they knew it was a critical time and that barter was impossible, but they also couldn't put all their eggs in one basket.
Cai Burin, lacking ambition, became entirely focused on how to compete with Fire Mountain City and that Black-Faced Man upon seeing so many experts appear. He completely forgot their original purpose for coming to Northern Qian Mountain Range, leaving Wang Long to personally probe others.
Wang Long wasn't very familiar with the power struggles in Northern Qian Mountain Range, so he didn't feel comfortable stating outright that they were looking for Shunshen Song Shuping at first; he wanted to avoid leaking information that might alert certain forces or Song Shuping himself. However, if he didn't make it clear enough, they wouldn't have connected Li Xiaoliang's description of this person with Song Shuping, who had disappeared from the divine realm for many years. After several days together, aside from Wang Long earning a reputation for being calm and approachable and Mr. Fan not considering him a formidable expert based on his performance, they gained nothing else.
The good news was that the mountain roads here were not more difficult than those around Nanhua City; although these mountains were higher and larger, the valleys in between were wider. Additionally, this area had long been a frontline for the divine race against other races, so road construction had been more thorough.
At first glance, everything seemed to go smoothly as they arrived at an initial village called Respectful Friend Village. At this point, Wang Long finally understood how these villages managed to survive among such powerful beasts.
Their village is built on some gently sloping high ground, where pre-set magic circles are continuously half-open. In the event of a beast attack, they can respond immediately without suffering significant losses—as long as no ancient beasts come.
As soon as the caravan arrived here, they were warmly welcomed by the Respectful Friend Village. Wang Long was greatly moved; he hadn't expected such simple and honest folk in such a perilous place as the Northern Qian Mountain Range.
"Stop daydreaming; they have lived on the front lines of the inter-tribal wars for a long time!" Cai Burin's words extinguished his admiration in an instant. "They are undoubtedly united among their own people, but they are very clear about outsiders like us. Their warmth is probably due to the recent influence of the Demon Clan Army, which has led to a prolonged lack of trade and severe shortages of supplies."
Wang Long was taken aback and had to admit that Cai Burin's reasoning made more sense.
At the same time, he thought about Ying Sang and others who had come out with him, only to be delayed for so long in Nanhua City because of his matters. He imagined that Alin Village and Fire Village must also be struggling; perhaps he had been a bit selfish?
With this in mind, Wang Long resolved that regardless of any suspicions raised, he should find Shunshen Song Shuping as soon as possible and bring them back.
Moreover, asking those from Fire Mountain City about such matters would raise suspicion. The villagers should not be on such high alert, right?
"Old man," Wang Long targeted a seemingly kind Old Villager, hoping that someone who had been around long enough would have heard enough rumors to be a reliable source. "May I ask you something?"
"Oh ho, so it's a big shot from Fire Mountain City! Please, go ahead," the Old Man said, recognizing him as the polite young man who had distributed supplies earlier. His previously stern face now blossomed with a smile.
"I want to inquire about someone," Wang Long said cautiously as he glanced around. "Have you heard of a person named Shunshen Song Shuping in this Northern Qian Mountain Range? I hear he is quite a powerful Great Divine Power."
"Oh, Song Shuping? I know him!"
"Ah!" Wang Long was taken aback.
"What's wrong? You still don't believe it?" The Old Man glared, and if he were twenty years younger, he might have lunged forward.
"No, it's just that, do you really know that 'Shunshen' Song Shuping?" Wang Long never expected to get the information he wanted so "easily," and he found it hard to believe.
"That's right, it's the same Lord Song Shuping. Actually, I heard about him from my father. He came to our village to recruit disciples back then, but I was too young to remember."
"Oh? So, Song Shuping still has disciples?" This was a good lead. Even if he himself was hiding in some corner planning to never come out again, surely his disciples wouldn't be stuck in the Valley with him for the rest of their lives.
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