Chapter 417 - 396: Second Update
North of Zheng Capital, once you pass through the North City Gate, are dozens of miles of refugees, continuously gathered from various places. The North City Gate is different from the South City Gate; to the south of the South City Gate lie several of the larger Districts and Counties of Zheng Capital, which, though impoverished now, are still livable.
To the north of the North City Gate, one county is poorer than the next, and because of the rugged routes and sparse population, there are hardly any formal counties, yet hundreds of kilometers further north of Zheng Capital, there are two plateaus located between mountain ranges with even land. However, people from the Northwest Border don’t welcome outsiders, so the refugees, even if they know they can’t enter the Imperial City, are even more afraid to venture into these counties.
Master Yu Sheng and Zong Yunqian, leading their group, searched through these mountain ranges for several days, clashing with the people from Ghoul Ravine several times but they cunningly slipped away right before their eyes. Searching while chasing, they had inadvertently penetrated deep into the mountains, and gradually, even the usually calm Master Yu Sheng seemed somewhat solemn.
"Once out of the mountain ranges, it’s Heize County and Sanmin County, and it will be even harder to search," Zong Yunqian said with a solemn face, already covered in dust from several days of travel, his face smeared with mud that he had no time to clean.
The influence of Qiandao Temple in Nanzheng is vast, and they have people in nearly eighty percent of the Districts and Counties; the public’s belief and admiration of Qiandao Temple is at an unprecedented level. However, the remaining twenty percent lies in the Northern Border, especially these two counties.
Master Yu Sheng was well aware of the peculiarities of these two counties. Moving forward, it would not be so easy for them to capture the people from Ghoul Ravine.
Yet Zong Yunqian did not want to give up just like that. Having left the mountains, their speed was incredibly fast, but even so, they still couldn’t catch up. If they were unable to stop Master Yin He from entering Ghoul Ravine, then the prophecy of his master might just come true.
After hesitating for a while, Master Yu Sheng simply agreed.
"Senior Brother, rest assured, I am capable of protecting myself and will definitely capture Master Yin He," Zong Yunqian said with determination.