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Deep within the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, Xiao Nianci hid behind a massive boulder on a high cliff, observing the deep, dark canyon ahead.
The canyon stretched for dozens of miles and was dotted with over ten villages. Each village was enclosed by a wall of thick, round logs, and several tall stockades had been built at both ends of the canyon and along the walls.
From a distance, it looked like a densely populated town garrisoned by elite troops.
It was now mealtime, and wisps of smoke from cooking fires curled up from every village. Children could be seen playing and chasing each other from time to time, painting a picture of peace and tranquility.
The Black Lotus Sect brigands guarding the stockades stood swaggering on the various watchtowers, showing no sense of urgency that a great enemy was approaching.
'Strange, why are the defenses at the Black Lotus Sect Headquarters so lax?'
