Night fell, the moon shone faintly, and the stars were sparse over the dilapidated temple in the desolate mountains.
This mountainous area was still some distance from Lvzhou City, with no villages ahead or stores behind. Consequently, the commerce caravan had no choice but to rest for the night at the unnamed, decrepit temple halfway up the slope.
Since it was a small temple and not very spacious, the caravan members set up their bedding inside. They stacked their goods in a corner of the courtyard and tied their horses outside in the yard.
As for the few wing rooms barely fit for dwelling, they were all vacated and cleaned out for use by the womenfolk.
The so-called womenfolk, naturally, were not from among the caravan's ranks but were the women Wanli Fengdao had rescued from the bandits' lair.
These bandits had roamed the nearby region for several months, escaping one military encirclement after another thanks to their Carefully Cautious tactics.
