"No, it's just named after a huge rock at the top of the valley that resembles a lone wolf. Although there are occasionally ferocious beasts nearby, they are too low-ranking to affect the battle at all." The seventh-ranked Gold Medalist praised the other party even more. In his opinion, as a Gold Medal Embroidered Robe Envoy, cultivation level was secondary; a clear mind and a cautious personality were the most important.

Next, he introduced the cultivation levels and special skills of the main figures in the escort team to Zu'an, in even more detail than Sang Hong had provided before. He even patiently explained how many soldiers were involved: "My plan is as follows..."

"That's what you call professional," Zu An said, full of admiration.

The two discussed for a long time, and then Gold Medal Eleven quietly left. He needed to monitor the escort team's movements to prevent them from changing their itinerary at the last minute.

As for Zuan, he headed to Lone Wolf Valley ahead of time. Before leaving, he specifically sought out Pei You, Gao Ying, and the others, saying that his cultivation would soon have a small breakthrough and that he needed to go into seclusion to meditate. He asked them not to disturb him. The two of them readily agreed and congratulated him repeatedly.

With Sang Hong's hint that he would help cover it up, he quietly headed towards Lone Wolf Valley.

With his current cultivation level, he reached his destination in a short time by traveling at full speed.

After surveying the area from the distant mountaintop, Zu'an understood why the other party had chosen this place. The valley was funnel-shaped, wide at the entrance and narrowing as one went further in, with the narrowest point only a few meters wide. This long and narrow section was about two or three hundred meters long, and then it gradually widened again.

Once you're in a place like this, no matter how many people there are, they won't be able to make any progress.

However, even ordinary people know that such a place is a strategic military location, so how could those in the military not know it?

Yi County built an outpost here to keep a close watch on the situation in the valley. If there was any unusual activity, a signal fire would be sent to notify the distant cities of Yi County.

Zaun's first task was to find a way to destroy this outpost and disable its ability to transmit messages and issue warnings.

The seventh-ranked gold medalist solemnly warned that taking down the outposts was not difficult, but avoiding alerting the enemy was extremely difficult. Although the number of people at the outposts was small, they were very scattered, with people at the valley entrance, in the valley, and at the valley end. Moreover, there were people monitoring from high vantage points on the cliffs, and each place had a signal fire device. Once anything was found to be wrong in any of the places, a signal fire would be lit immediately.

That's fine, but what's more difficult is waiting for the escort team to arrive at noon. If they see that there's a problem at the outpost, then naturally they won't enter the valley.

Therefore, the only targets are the sentries in the valley and on the high ground, and to enter the valley, one must pass through the surveillance range of the sentries at both ends of the valley.

Zuan wasn't too worried. He could even break into the imperial palace, so how difficult could this heavily guarded place be? In an instant, four solutions came to mind.

He quickly made his way to the outpost at the valley entrance. He was incredibly fast. It was dawn, and although the sky was just beginning to lighten, the valley was still quite dark. His movements were difficult to see clearly in the darkness.

As he approached the outpost, just as he was about to make his move, he suddenly frowned slightly, for he smelled a strong stench of blood.

"What happened?" He cautiously approached the gate of the outpost, only to see several sentries lying in pools of blood, each killed instantly without any time to react.