They rode their horses and chatted loudly, oblivious to everyone else, as if no one in Anhuai County could do anything to them; they were extremely arrogant.

Jiang Wanwan quickly held her breath and furrowed her brows, silently counting the number of bandits.

This time, the number of bandits was significantly larger than yesterday, numbering over twenty.

In this way, the bandits' stronghold would be less guarded. This would make it easier for her and Qi Zhao to infiltrate Black Wind Stronghold.

The bandits galloped past without finding any trace of Jiang Wanwan and Qi Zhao.

Once the bandits were some distance away, Jiang Wanwan and Qi Zhao quietly emerged from the bushes.

To avoid alerting the enemy, the two decided to leave the horses where they had been before, and Jiang Wanwan even used cosmetics to disguise them before walking up the mountain.

During the day, Jiang Wanwan had used binoculars to spy on the bandits' routes, so the two of them found the way up the mountain without much effort.

If it weren't for what happened during the day, finding the way up the mountain would have been extremely difficult.

Wearing night vision goggles, their vision was not obstructed at all, making the climb much easier.

Using the floating map in front of her, Jiang Wanwan led Qi Zhao to avoid many traps and mechanisms set up by Black Wind Stronghold.

Along the path leading to Black Wind Village, there were several watchtowers, where bandits patrolled and kept watch.

The two worked together, dodging numerous sentry posts, and finally climbed to the halfway point of the mountain, where they saw the two thick gates of Black Wind Stronghold.

On the gate, a few crooked characters were carved on a piece of uncolored wooden board. On either side of the gate, two stone walls surrounded the entire mountain village.

On either side of the gate, there is a watchtower with torches lit, where several bandits stand to keep watch and observe the surroundings.

It must be said that the location chosen by Black Wind Stronghold was absolutely brilliant, truly a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The village is situated halfway up a mountain, surrounded by towering peaks. Steep cliffs surround it, with only a narrow, winding path connecting it to the outside world.

If you want to get to Black Wind Stronghold, you can only take this small path. This path is very hidden and full of traps and mechanisms; if you're not careful, you can easily fall into one.

Black Wind Stronghold is located in such a secluded place, no wonder no one can find it.

With such tight security at the gate, entering from here would easily alert the bandits.

So the two decided to take a detour.

Having evaded the sentries at the watchtower, Jiang Wanwan and Qi Zhao bypassed the gate and went straight to the back mountain of Black Wind Stronghold.

There's another entrance on the back mountain, but the guards here are relatively weak. There are only six bandits guarding the back entrance, and there's no lookout tower.

Taking advantage of the moment when the bandits guarding the village were drinking, Qi Zhao carried Jiang Wanwan and used his lightness skill to scale the high wall and sneak into Black Wind Village.

Black Wind Village is indeed undergoing expansion.

In the open space behind the mountain, foundations had been laid, and in the very center of these foundations, a large house had already been built. The house, with its blue bricks and glazed tiles, didn't look like an ordinary dwelling; it resembled a palace!

"Is One-Eyed Dragon trying to become the bandit king of Black Wind Stronghold?" Jiang Wanwan muttered to herself.

The two walked through the plot of land and then through a bamboo forest. With the help of night vision goggles, they saw many courtyards of various sizes.

"Waaaaah~ Let me go, please, let me go."

Suddenly, in the quiet night, a mournful female voice rang out.