Chu Lingguang decided to wait until after he took up his new post to find a time to visit the area near Blood Wolf Cave.
If Yang Lijun hadn't lied to him, and the heart truly came from a she-wolf in Blood Wolf Cave, then the vine must be somewhere nearby.
After all, the bodies of Yang Lijun's family were found in the vicinity.
The heart must have been found somewhere close as well.
The next day, Chu Lingguang entered Chaojiang City and was received by local officials. Two days later, they escorted him into the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
He arrived at Wolf Valley Pass two days before he was due to assume his post, just as planned.
He had imagined Wolf Valley Pass would be deep within a dense forest, surrounded by the Hundred Thousand Mountains and difficult for ordinary people to find. That was not the case.
On the contrary, Wolf Valley Pass was situated in a very conspicuous location within the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
