Finding Tamu was indeed the right move. Wang Lan had thought there would be several setbacks, but things turned out to be surprisingly smooth.
Cloud Sea Province is actually quite vast; only, most areas are poor and sparsely populated. Tamu drove for an entire day before reaching the county closest to the village he had mentioned.
"Leaders, we'll rest in this town tonight and set off into the mountains early tomorrow. The village lies deep within the mountains, and we'll need to cross twelve high peaks. On foot, it would take at least half a month."
"No need for that trouble. I'll fly you there tomorrow. Had I known it was this far, I should have flown you there this morning."
Wang Lan had wanted to say this earlier. When he first asked Tamu if it was far, Tamu said it wasn't. After driving for an hour, Wang Lan asked again, and Tamu said they were almost there. Perhaps in the Cloud Sea region, 'not far' and 'almost there' were understood differently from his perspective.
