537: The Yuncheng incident is settled, let’s set off!

“Hey, Qing, when does this Hunting Festival start?” Maple Leaf came back to her senses and asked Qing.

“Hmm… counting the days… it’s about a month away, but we’ll prepare half a month in advance, after all, the beast tide isn’t completely fixed in time.” Qing thought for a moment and said to Maple Leaf: “Don’t worry, there will be a notification when the time comes. The entire Tianjing Tribe is extremely serious about this matter!

After all, if things go wrong, it could endanger the survival of the entire tribe. Naturally, we can’t be careless!”

“Understood! Thank you for telling me this news!” Maple Leaf nodded, smiling as she thanked Qing.

“Hahaha! Even if I didn’t tell you, you’d definitely hear about this in a few days. After all, every time it’s close to the Hunting Festival, everyone in the Tianjing Tribe talks about it and starts preparing early! What’s more, when we start preparing, we’ll organize everyone and notify everyone together.” Qing said with a wave of his hand, indicating that no thanks were needed for this matter.

“Yes, yes! But I still have to thank you for specifically coming to tell me about this!” Maple Leaf said with a smile.

“Hey! I can’t take credit for this! I was just strolling around and happened to see you here!” Qing waved his hands repeatedly, looking as if he couldn’t accept the praise.

“Hahaha! Is that so!” Maple Leaf couldn’t help but smile.

“Alright then, since there’s nothing else, I’ll continue my stroll.” Qing smiled and waved to Maple Leaf.

“Okay, you go ahead.” Maple Leaf nodded and waved goodbye to Qing.

Afterwards, Maple Leaf mentioned this matter to everyone in the Cross-World Group.

Yi Xin: “This is a good opportunity!”

Lin Zifeng: “Go for it! The chance to collect cores has arrived!”

Ally: “A Hunting Festival! It sounds like a lot of fun, I kind of want to participate! Too bad~ I’m not over there.”

Tang Mo: “Can this provide me with a large amount of meat resources?”

Maple Leaf: “Hahaha! This has to be handed over to the tribe… but I’ll try my best to secretly collect more into the system space and send them to you then! But you have to give me a little discount and reward!”

Tang Mo: “Don’t worry! Easy peasy! When it comes to food, would I ever shortchange everyone?”

As the current “God of Cookery” of the Cross-World Group, the members of the Cross-World Group had all become Tang Mo’s “die-hard fans.”

Even Clarissa, who didn’t care much for food, praised Tang Mo’s cooking endlessly. Basically, everyone in the Cross-World Group ate at least two meals a day.

Of course, Clarissa had the most favorable conditions, so N meals a day were indispensable for her.

However, the Hunting Festival would have to wait at least a month, and during this time, Maple Leaf would have to wait silently here again.

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Tianwu World.

Five days of travel passed, and there were no major disturbances along the way. Aside from encountering some minor troubles, they arrived at Yuncheng smoothly.

After arriving in Yuncheng, Wantong gave out his instructions and, once things were mostly handled, he proactively hosted Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan.

Thus, after continuously hosting Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan for three days, Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan saw Wantong busy every day and still making time to accompany them, feeling a bit uneasy.

Moreover, there was no need for it, so they proactively explained the situation to Wantong.

“Lord Wan, there’s really no need for this! We are just passing through, and besides, the hospitality these past few days has been excellent! The rest can be left to us, and we’ll have to depart and continue our journey in a couple of days!” Xiao Feng said to Wantong.

Wantong also knew that Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan wouldn’t stay long, as he had learned that Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan were not from the Central Plains but were specifically going to Lingyun Sect in Wancheng for business.

“Isn’t it because I know you won’t be staying for many days! I have to do my best as a host, and besides, you could say you are the great benefactors who saved my caravan! No matter what I do, it’s not too much!” Wantong said to Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan, his words filled with gratitude and sincerity.

Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan exchanged glances and nodded. Wantong treated people sincerely, was good to his subordinates, and was warm-hearted. Although he was a merchant, he genuinely lacked the common shrewdness of many merchants.

After spending these few days together, Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan also considered him a friend.

“It’s alright! You go about your business! If you have any trouble, just come to Yan Yu Sect to find us. Although it’s far and we might not be able to help, as friends, as long as you ask, we will definitely help you.” Xiao Feng said to Wantong.

“Understood!” Wantong smiled and nodded.

Wantong left in a hurry, seemingly having a lot of things to attend to.

Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although they weren’t bothered by Wantong constantly accompanying them, they were concerned that Wantong was constantly stealing time from his busy schedule to be with them.

“Let’s prepare these two days, and then we’ll depart for Wancheng, shall we?” Fei Qingyan said to Xiao Feng.

“Yes! No problem! Master, you make the decisions, I’ll just follow you.” Xiao Feng nodded and said that Fei Qingyan should be in charge of this matter.

Wherever Fei Qingyan went, whatever she did, he would just follow.

“Alright then, that’s settled for now.” Fei Qingyan nodded. As for Yuncheng, they would stay for two more days.

Mainly because things were a bit chaotic here now, with quite a few Yu-Han soldiers appearing in the past two days, not just Qi Xiong soldiers anymore.

It seemed the entire Central Plains region had become a mess.

However, the government’s resistance was also very tenacious, at least in Yuncheng.

Then, Yuncheng’s One Sect, Two Factions (Ba Dao Sect, Cangsong Faction, Duan Yue Faction) finally took action.

The three sects formed a triangular formation, surrounding Yuncheng. Every day, disciples from each sect would patrol within their sect’s territory, and each team would consist of more than ten people! Furthermore, there had to be a master of the Innate First Realm leading the team.

This was to reduce casualties and allow for retreat or counterattack when danger was discovered.

The three sects clashed with small guerrilla forces of Qi Xiong and Yu-Han dozens of times, mostly winning, bringing a lot of peace to Yuncheng.

Seeing that the situation here was relatively stable, Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan decided to observe for two days before continuing their journey.

The momentum in Yuncheng was good. After the major sects began to intervene, the threat from these Qi Xiong and Yu-Han guerrilla forces was largely diminished.

Of course, this was limited to the city and an area of about thirty kilometers outside the city.

Further out, if they encountered them, it would be very difficult to be rescued.

On the third day, Xiao Feng and Fei Qingyan left Yuncheng and headed for the next city, following the map and route provided by Wantong.

They had to pass through Tancheng and Bancheng before they could reach Wancheng.

The journey between them, at the normal speed of a caravan, would generally take about 25 days, but factoring in supplies, rest, and various unexpected situations, it would take at least 30-35 days.