Chapter 0039 - Massive Hunting Operations

A few days later, Qin Wen was practicing his sword skills in a nearby ancient forest when he suddenly heard a lively clamor coming from over the mountain, as if many people had gathered.

Qin Wen put down the Great Diffusion Ancient Sword, wrapped it tightly in a beast skin, and went to the top of the mountain to look down.

There was a large public sign at the base of the mountain, and hundreds of disciples were talking excitedly around it, while many more disciples rushed over from other places.

"The second hunting event today, I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

"What mountainous region is it in this time?"

"It's in the Main Sacrifice Mountain Clump, more than four hundred kilometers away from the Green Cloud Sect, the deepest part of the Cloud Luo Forest now. It's said that the number of spirit demons there is very high, the terrain is complicated, there are many rivers and waterfalls, there are also some canyons and dark places, the danger level is much higher than the first hunting event this year."

"Every year, the second hunting event will be much more dangerous than the first."

"The greater the danger, the greater the opportunity."

"Not only are there many spirit demons and the terrain is complicated, but there are also many mercenaries and mountain bandits operating there."

"What is the minimum qualification for enrolling in this hunting extravaganza?"

"It is written that it is limited to one thousand people between Spirit Martial Sixth Heaven and Ninth Heaven."

Hundreds of disciples gathered in front of the public sign, buzzing with discussion.

The Hunting Festival was a training event prepared by the Green Cloud sect for the new generation of disciples, and it would be held twice a year, with each training area being different, the qualifications limited to the participants being different, and the duration being different.

This kind of hunting event with more than six heavens and less than a thousand people belonged to large-scale hunting operations.

Qin Wen blended in with the crowd, looking at the map on the public signboard and the regulations listed through the cracks. Previously, he hadn't been able to participate in the hunting extravaganzas, mainly because his strength was too weak, and going out wouldn't be enough for a spirit demon to stuff his teeth with, so every time he saw a hunting announcement, he would watch from a distance, feel envious for a while, and continue with his own tasks.

"Officiating Mountain Bush?" Qin Wen's heart suddenly stirred and he squeezed forward again, his eyes moving along the demarcated training area on the right side of the map, and at the corner of the map, he saw a familiar sign - Big Green Mountain!

Big Green Mountain!

The affected crystal mining area of Thunder Ancient City!

Qin Wen silently estimated the distance from the training ground to the Great Green Mountain, his eyes flickering as a bold and risky idea germinated in his heart.

"Hey, Qin Wen?" A disciple recognized him and looked him up and down, "Are you interested in participating in the Hunting Extravaganza?"

As he said this, the other disciples beside him also noticed Qin Wen.

"You're really qualified to participate, sign up and try it?"

"What about the minimum Spiritual Martial Sixth Heaven, Qin Wen's realm isn't enough."

"Realm isn't enough, strength is enough. He already crushed Mu Zixiu with one punch, who dares to say that he isn't qualified enough?"

"That's because Mu Zixiu was careless, now let them compete on stage again, in less than half an incense stick, Qin Wen will be on the ground."

Many people around were interested in Qin Wen, and one after another urged him to enter.

Qin Wen smiled faintly, "I would like to participate, but I don't have the qualifications."

"What do you mean you are not qualified, sign up and try."

Qin Wen deliberately shook his head, "In terms of strength, I'm not afraid of anyone, even if Mu Zixiu comes before me again, I'll still be able to knock him out. But I'm just a servant, how could the Hunting Assembly accept me?"

"Yoho! Crazy enough! I'll pass on your words to Mu Zixiu, haha."

"You really want to join? Our brothers can help you."

"Tell me, do you have the courage to participate?"

Some people excitedly stabbed at Qin Wen, while others kindly reminded him, "Qin Wen, save your breath, it's really a coincidence that you managed to defeat Mu Zixiu."

"I dare! I'm just afraid that certain people won't dare to let me participate." Qin Wen laughed and shook his head, leaving behind a provocative sentence before pushing his way through the crowd to leave.

"This boy was overwhelmed by victory?"

"He doesn't really think he can defeat the Seven Heavens, does he?"

"Hurry up and send the words to Mu Zixiu, haha, lively, it'll be lively again."

"You guys, you can't help but watch the fun, Qin Wen has just clearly shown his weakness."

The front of the public sign continued to buzz with more and more people gathering here, but after Qin Wen left, many disciples deliberately added to Qin Wen's words, fearing that the matter wouldn't be a big deal.

Qin Wen went back to the storehouse and started preparing, going to the storehouse, rummaging through some scrap iron, and started polishing the flying daggers. The words had been sent out, and they would surely sting Mu Zixiu and the other Grand Elder factions, and it wouldn't be long before his name would be added to the entry list for the Hunter's Gathering.

Hunt Meeting, Big Green Mountain, I'm going home!

In the evening, Caiyi rushed over and pushed open the door to count. "Duke Qin, you have spoken words to challenge Mu Zixiu? Do you know that your words will upset many people in the Grand Elder faction? I heard that they've already started working to enroll you."

"Very efficient, huh, great." A smile appeared on Qin Wen's face.

"Too good? What are you going to do! The hunting conference is a very barbaric operation, every time there will be a large number of casualties, even a Spirit Martial Ninth Heaven could die in the forest, they dragged you in just to conspire against you." Cai Yi was worried about Qin Wen, Senior Sister Yue Qing had closed down a few days ago, and before she closed down, she had repeatedly instructed her to keep a close eye on Qin Wen. But it had only been a few days since then, and Qin Wen had made such a big mess.

"Prepare a map for me, a map from the Main Sacrificial Mountain Bush to the Great Green Mountain, as well as a map of the Great Green Mountain Mining Area."

Cai Yi's face changed slightly, "You're going back to the mining area?"

"Uh-huh! I'm going back!" Qin Wen was in a very excited mood right now.

It's been eight years, a full eight years, I finally have the chance to go home.

My relatives, aunts, uncles, sisters, grandfather, I'm back, I'm coming back, have you missed me?

"Wait! Wait!" Cai Yi stopped in front of Qin Wen and looked at him anxiously, "You're going home?"

"I miss home." Qin Wen grinned, but his eyes warmed.

For eight years, every year, it was his sister, the servant Tu Wei's uncle, the two of them who came to visit him, the others didn't have a chance to come over, and Qin Wen didn't have a chance to see them either.

Eight years ah, Qin Wen had almost forgotten what they looked like.

"No way! You can't go back!"

"I will go back." Qin Wen's attitude was resolute, in the past, he was not strong enough to qualify to leave Qing Yun Sect, now that he finally had the chance to seize it, no one could stop him from going home.

Cai Yi was very serious, "You can't go back! If you are discovered and caught, the Grand Elder and the others will never forgive you lightly, and they will implicate your relatives as well."

"I'm just going back to take a look, even from a distance. Don't worry, I have my measure."

"No way! I will never let you go back!" Cai Yi pursed her red lips and stubbornly stopped Qin Wen. Attending the hunting conference was already dangerous, but Qin Wen still wanted to take the opportunity to go home for a look? Even more, it was not allowed!

Qin Wen looked into Cai Yi's eyes and suddenly asked, "Are you worried about me, or is there something else going on?

"Of course I am worried about you." Cai Yi's eyes averted slightly before meeting Qin Wen's gaze again.

"Has something happened to Da Qing Shan?" Qin Wen sensed the abnormality in Cai Yi's eyes.

"Nothing happened, it's too dangerous for you to attend the hunting meeting, the disciples of the grand elder won't spare you. To put it more seriously, you are taking the initiative to put your neck under their knives."

"Answer me first, why did my sister and the others not visit me this year?" Qin Wen suddenly felt an uneasiness in his heart. In previous years, his sister would visit him twice a year, which was a 'perk' given by the Qing Yun Sect, but this year, most of the year had passed and he had yet to see anyone.

"There have been delays in the past as well, don't be nervous about it ..."

Qin Wen suddenly grabbed Cai Yi's arm, "Tell me! What happened?"

"Eunuch Qin, you're hurting me." Cai Yi struggled desperately.

"What happened? Tell me." Qin Wen asked again, looking directly into Cai Yi's eyes.

"No, what could have happened, you will always think nonsense."

Qin Wen stopped talking and just looked at Cai Yi.

Cai Yi felt uncomfortable with his gaze, stammered twice, and bit her red lips, "Actually, there's nothing major that happened, just a small accident."

"Say!"

Caiyi opened her mouth and didn't speak.

"Say it."

Cai Yi had no choice but to say, "More than three months ago, Tu Wei made a breakthrough in seclusion and sprinted to the eighth heaven of Earth Martial Arts. This was originally a secret, but it turned out that the person in charge of the Qing Yun Sect of the Mine somehow knew about it, sent people to interfere, and caused chaos, Tu Wei almost lost his life, and at that time, it caused a conflict of such magnitude that even the Mine went on strike."

"What happened after that?" Qin Wen's heart tightened, "Tu Wei almost lost his life?

Eight years ago, during the Thunder Ancient City's 'One Night Calamity', the guards and offerings in the City Lord's Mansion died and fled, leaving behind only a very small number of people who declared that they would never turn their backs on it in the midst of blood and fire, and the Tu Guards were the representatives of them. They had shared the hardships with the City Mansion all these years, never abandoning it.

For eight years, the more than 200,000 people of the ancient city and the Qin family members of the City Lord's Mansion had been trapped in the crystal mines deep inside the Great Green Mountain, engaged in arduous digging, and strictly guarded by the teams sent by the Qing Yun Sect. Tu Wei had led a team of guards to protect the orphans of the Qin family, as well as to protect the rights and interests of the city's "workers".

It could be said that Tu Wei was currently the Qin family's only guardian.

"Tu Wei survived to the end, saved his life, and even managed to break through to the eighth heaven of the Earth Martial Realm, so don't worry about him. But the first thing Tu Wei did when he came out of the gate was to find the person in charge to argue about it, and as a result, there was another conflict, and Tu Wei accidentally wasted that person in charge."

"And then later?"

"The Qing Yun Sect sent someone to investigate and found that it was the person in charge's fault, didn't punish Tu Wei, and brought the person in charge back to the Qing Yun Sect, but later, the Qing Yun Sect even sent an elder to the scene. You might recognize this elder, it is Leng Di Bai, an elder with a very dark character, and the rest ... you can imagine."

Caiyi was also helpless, mines and such things were a completely different world to these closed disciples of theirs. Qing Yun Sect is a recognized martial arts cultivation mecca, up and down more than 8,000 disciples are dedicated to cultivating martial arts, do not ask the world, but the Qing Yun Sect is such a large sect, the daily expenses and cultivation materials are also astronomical, so not only will there be a large number of spirit stone mines outside, but also regularly arrange for some of the elite disciples to go out and carry out the mission.

Not only was the Qing Yun Sect like this, but every sect would have huge affiliated industries.

These mines and industries all had a need to exist.

"Leng Zhaobai, the Great Elder's beloved." Qin Wen clenched his fists, a Spirit Stone Mine was worth having an elder go and sit on it? Leng Zhaobai's purpose in the past was clearly to suppress the emperor Tu Wei.