The banquet was ordinary, and nothing special happened.
Qin Mu ate and drank, then sat waiting for it to end.
However, the Gu tribe cuisine he had been looking forward to… turned out to be mostly a fruit banquet.
To be precise, it was a spirit fruit banquet.
Although eating these spirit fruits was entirely beneficial with no harm, and they came in many flavors, it didn’t match the exotic culinary experience Qin Mu had imagined.
It was like a Flower-Fruit Mountain banquet, which dashed his expectations.
After the banquet, it was time to wash up and sleep.
When he woke up the next day, they would set off for the Gu tribe’s High Priest—that is, Lu Shuanger’s village.
At the entrance of the small world, Elder Luoye was waiting early with some people for Qin Mu and his companions.
“Three honored guests, why must you leave so hastily? Staying a few more days wouldn’t hurt.”
“We appreciate your kindness, Elder Luoye,” Qin Mengyu said.
“But we came here with a mission, so we can’t linger long.”
“I see.”
Upon hearing this, Elder Luoye waved his sleeve, and a spatial passage appeared.
“Three honored guests, since you have matters to attend to, I won’t insist.
Follow this spatial passage, and within a day, you’ll reach the High Priest’s village.
Miss Shuanger should have already arrived at the High Priest’s place by now.”
“In that case, we thank Elder Luoye.”
Qin Mengyu took Mu’er’s hand and transformed into a streak of light, flying in.
Qin Ruoshuang followed.
Elder Luoye and the others watched Qin Mu’s group until they disappeared into the depths of the spatial passage.
“Heh, you may all return now.
I’ll maintain the passage here.”
At his words, a few people cupped their hands and flew away.
“Elder Luoye, these people are from the Seven Star Sect.
But the Seven Star Sect is in the Eastern Region, and we are in the Southern Region.
Was it necessary to treat them so respectfully?”
These past few days, Elder Luoye had shown Qin Mu’s trio extremely high courtesy, which puzzled some elders.
Elder Luoye stroked his beard and said calmly, “So what if they’re from the Eastern Region?
The current Sect Leader of the Seven Star Sect is no pushover.
To a Tribulation Stage cultivator, the dangers of the Wildlands are hardly an obstacle.
By behaving this way, even if there’s no benefit, there’s no harm.”
‘So this is a spatial passage?’
Qin Mu looked around curiously.
Everything was enclosed in a huge transparent glass-like barrier.
Outside, space power raged, but inside, it was calm.
He had used spatial passages before, but back then he had been in a space ship.
This was the first time he had a full, unobstructed view.
It felt a bit like watching fish at an aquarium.
Qin Mengyu wrapped Mu’er in True Qi.
After flying for a while, Qin Ruoshuang took over.
After what seemed like a long time, a light appeared before Qin Mu’s eyes—it was the exit of the spatial passage!
“Mu’er, hold onto Sister tight.”
Qin Mengyu hugged Mu’er in her arms, suddenly sped up, and flew out in the blink of an eye.
Qin Mu looked back.
After they emerged, the spatial passage quickly closed.
He turned around.
Before him was a huge city.
Although giant trees surrounded the area, a city jutted up from the center.
‘So this is the High Priest’s territory.’
The architectural style was somewhat similar to the Eastern Region, but with some distinct differences.
Just as Qin Mu and the others flew out, several figures quickly appeared before them.
“You there, what are you doing here?”
They wore armor, held spears, and had small brown beetles lying on their shoulders—likely Gu Insects.
There were four figures: one at the Golden Core Realm, the rest at Foundation Establishment.
The speaker was the Golden Core Realm guard.
“We are Miss Shuanger’s friends,” Qin Mengyu said, stepping forward.
“Miss Shuanger? You know the High Priest’s personal disciple, Miss Shuanger?”
“That’s right.”
“Do you have proof?”
“Naturally.”
Qin Mengyu took a small box from her storage pouch, floated it over with True Qi.
The Golden Core guard took the box, opened it, saw the Gu Insect inside, changed expression, immediately closed it, and respectfully returned it to Qin Mengyu.
“So you are Miss Shuanger’s friends! My apologies for the rudeness. In that case, please follow us.”
The process went smoothly, with no scene of the guards being overbearing.
Qin Mu followed the Golden Core guard into the city.
Inside, a bustling atmosphere hit him.
The streets were filled with people.
At that, the guard in front stopped, turned around, and said, “Oh, by the way, once you’re inside the city, don’t fly in the air unless it’s urgent.
If you need to travel fast, you can get a flight token at designated spots, and then you can fly.”
“Flying isn’t allowed? What happens if someone flies against the rules?”
This was only the second time Qin Mu had encountered such a rule, the first being in the royal capital of the Great Yu Dynasty.
“If you fly against the rules, you’ll be caught by the guards and fined, or thrown in jail for a month.”
Jail…
That was a word Qin Mu didn’t want to hear right now.
He felt like he was becoming an expert at getting locked up—every place he went, he got to experience the local jail’s specialties.
The guard led Qin Mu’s group to a tower, gave some orders to a token, released it, and it flew away.
Then he said, “Please wait here for a moment. I’ll go report.”
The next moment, the guard disappeared.
‘This place isn’t bad.’
Qin Mu looked around.
The environment was clean, with few people, and it was quiet.
Soon, a store clerk came running over.
“Three honored guests, if you need better rest, you can go to the second floor. We can prepare tea while you wait for Commander Wu to return.”
Qin Mengyu pulled Mu’er, who was about to accept, and said, “This is fine. No need to trouble yourselves.”
“Very well, then please rest here. If you need anything, just let us know.”
The store clerk then went upstairs.
“Sister Mengyu, why didn’t we go upstairs?” Qin Mu asked, puzzled.
Qin Mengyu glanced upward.
“Mu’er, I can sense no fewer than three Nascent Soul Realm fluctuations up there.
Down here there’s no one, so it’s quiet.
We’ll be leaving soon; there’s no need to stir up trouble.”
“Oh, okay.”
When Qin Mu heard that there were at least three Nascent Soul fluctuations, he realized the place had some hidden experts.
Qin Mu’s group didn’t want to go up to avoid trouble, but that didn’t mean the people upstairs wouldn’t come down.
“Haha! Good wine! I told you, the wine at this Welcome Building is top-notch! Delicious!”
Thump, thump, thump!
Footsteps sounded.
Qin Mu looked up and saw a youth in white brocade robes coming down.
From his attire, he didn’t seem to be from the Gu tribe.
But since the youth was here, he was a guest of the Gu tribe, just like Qin Mu.
The brocade-robed youth was quite drunk.
He staggered down the stairs as if he might fall at any moment, supported by three attendants.
“These Gu tribe people… not only do they raise bugs in fancy ways, but their wine-making… is also pretty good!”
His speech was interrupted—he had clearly drunk a lot.
Suddenly, the youth’s gaze fell on Qin Ruoshuang and Qin Mengyu.
His eyes lit up, and his drunkenness seemed to dissipate a bit.