Chapter 439 - Yongxiang City (1/2)

From the vast main road, endless undulating hills could be seen ahead.

Every one of the Humans’ eight counties had unique sceneries. While Yongxiang County was mainly covered in hills, Huangsha County was a boundless place with sand. Nonetheless, the two counties shared a similarity—they were suitable for the reproduction and the survival of the Insects.

In these two counties, the Humans’ greatest enemy was not the Beasts nor the Birds, but the lurking Insects.

Needless to say, even the most foolish insect would not court their deaths if they sensed Multi-armed King Kong and Big Yellow’s auras.

Therefore, Ou Yangming and his companions were not attacked by any insect anymore on their way to Yongxiang City. Although they could sense some insects along their way, the insects were so insignificant that they did not want to make a move at all. Nevertheless, as they got closer to the city, they began to have grave looks on their faces.

Based on the number of insects and the way they were distributed, Yongxiang County seemed to have been “caught” under the Insects’ net.

It was definitely not a coincidence. Given that plenty of insects had gathered here, there must be a reason behind it.

Despite that, Ou Yangming and the others did not notice the so-called insect king, or Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk would have attacked and devoured it already.

They finally noticed the ma.s.sive city from a distance away, but they stopped because they did not want Multi-armed King Kong’s existence to cause any misunderstanding.

Ou Yangming and his companions learned their lesson from their experience at Feiya City, and they did not want to face another attack similar to the fire rocks.

Zuoqiu Hongyuan volunteered to inform the people in the city. “Please wait here while I go over to notify them.” Jiang Jiumei shook her head and said, “Brother Zuoqiu, since we’re at Yongxiang City, you’re our guest. I should go to inform them instead.”

“Miss Jiang, Huangsha and Yongxiang are one, after all, so you don’t need to be so polite.” Zuoqiu Hongyuan laughed out loud, then he zoomed toward the city. Wu Hanning and the others found it funny because Zuoqiu Hongyuang was being cunning. He clearly meant something else when he said that the two counties were considered as one. Having said that, judging from Jiang Jiumei’s silence, she seemed to have not noticed the hidden meaning. When Ou Yangming and his companions thought about how Zuoqiu Hongyuan was winking to the blind, they could not help but want to chuckle. Zuoqiu Hongyuan’s reputation in Huangsha and Yongxiang was higher than in Feiya City. As such, the gate was quickly opened, then several riders headed toward him in a flash.

However, the fine horses stopped when they were roughly 340 meters away from where Ou Yangming and his companions were. No matter how the riders urged their horses to move, they either spun on the spot fearfully or p.r.o.ned on the ground as they dared not take another step forward.

This was because they sensed Multi-armed King Kong’s aura. The king kong had done its best to suppress its aura, such that Ou Yangming and the others could not really sense it anymore. That said, walking beasts could still sense the king kong’s aura due to their nature.

The fine horses were too lowly ranked, thus they could not accept the aura right away and ended up losing control as they were frightened.

While the riders reproached the horses, nothing could be done. They looked at each other and decided to abandon their horses and the carriages, then they ran toward Zuoqiu Hongyuan.

Following that, Zuoqiu Hongyuan led over ten different elders and middle-aged men toward his companions. Ou Yangming noticed that the people were all Supreme Great Ancestors, which was evident that the most powerful figures from Yongxiang City had come. If they were suddenly wiped out altogether, the city would surely be doomed.

As soon as they arrived, two elders went forward at the same time. They could not help but glance at Multi-armed King Kong in shock.

Anyone that saw the enormous creature for the first time would probably react the same way.

The elder quickly looked away and bowed at Wu Hanning. “I’m Yu Jinshuang, Yongxiang City’s governor.”

“I’m Lao Boyi, Yongxiang City’s commanding general.”

“Greetings, Your Highness.”

The two of them were the governor and the military master a.s.signed by the imperial family to Yongxiang County, respectively. Without a doubt, they were loyal subjects. As for the other people that came, they introduced themselves one after another as well. They were important figures in the city, but they humbled themselves in front of Wu Hanning without showing the arrogant bearing of a Supreme Great Ancestor.

This was due to Wu Hanning’s status as the princess, but what truly made the great ancestors stoop down was the three fearsome creatures behind.

Big Yellow had a threatening aura, but it was not enough to scare the great ancestors. On the other hand, the goshawk and Multi-armed King Kong were terrifying, especially the latter, whose gigantic build spoke volumes.

Wu Hanning nodded and remarked, “You’ve worked hard to protect the city.” The men immediately expressed that it was their responsibility to do so. Of course, while they answered politely, they knew the city pursued the imperial family’s ruling by name but was actually managed by the local influential families.

Ou Yangming turned to ask Jiang Jiumei, “Jiumei, where’s your master and the others?”

There was a considerable dissimilarity between Yongxiang City and the other cities. Those that could communicate with the upper realm from the other cities were inherited aristocratic families. This was because the people from those families had bloodlines that allowed them to borrow certain pieces of equipment, which gave them the ability to interact with the upper realm.

This was also a restraint to protect a clan’s inheritance. One must be inherited with the bloodline to be able to connect with the upper realm, and it could also help a clan last longer.