A Different Kind of Hunting

Qingyang Town had a custom: whenever the year-end approached, it held a grand event—the Hunting Competition.

The annual Hunting Competition was also Qingyang Town's liveliest time of year, its popularity even surpassing the Spring Festival. Whenever the competition was about to begin, over ninety percent of the forces within a hundred-mile radius would swarm into Qingyang Town. This would also bring the town's flow of visitors to its yearly peak.

However, this year's number of visitors was, any native resident of Qingyang Town would dare say, absolutely the highest in history.

This time, it was not merely Qingyang Town's local forces. Even forces from some of the surrounding major cities had come after hearing the news, eager to witness Qingyang Town's grand spectacle.

"That's the Family Head of the Zhou Family of Nanfeng Town, Zhou Botong."

"Not just Nanfeng Town. Even Yang Shaodong, the Family Head of the Yang Family from the major city of Anping City, has come to our Qingyang Town."

"Far more than that. Look, that bearded man dressed like a barbarian is Chen Yi, the Family Head of the Chen Family of Beitong City."

Lei Bao, Xie Xian, and Luo Cheng of the Lei Family, Xie Family, and Mad Saber Martial Hall all watched the important leaders from the surrounding forces and major families below with astonished eyes, though their astonishment also carried a trace of inevitability.

Although Qingyang Town's Hunting Competition centered around its major forces, any force located within Qingyang Town's territory was qualified to participate. Naturally, the other forces had no intention of competing for the championship. They merely hoped to use the Hunting Competition to raise the fame of their own families or villages.

In other words, these forces that did not belong to Qingyang Town had appeared here so close to