When Big Ear Nie Ting discovered Yuan Hongying and his group, they were in the very center of King City, the royal city before them, receiving the worship of the Great Chieftain and the Nine Great Tribal Chieftains of this Small World.
It was true prostrating worship.
One after another, they threw themselves flat on the ground, crawling forward in turns to kiss Yuan Hongying's toes, as though they wished they could offer up everything they possessed to him.
Before them, Yuan Hongying's identity was that of a divine envoy representing some Sacred Eagle God-King.
Ye Zhen wondered whether this so-called Sacred Eagle God-King was the being behind Yuan Hongying.
Yuan Hongying's father?
A tedious yet incomparably solemn grand rite of worship lasted nearly three shichen. Though it was boring, after watching it through, Ye Zhen, Zi Ling, Ling Qianbi, and Big Ear all understood one thing clearly.
They absolutely could not reveal themselves openly in this Hongqing Minor World. Otherwise, these crazed natives would expose their whereabouts at the first opportunity.
Fortunately, Yuan Hongying did not linger in King City for long. After spending only three days accepting the chieftains' worship and gifts, and living three days of utter extravagance, he left King City together with Eunuch Fu and Granny Mao.
This time, they headed north after leaving King City.
Perhaps because this was his own territory, they did not travel very quickly.
Ye Zhen became even more cautious, trailing them from twenty thousand li away and following carefully.
Two days later, Yuan Hongying's group entered the mountain range in the far north of the Hongqing Realm. The mountains of the Hongqing Realm were incomparably majestic, rising ever higher in their course. From afar, they gave the impression of standing as tall as the heavens.
After penetrating deep into