The Third Prince was going hunting today. For the Prince's Residence, this was a major event.
Early that morning, a flying boat had already come to rest in the square within the Prince's Residence. Compared with the various luxurious flying boats of Great Xia, this one was only a little over a hundred meters long. Grayish-white in color, its entire form resembled a sturgeon, sleek and lively. This type of flying boat was an exclusive hunting craft of the Great Xia Imperial Family, reserved for princes on hunting expeditions.
By the time Lan Yunxi and Elder Mu Yu arrived at the Prince's Residence, everything was essentially ready. Under the butler's arrangements, the two paid their respects to Xuanyuan Wuji. Then everyone boarded the flying boat together, and it rose from the Prince's Residence and flew east toward Great Tang City.
For this hunting trip, Xuanyuan Wuji had traveled light. Even so, the people he brought numbered over a hundred, a truly imposing procession. Aside from the four Knight guards at his side and Master Xue, there were sixty or seventy guards and attendants, a host of servants and cooks, and even a Beast Tamer from the Prince's Residence.
The servants and cooks were naturally responsible for preparing the freshest game, while the Beast Tamer was indispensable on such occasions—when a prince went out, failing to bag any prey would be a disappointment. But with a Beast Tamer present, no matter what happened, the prince would never return empty-handed and disgruntled.
On some of the more remote subcontinents, such a lineup could practically sweep through one small nation after another. Yet in Great Xia, it was merely a prince's hunting party.
The hunting grounds were at Dragon Tiger Mountain in Jing River Commandery. Dragon Tiger Mountain lay more than seven hundred