A sweep of radiance flashed past, and the scenery before them suddenly changed. An island appeared amid the vast blue sea.
The island was long and narrow, like an ox horn, a crescent moon, a bent bow, running north to south. Even at its widest, it measured only two or three hundred li from east to west, but its north-south length stretched over a thousand li. Who knew how the Xiao Household had managed to acquire such a great island?
Tall Mulberry Wood and maple trees covered the island. Autumn had arrived, and though green still filled their sight, reds and yellows mingled among it, making the scene especially colorful.
The island had mountains and lakes, grasslands and dense woods, stretching over an immense area. Through the concealing vegetation, they could vaguely make out many strange birds and beasts racing about.
The two descended toward a flat stretch of grass at the southernmost end, where many people had already gathered, all of them young.
Not long after they landed, someone recognized Xiao Shiniang. After all, she had ranked sixth in the duty reports. Those who had done worse hoped to turn their fortunes around in the Autumn Hunt, while those who had done better feared she might perform well enough in the hunt to surpass them in the final standings.
Seeing that she had brought an unfamiliar man, everyone came over to inquire which household this expert she had invited belonged to.
Green God Mountain, Cheng Qieqing.
A name none of them had heard before.
Before long, there were a hundred young members of the Xiao Household, all young people who had been dispatched to oversee businesses and returned to report on their duties, and a hundred people of other surnames, all helpers the Xiao Household's youngsters had invited to