The Jiang Household Makes Its Move!

Chen Feng smiled and set the note aside. This wasn't the first time he had encountered something like this.

The last time he flew first class, a flight attendant had given him a note too.

He could understand why the flight attendant had done it. Flight attendants depended on their youth for their livelihood, and if they didn't become chief flight attendants, they had no choice but to change careers.

If they could find a young, wealthy partner during those golden years, naturally they wouldn't pass up the chance.

Chen Feng checked the time on his phone. It was nine at night, and he would probably reach Dragon Country the next morning.

But just then, he seemed to remember something. He suddenly sat bolt upright, his eyes fixed on the time displayed on his phone.

The flight attendant beside him was just about to leave. Seeing his sudden reaction, she hurriedly asked, "Sir, what's wrong?"

She noticed that his expression was very strange, and he had even lost his composure a little.

Chen Feng waved a hand and said:

"I'm fine."

Chen Feng was staring at the time on his phone because he had noticed something amiss.

Ever since he obtained the painting scroll, the passage of time in the Painting Scroll World had always corresponded to the time in Dragon Country.

But there was a twelve-hour time difference between Dragon Country and Eagle Sauce Country!

In other words, there was also a twelve-hour time difference between the Painting Scroll World and Eagle Sauce Country.

But that was precisely what was most peculiar.

During this trip to Eagle Sauce Country, Chen Feng had entered the Painting Scroll World three times in total.

One time had been at night, when he went back to tell Liu Qian to prepare to recruit more mortal miners. The other two times had both been during the day, when he went back to deliver things.

If he went by the time difference, then when he entered the Painting Scroll World during the day in Eagle Sauce Country, it should have been night in the Painting Scroll World.

But on those two occasions when he entered during the day, it had still been daytime in the Painting Scroll World.

The time difference was clearly wrong. At the time, however, he had been busy delivering things to the Painting Scroll World, so he hadn't paid attention to those details.

"Looks like the passage of time has changed."

Chen Feng pondered it. He couldn't tell exactly how much the passage of time in the Painting Scroll World had changed relative to the modern world, but he could be certain that it had changed.

That reminded him of the earlier change to the painting scroll. After he reached the Second Layer of Qi Refining, the image in the scroll had changed to show the whole of Hengduan Mountain.

He had spent a long time examining it then but hadn't found anything amiss.

Now it seemed that the passage of time had changed.

Chen Feng immediately stood up. He planned to go to the airplane bathroom and enter the Painting Scroll World to see exactly how much the time had changed.

But just then, an announcement sounded through the cabin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our aircraft will soon take off. For flight safety, the lavatories will be closed during takeoff. Please ensure that your seat backs and tray tables are in the appropriate positions, and that your carry-on items are properly stowed in the overhead bins and beneath your seats. Smoking is prohibited throughout this flight. We wish you a pleasant journey!"

Hearing the announcement, Chen Feng sat back down.

The bathrooms were closed during takeoff and wouldn't reopen until half an hour later, when the plane reached the stratosphere at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

It was only a half-hour wait, and that little bit of time made no difference to Chen Feng.

By his estimate, the difference between the passage of time in the Painting Scroll World and reality shouldn't be very great.

Otherwise, he would already have noticed something wrong when he returned to the Xingfeng Sect.

At the foot of Hengduan Mountain in the Painting Scroll World.

At that moment, Jiang Household martial artists had gathered there in a dense mass. Not only were they there, but Jiang Household martial artists had surrounded nearly all of Hengduan Mountain on every side.

After receiving the letter from the imperial city, Jiang Hong had confirmed that Chen Feng had no backing there, and the Jiang Household had begun to move.

It was nighttime, the perfect opportunity to strike.

"Household head, we've finished scouting. There are seven or eight martial artists guarding the Xingfeng Sect's entrance, all below the Houtian Fifth Stage. They probably already know we're here."

An elder reported to Jiang Yaotian.

Jiang Yaotian said, "What if they do? We've surrounded the whole of Hengduan Mountain so tightly that not even a fly can get out."

The Jiang Household had mobilized more than a thousand martial artists this time, including hundreds at or above the Houtian Fifth Stage.

Let alone wiping out the Xingfeng Sect, they could destroy every sect on Hengduan Mountain without a problem.

Although the Xingfeng Sect had taken over Black Wind Stronghold and also had several hundred people, they were only some third-rate mountain bandits.

Once the fighting started, at least half would run away. They were nothing to worry about.

Jiang Chen, who was standing nearby, spoke up. "Father, let me lead the charge. You can command from the rear."

Jiang Chen volunteered. This time, he was determined to put on a good show and build up his prestige within the Lineage.

Jiang Yaotian nodded:

"All right. Take two elders and a hundred Postnatal martial artists with you. But remember, don't go too deep into the Xingfeng Sect. Wait for word from your aunt."

Jiang Hong hadn't joined the rest of the Jiang Household. Instead, she had gone to the Xingfeng Sect alone.

To catch the bandits, first catch their king. Jiang Hong planned to capture Chen Feng first and, while she was at it, sound out what trump cards he had.

The Jiang Household soon sprang into action. The densely packed martial artists began tightening their encirclement, their target none other than the Xingfeng Sect.

Such a large move by the Jiang Household was immediately noticed by some of the smaller sects on Hengduan Mountain.

Those sects immediately sealed their gates and didn't dare go out, only sending their experts to investigate.

On a peak in Hengduan Mountain, Wang Tian and Qin Yao watched the Jiang Household martial artists approaching the Xingfeng Sect in the distance, their faces full of worry.

"Sect Master Qin, it looks like the Xingfeng Sect is finished," Wang Tian said, his expression grim.

Qin Yao asked in bewilderment, "Why has the Jiang Household sent so many people to deal with the Xingfeng Sect?"

Qin Yao couldn't understand it at all. Thousands of martial artists had come to Hengduan Mountain just to deal with the Xingfeng Sect. Was there any need to make such a great show of force?

As far as Qin Yao knew, Chen Feng was the Xingfeng Sect's only Xiantian martial artist. There was no need at all to send so many people.

"Alas, this isn't the time to worry about that. Once the Xingfeng Sect is destroyed, we'll have no choice but to leave too," Wang Tian said with a sigh.

He didn't want anything to happen to the Xingfeng Sect, because all the pills his sect refined were sold to it.

His pill-refining sect had been developing better and better, only for this to happen now.

If the Xingfeng Sect was gone, so was their market. And once the Jiang Household occupied Hengduan Mountain, there would be no place left for them to stand.

When a large household like that occupied a mountain, it generally wouldn't allow other forces to exist there.

"Let's wait and see. Sect Master Chen might have a way to deal with them," Qin Yao said.

"What way could he have? The Jiang Household has sent so many martial artists that even He Sandao back then would probably have had to flee in a panic if he'd faced such a force. Now I only hope Sect Master Chen can escape."

In Wang Tian's view, the Xingfeng Sect was bound to be destroyed. How could a small sect possibly compete with a martial arts Aristocratic Clan?

Every mountain held by a large household like the Jiang Household was much larger than Hengduan Mountain. Its own foundations were beyond the Xingfeng Sect's comparison too.

Qin Yao said nothing more. She knew that what Wang Tian said was true.

Under these circumstances, the best outcome was for Chen Feng to escape. As for the others in the Xingfeng Sect, they certainly wouldn't survive.

The two watched silently as firelight flickered and figures darted through the dense forest in the distance. In less than ten minutes, the Jiang Household martial artists at the front would be able to reach the Xingfeng Sect's entrance.

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