Today was the day of the Yijiang City's Great Clan's Hunt. It was considered a major event in Yijiang City. The entire city was in a state of jubilation. A large portion of them came from other cities to observe the ceremony. Of course, there was no lack of people who were invited to participate in the Hunt.
The Yijiang City's Hunt sounded simple, but behind it was a struggle between the various Great Clans. After all, whoever could take first place would receive preferential tax treatment in the following year. This was a rare good thing for the various Great Clans.
The rules of the Hunt were simple. The younger generation of the various Great Clans under the age of twenty would enter a secret area outside Yijiang City to hunt the spiritual beasts. At that time, the Great Clan would obtain more spiritual beasts with higher grades. Whoever obtained the most spiritual beasts would be first place.
In the past, the competition was restricted to only those within the Great Clans. However, the situation changed and the Great Clans were allowed to find outsiders to participate on their behalf.
The source of this matter was none other than the Mu Clan. To be exact, it was from Mu Li!
Because Mu Li's identity as an adopted son was well known, the other Great Clans used his identity to talk about things. Although he was the Great Young Master of the Mu Clan, in the eyes of outsiders, he could not be considered a true son of the Mu Clan.
If the Mu Clan sent Mu Li to participate in the Hunt, it would be letting outsiders participate in the Hunt. The other Great Clans felt that this was very unfair to them.
Their method was very simple. They would find a strong practitioner of the younger generation and pretend to take him in as an adopted son. Then, they would send him out to participate in the Hunt. This way, the entire Hunt would be in chaos.
Not long after, the Lord of Yijiang City made the decision to remove the restriction on the participation of the Great Clans and changed it to the Great Clans' recommendation. This temporarily stabilized the situation. However, this also became the beginning of the Mu Clan's decline.
Although Mu Li's strength was strong, he could not withstand the suppression of the other Great Clans. Since then, the Mu Clan did not encounter the first place again. Without the preferential tax treatment, their business was greatly suppressed. For the past few years, they had been suffering losses every year, causing Mu Zheng to have a headache.
The next day, the Mu Clan began their preparations early in the morning. Almost all of the Great Clans' youths under the age of twenty would participate in the Hunt. The Mu Clan was also staking everything on this one throw and wanted to take a gamble.
Hayashikawa had been arranged by Mu Li to wait in the horse carriage. After everything was prepared, he then boarded the horse carriage and headed out of Yijiang City with everyone.
"Father, are you not going?" Hayashikawa asked.
This was his first time participating in a hunt, and there were many things that he didn't understand.
"He will go, but he will not go with us. He will go with the City Lord and the other great clans. We will arrive before them!" Mu Li explained.
"How is it? Are you nervous? "Mu Li looked at Hayashikawa's silent expression and patted his head.
"I'm not nervous. With Big Brother here, why would I be nervous?" Hayashikawa laughed.
"Mm, just stick close to me. You'll be fine!" Mu Li said softly.
The Hunting Grounds of Yijiang City was a dangerous place left behind from ancient times. It was surrounded by broken formations and there were many spirit beasts living inside. Some were strong and some were weak. The spirit beasts in the outermost area were mostly at the Qi Refinement Stage. Further in were the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Golden Core Stage spirit beasts living in the depths.
Although there were Nascent Soul Stage spirit beasts in the center, almost no one had seen them before. They had only heard of it from the Demigod Realm cultivators who had entered before. However, there were no treasures in the center. Ever since the Demigod Realm cultivators had explored it, the entire dangerous place had become the annual hunting grounds of Yijiang City. It could be considered to have added a lot of fun to the city.
At this moment, the people of the Mu Clan passed through the city and headed towards the Hunting Grounds outside Yijiang City. Along the way, they attracted the attention of many people. Everyone knew that these were the people of the Mu Clan, the largest clan in Yijiang City. Most of the gazes that looked over were filled with respect and envy.
"The one sitting in the horse carriage should be the eldest son of the Mu Clan, Mu Li. It is said that his cultivation has already broken through to the early Golden Core Stage. He is the number one person in the younger generation of our Yijiang City!" Someone on the street was discussing.
"Yes, I also heard that the second son of the Mu Clan is also participating in the hunt this time!"
"Second Young Master? Are you talking about Yui Kimi? Isn't he only three years old? How could he participate in the hunt? I reckon he doesn't even know how to cultivate! "
"You are ignorant and inexperienced. The second son of the Mu Clan, Yui Kimi, has outstanding talent. He is already cultivating at a young age. Now, he has already reached the fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage. His talent is even stronger than his brother's!"
When the surrounding people heard this, they all sucked in a breath of cold air. Right now, they didn't know much about the secrets of the Mu Clan.
"I didn't expect that the second son of the Mu Clan would have such talent. I really didn't expect …"
The horse carriage slowly drove through the crowd. With Hayashikawa's hearing and his control of the wind attribute, he could clearly hear most of these people's conversations. However, he only smiled at these flattery.
It was also at this moment that a gentle breeze blew over, sending a few words of idle chatter from a luxurious pavilion not far away into Hayashikawa's ears.
"This time, your Wu Clan has invited the disciples of the Yuan Ze Sect to help. The hunt should be in the bag! I will congratulate Brother Wu first! "A man's voice said.
"Although the hunt hasn't started yet, with the cultivation of the Yuan Ze Sect's eldest disciple, Ye Zhiyuan, who is at the middle stage of the Gold Core Stage, no one can suppress him in this hunt. Although that Mu Li has outstanding talent, he won't be able to cause any big waves!" Another slightly older voice said.
"I reckon that if this continues, the Mu Clan will have to scram from Yijiang City in a few years. The Yixiang Pavilion that they have monopolized for so long will finally fall into the hands of Brother Wu!" The man's voice said.
"This time, it is all thanks to my son, Wu Shaofei. If he hadn't joined the Yuan Ze Sect, we wouldn't have been able to invite them to help!" The old voice carried a hint of pride and arrogance.
"This Mu Clan should come to an end!"
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As the voice gradually faded away, Hayashikawa's eyes flashed slightly. He turned to look at Mu Li and asked, "How is our Mu Clan's situation for this hunt? Will we be able to get first place? "
"You still don't trust me?" Mu Li asked.
"No, I know that Big Brother is powerful. However, the other clans can ask for external help, so I want to ask!" Hayashikawa said.
"It's not a big problem. I am already at the beginning stage of the Gold Core Stage. There aren't many people who can achieve this before the age of twenty!" Mu Li said.
Hayashikawa nodded. He guessed that Mu Li probably didn't know about Ye Zhiyuan!
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