CH 507

507: The Greatest War is About to Start

Feng Wu’s suitemates along with most of her friends had signed up as well. And now they, along with everyone else who signed up, were on their way to Blood Moon forest.

A powerful barrier seal was laid in the forest at the junction between the two worlds, but because the seal was damaged, high numbers of Blood clan people were flooding into the human world and feasting on human blood. It was a dangerous situation for humanity.

Ming Xi had participated in the repair work for the previous barrier seal,[notes] and though it had been successful, problems came up later.

The barrier being destroyed again only meant one thing: a human traitor. Someone was sabotaging the barrier from the human side and allowing the bloods to escape into the human world.

Many Blood clan members were taking advantage of the severely damaged enchantment lines and attacking and mutilating humans. The major forces and families on the continent put aside their differences and assembled people to fight the Blood clan.

So many people were there, including the elites of the major families. Even if they had differences and disagreements, the one thing all the families agreed on was fighting against the Blood clan. They couldn’t let the enemy take advantage of them, so they had to show a united front.

By the time Feng Wu and the others reached the forest, the aura of blood in the forest was thick and heavy with casualties from both sides. Who knew how much blood had already seeped into the soil.

The students had to stay on the outskirts of the forest. There was a house used to accommodate the patrol who watched the forest, but there were far too many people to all fit inside. Only those with the highest status used it. Everyone else had to set up tents outside or find some other accommodation.

Feng Wu’s group had arrived later, so they stayed in tents on the outskirts of the forest.

Someone called out to Feng Wu just as she finished setting up her tent.

It was Yi Lin,[notes] who she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Feng Wu, come here. My mother says she has something to tell you.” Yi Lin had been torn about passing on the word. She and Feng Wu weren’t friendly and had in fact left on bad terms with each other.

Yi Lin hadn’t seen Feng Wu since their last botched encounter,[notes] but she had heard gossip that Feng Wu was doing well.

Feng Wu thought it had to be Feng Tianjiao. The two of them didn’t have much interaction so Feng Wu had a neutral opinion of Tianjiao. She thought about it only for a moment before following Yi Lin to Tianjiao’s tent.

In fact, Tianjiao was only there because she was afraid something would happen. She had an inexplicable feeling the blood issue was related to Tianxing.[notes] So despite not being welcomed, she still came to the forest. She didn’t care what anyone else thought about her. Her only goal was Tianxing.

“Auntie.” Feng Wu blinked and called out expressionlessly upon entering the tent and seeing Tianjiao in full battle armor.

“Hm.” Tianjiao nodded and the words, “You’re too young to be in a place like this,” suddenly came out of her lips, but she quickly followed them with, “Forget it. Since you’re already here, just lay low and don’t stupidly rush forward to fight. There are so many other people here already. How can they make a little girl rush to the front lines? Remember this well, stay in the back and gain merit from there. . . ”

“Also be careful of your little aunt. She’s not as harmless as she makes herself appear. If she calls out to you, just ignore her. If she wants to meet in a secluded place, reject her.”

Tianjiao didn’t like her brother, who was biased, and she didn’t care for her father, who was devoted to Tianxing, but she nevertheless, still tried to protect her niece and nephew.

She didn’t know what her sister was up to, but she knew her Tianxing would do something big soon. She came to obstruct whatever those plans were.

In the meantime, afraid that her dense niece would be fooled by Tianxing, Tianjiao had asked Yi Lin to fetch Feng Wu so she could give the little girl some words of warning.

Feng Wu blinked. Little aunt? Did she mean Feng Tianxing?

“Xiao Wu has remembered well Big Auntie’s words.” Feng Wu looked at Tianjiao seriously.

That was it? Shouldn’t this little girl be going on about how her little aunt was a good person and would never do her harm and yadda yadda? Tianjiao was taken aback by the agreeable answer from Feng Wu.

It didn’t feel right.

Tianjiao coughed uncomfortably, feeling awkward at how easy it was to talk to Feng Wu. She had only warned the little girl out of duty and never expected Feng Wu to believe her.

After saying a few more words, Tianjiao had Yi Lin take Feng Wu back. But before Feng Wu left, she told Feng Wu to come find her if she needed to talk. Feng Wu obediently responded.

It was a pleasant conversation with zero issues.

Feng Wu returned to her tent and found some dried food to eat with the others. They obeyed orders from the higher ups and pulled out a map to familiarize themselves with the environment.

Soon enough the first day ended without Feng Wu even realizing it. She hadn’t even had the chance to find Ming Xi.

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A battle strategy meeting with several extremely powerful people was being held in the house outside the Blood Moon forest. There were teachers from the academy, saints from Star Marshall hall, elders from the various powerful families, and a few high-level representatives of the trade houses. In total, there were more than a dozen people.

Seated in the main seat was the vice principal of Xingguang Holy academy. Since the two races were fighting, it was only natural a representative of the school attend. Star Marshall hall sent four saints, but they were young and newly appointed, so having the vice principal preside over the meeting was appropriate.

Ming Xi sat silently next to the vice principal, while behind him stood Tian Ya. It was natural for Tian Ya to be there since he was Ming Xi’s personal bodyguard.