Second Year of Great Xia, May 9th
The last half hour before dawn.
Yuwen Dao, Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, and other ten Cold Resistance Level mbers, along with 1800 Hunting Team mbers who were transferred to Longyou half a month ago, all successfully returned ho.
As dawn approached, it was ti to sleep, but the gradually quieting Inner City beca lively in an instant due to the return of these 1800 people.
The 1800 Hunting Team mbers, clad in iron armor, entered through the Inner City’s iron gates and, upon hearing the dismissal orders from their respective captains, hurriedly made their way ho.
"Honey, you’re back!"
"Dad, Dad, I’m here, I’m here."
"Big brother is back, Dad, big brother is back."
"Little brother, co in quickly."
"Honey, quickly take off your armor, I’ll go make so food."
...
Amidst the joyful voices, hundreds and thousands of houses in the Inner Valley quickly lit up with coal lamps and bonfires.
Those who returned from the Earth-digging Realm in Longyou, upon seeing their families waiting at the door, all showed beaming smiles on their faces, as if the wind and fatigue on their faces vanished in an instant.
On the main street of the Inner City, Yuwen Dao, leading eight Cold Resistance Level mbers, was heading towards the main building. They still needed to report to the leader and naturally couldn’t go ho directly like the other Earth-digging Realm mbers.
"No wonder, these Earth-digging Realm mbers are husbands, fathers, or brothers... They’re essentially the backbone of their families. Going out for such a long ti, it’s inevitable that family mbers staying back at the camp would worry!"
Luo Yuan’s words resonated with the others.
"I received the Minister’s notice on the 16th to go to Longyou, my wife was so chatterbox as I left, afraid sothing might happen to ."
"In the past, our hunts were only a few hours long, and we would always be back before dawn, even when stationed at Mirror Valley or Wuyuan, we could co back every few days. This ti going to Longyou was different, the first batch went on the 20th of last month, it’s been almost 20 days now, the first ti leaving the camp for so long, it’s certainly different!"
"To be honest, being out for so many days did make miss ho a bit."
"Sa here, my son just turned three, I want to go back and see him."
Hearing the words of Hong Gang and Huang Yong, Luo Yuan chuckled softly, then noticed Yuwen Dao at the front, looked around the group, thought of sothing, and teasingly said: "You all have wives and children around a warm fire, but among us here, three are still unmarried!"
Everyone was stupefied upon hearing this, and then all eyes gathered on Yuwen Dao, Lin Kai, and Lu Yang.
"Right, I almost forgot, even our Lord Chief hasn’t married."
"Lu Yang too, I heard many people have tried to matchmake for you. Are your standards too high?"
"Lin Kai, I heard your sister brought several batches of girls ho to set you up, yet you didn’t fancy any of them?"
"Hahahahahaha..."
...
Speaking of which, Yuwen Dao, the Director of the Hunting Departnt, although strong in capability, is the youngest among the nine, only eighteen years old;
Lu Yang and Lin Kai are only about twenty-one or twenty-two.
These three are quite skillful in battlefields or hunts, but their young age is apparent. Being teased like this by the six who are already married, their faces showed so embarrassnt as they unconsciously quickened their steps towards the main building.
Seeing the embarrassnt of the three, everyone got even more enthusiastic, teasing them from behind:
"Hahaha, what kind of girl does the Lord Chief like? I’ll introduce you!"
"You don’t need to introduce, if the Lord Chief expresses a desire to marry, his doorstep would probably be worn out imdiately."
"Lin Kai, Lu Yang, I have two nieces with good looks and personalities, I’ll arrange for you to et them soday, how about it?"
"Two nieces for each of you, old Huang, you’re thinking too beautifully. Lin Kai, don’t be fooled, looking at old Huang, could his family possibly have pretty nieces? My niece Hong Shaojun, now she’s beautiful, with a high cultivation talent. I’ll introduce you."
"Old Hong, you’re the one who looks like a bear."
"Hahahahahaha..."
"Yuwen Sizheng, check out my daughter, she’s beautiful."
"My daughter is chubby, that ans good fortune, more suitable for the Director!"
...
"Alright, we’re here, say no more, co with to et the leader!"
Seeing the teasing voices growing louder, even attracting teasing from the residents on both sides of the road, Yuwen Dao, with a black line on his forehead, directly interrupted everyone.
The group looked up and indeed found they were close to the main building, so they imdiately restrained themselves a bit and followed Yuwen Dao upstairs, preparing to et Xia Hong in the main hall.
As soon as they reached the third floor, they bumped into Qiu Peng coming out of the main hall.
"You’re all back!"
Qiu Peng first smiled and greeted everyone, then noticed there were only nine returning and imdiately asked curiously: "Where are Peng Bo and Chen Yingyuan?"
Yuwen Dao replied: "Those two were eager to see their families, so I let them stay in the Outer City. They should co in shortly."
Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo’s families had arrived in Xia City more than ten days ago. Considering the major changes their families had encountered, worrying about their families was quite normal, so Qiu Peng didn’t continue to inquire further.
"The leader is waiting for you inside; go on in!"
He seed a bit urgent, and after speaking to Yuwen Dao and others, hurried downstairs.
Though curious about why Qiu Peng was anxious, Yuwen Dao and the others rembered that Xia Hong was waiting for them inside, so they went straight into the main hall.
...
As Yuwen Dao and the other nine were entering the main hall to see Xia Hong.
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