Chapter 42: The Jiang Family Mobilizes!

Chen Feng smiled and set the note aside; this wasn't the first time he had encountered such a thing.

Last time, while sitting in first class, he had also been given a note by a flight attendant.

He could understand the flight attendants' behavior. This profession relied heavily on youth; if they couldn't make it to the rank of purser, they would have to change careers.

If they could find a young and wealthy partner during such a golden period, they naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity.

Chen Feng checked the time on his phone. It was 9:00 PM; he would likely arrive in the Dragon Kingdom by tomorrow morning.

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

The flight attendant, who was about to leave, saw Chen Feng's sudden reaction and hurriedly asked, "Sir, what's wrong?"

She noticed that Chen Feng's expression was very unusual, even somewhat losing his composure.

Chen Feng waved his hand and said, "I'm fine."

At this moment, Chen Feng was staring at the time on his phone because he had discovered something wrong.

From the moment he obtained the scroll, the passage of time within the scroll's world had always corresponded with the time in the Dragon Kingdom.

But there was a twelve-hour time difference between the Dragon Kingdom and the Eagle Nation!

This meant there should also be a twelve-hour time difference between the scroll's world and the Eagle Nation.

But that was exactly where the anomaly lay.

During this trip to the Eagle Nation, Chen Feng had entered the scroll's world a total of three times.

One time was at night, when he went back to notify Liu Qian to prepare for the expansion of mortal miners; the other two times were during the day, when he went back to deliver items.

If calculated according to the time difference, when he entered the scroll's world while in the Eagle Nation, it was daytime, so it should have been nighttime in the scroll's world.

Yet, during those two daytime entries, it was still daytime in the scroll's world.

The time difference was clearly incorrect, but at the time, he had been so busy delivering items to the scroll's world that he hadn't paid attention to these details.

"It seems the passage of time has changed," Chen Feng pondered. He couldn't judge exactly how much the flow of time in the scroll's world had deviated from the modern world, but he was certain that the flow of time had indeed changed.

This reminded him of the previous change in the scroll. After he reached the second level of Qi Refinement, the illustrations within the scroll had transformed into the entire Hengduan Mountain.

At that time, he had studied it for a long while without finding anything wrong.

Now it seemed that the change was in the passage of time.

Chen Feng immediately stood up, intending to go to the airplane's restroom to enter the scroll's world and see for himself to understand exactly how much the time had changed.

But just then, an announcement rang out in the cabin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our aircraft is about to take off. For flight safety, the restrooms will be closed during takeoff. Please ensure your seatbacks and tray tables are in their upright and locked positions, and confirm that your carry-on items are properly stowed in the overhead bins or under your seats. Smoking is prohibited throughout the entire flight. We wish you a pleasant journey!"

Hearing the announcement, Chen Feng sat back down.

The restrooms are closed during the takeoff phase and will only reopen once the plane reaches the stratosphere at ten thousand meters.

Waiting half an hour was not a problem for Chen Feng.

According to his estimation, the time difference between the scroll's world and reality shouldn't be too large. Otherwise, he would have noticed something was wrong the moment he returned to the Xingfeng Sect.

***

The Scroll World, Hengduan Mountain, at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, a dense crowd of Jiang family martial artists had appeared here. Not only here, but almost the entire Hengduan Mountain had been surrounded by Jiang family martial artists from all directions.

After Jiang Hong received the letter from the Imperial City and confirmed that Chen Feng had no background in the capital, the Jiang family members began their move.

It was currently night, the best time to strike.

"Patriarch, the investigation is complete. There are seven or eight martial artists guarding the entrance to the Xingfeng Sect, all of whom are below the fifth level of the Houtian realm. They likely know we are here," an elder reported to Jiang Yaotian.

Jiang Yaotian said, "So what if they know? The entire Hengduan Mountain has been surrounded by us so tightly that even a fly couldn't escape."

The Jiang family had mobilized as many as a thousand martial artists this time, with hundreds of them being above the fifth level of the Houtian realm.

Forget wiping out the Xingfeng Sect; even wiping out all the sects in the Hengduan Mountains would not be a problem.

Although the Xingfeng Sect had a few hundred people after taking over Black Wind Fortress, they were merely low-level bandits. Once the fight broke out, at least half would flee; they were not a concern at all.

Beside him, Jiang Chen spoke up, "Father, let me lead the charge. You command from the rear."

Jiang Chen volunteered, determined to perform well this time to boost his prestige within the family.

Jiang Yaotian nodded. "Very well. Take two elders and one hundred Houtian martial artists with you. But remember, do not go deep into the Xingfeng Sect; wait for news from your aunt."

Jiang Hong had not joined the main body of the Jiang family; instead, she had gone to the Xingfeng Sect alone.

To capture the bandits, one must first capture their leader. Jiang Hong intended to take down Chen Feng first to test what kind of trump cards he held.

The Jiang family members moved quickly, the dense crowd of martial artists began to contract their encirclement, targeting the Xingfeng Sect.

Such a massive movement by the Jiang family was immediately noticed by some of the smaller sects in the Hengduan Mountains.

These sects immediately closed their gates, not daring to venture out, only sending their top experts to scout the situation.

On a hilltop within the Hengduan Mountains, Wang Tian and Qin Yao watched the Jiang family martial artists approaching the Xingfeng Sect in the distance, their faces filled with worry.

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

Qin Yao asked in confusion, "Why would the Jiang family deploy so many people to deal with the Xingfeng Sect?"

Qin Yao was full of incomprehension. Why bring thousands of martial artists to the Hengduan Mountains just to deal with the Xingfeng Sect? Was such a massive mobilization necessary?

As far as Qin Yao knew, Chen Feng was the only Xiantian martial artist in the entire Xingfeng Sect; there was no need to deploy so many people.

"Sigh, now is not the time to worry about that. Once the Xingfeng Sect is destroyed, we will have no choice but to leave," Wang Tian sighed.

He did not want anything to happen to the Xingfeng Sect because their sect's medicinal pills were all sold to them.

Just as his alchemy sect was flourishing, such an incident occurred.

If the Xingfeng Sect was gone, their market would vanish, and once the Jiang family occupied the Hengduan Mountains, they would have no place to stand. Generally, when such large families occupy a mountain range, they do not allow other powers to exist.

"Let's wait and see. Perhaps Sect Leader Chen has a way to deal with this," Qin Yao said.

"What way could he have? With the Jiang family deploying so many martial artists, even He Sandao of the past would likely have to flee in such a formation. Now, I only hope Sect Leader Chen can escape."

In Wang Tian's view, the destruction of the Xingfeng Sect was inevitable. How could a small sect compete with a martial arts clan?

A large family like the Jiang family owned mountains far larger than those in the Hengduan Mountains, and their foundation was incomparable to that of the Xingfeng Sect.

Qin Yao fell silent; she knew Wang Tian was telling the truth.

In this situation, the best possible outcome was for Chen Feng to escape; as for the others in the Xingfeng Sect, they certainly would not survive.

The two watched quietly as the fires and moving shadows appeared in the distant forest. In less than ten minutes, the leading Jiang family martial artists would reach the entrance of the Xingfeng Sect.