Chapter 270: Mengying Moves! Yanguo

"The Slo family has blockaded Sir Hawk's territory, preventing our potatoes from entering the Hellin Kingdom!"

In the City of Miracles, the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling received a letter from Sir Hawk!

Immediately, she summoned several Holy Maidens to attend a meeting.

"Mia, your grandfather's letter also said the Slo family is the largest in the eastern region, with formidable strength—during the previous expedition into the Mists twenty years ago, the Slo family armed five thousand warriors!"

The fox maiden Sister Qing Ling read aloud the contents of Sir Hawk's letter.

"Holy Maiden, the Slo family is targeting us!"

The girl Mengying said.

Sister Qing Ling nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too. Now is not the best time to go to war with them. If the god of the Hellin Kingdom truly lost the Divine War, in at most one or two months, the Hellin Kingdom will face attacks from the opposing deity's forces on the Continent of Gods. Wait until their war begins—that will be our best opportunity!"

Sister Qing Ling had already become an outstanding military strategist, her tactical mind exceptionally sharp!

Here, she turned to Mengying: "Mengying, you're more familiar with human kingdoms—what do you think we should do?"

Mengying paused, then said, "The Slo family does not represent the entire Hellin Kingdom. I've heard Mistress Masha mention this family—the Slo family has grown too powerful in the eastern region, and in fact, the royal house has long been wary of them. If the Slo family suffers a blow, the royal house may even welcome it!"

She stood up and said, "I'll handle this. It's a perfect chance to test the Hellin Kingdom's royal house and the Wangshiyu Sect's stance. Holy Maiden, prepare an envoy delegation. If after I act, the royal house remains ambiguous or inactive, send the envoy to declare the founding of the Yanguo Society to the Hellin royal court."

Sister Qing Ling understood Mengying's meaning.

If Mengying struck hard against the Slo family and then revealed the founding of the Yanguo Society, and the Hellin royal house and the Wangshiyu Sect chose silence or inaction, then Mistress Masha's leaked information was true!

The god of the Hellin Kingdom truly lost the Divine War!

The Hellin Kingdom will soon face attacks from other nations.

It won't fight on two fronts.

It may even treat the Yanguo Society well, fearing the Yanguo Society might stir up trouble behind its back.

Though the Mists Mountains block the Yanguo Society, news of its air force cannot be contained—two thousand winged beings can transport over a hundred thousand troops across in one or two days.

The Hellin Kingdom has no such air force!

This is precisely the Yanguo Society's chance to openly step onto the grand stage of the Continent of Gods.

Once tested, it becomes simple: prepare in advance and wait for other nations to attack the Hellin Kingdom.

At that time, the Hellin Kingdom will be a fat target!

Mengying left with Mia.

The Slo family probably never imagined.

They're still playing power games, believing they've crushed Sir Hawk and can force the shadowy figures behind him to reveal themselves.

But Mengying and Qing Ling treat the Slo family as a pawn to test the Hellin Kingdom!

Their gaze isn't fixed on the tiny Slo family—they see the Hellin Kingdom as a fat target, pondering how to take a bite!

Two thousand fully armed winged warriors, armed with ample arrows, followed Mengying as she departed.

This time, Mengying did not ride on the back of a female winged being.

She flew through the air herself!

She wore a long dress; to avoid exposure during flight, she cast a minor spell to keep her hem from fluttering.

In fact, she also wore tight-fitting pants reaching her calves—a second layer of protection.

Yes, these tight-fitting pants were her own invention, inspired by Lin Yan.

She was a disciple of the Flame Lord; no one had the right to even see her face, let alone witness a Grand Mage exposing herself in flight.

In the City of Miracles, many warriors cheered upon seeing Mengying fly.

It meant the Yanguo Society now possessed a powerful Grand Mage!

On the Continent of Gods, a nation without high-end combat power cannot survive.

Without high-end power, an enemy's powerful mage could wipe out your entire leadership in one strike!

Thus, powerful mages or warriors are always the backbone of any nation!

Just like Mengying!

Outside Sir Hawk's territory, the conflict between the Slo family and Sir Hawk had drawn the attention of many eastern regional nobles.

The Slo family's large-scale move, blocking caravans transporting potatoes, made it impossible for other nobles to ignore.

Thus, outside Sir Hawk's territory, numerous nobles—or their spies—had gathered.

This place had now become the focal point of the entire eastern region.

Everyone was watching to see how this conflict would unfold.

The crowd was sharply divided.

Nobles had their own area; commoners had theirs.

Yes, there were many commoners just here to watch the spectacle.

After the news spread, on just the first day, tens of thousands of commoners had come to Sir Hawk's territory to watch.

And the number kept growing.

Some commoners were furious.

Because potatoes had finally allowed poorer commoners to eat their fill—and still have money left to buy clothes, quilts, and other necessities!

For these commoners, potatoes had greatly improved their living conditions.

Some commoners had actually earned substantial income by selling roasted sweet potatoes, roasted corn, and roasted potatoes.

In short, the arrival of these three crops had benefited hundreds of thousands of commoners in the eastern region, and the number of beneficiaries kept rising.

The eastern region of the Hellin Kingdom had several million people!

But now, their livelihood had been directly cut off by the Slo family!

Cutting off someone's income is like killing their parents.

No wonder these commoners were furious and hated the Slo family.

But anger was useless.

Never mind that the gathered commoners here numbered a hundred thousand.

Setting aside whether these hundred thousand could even fight the Snow family's three thousand fully armed, well-trained, and powerful warriors.

Even if someone waved flags and shouted encouragement, they still had no chance of fighting!

Any random minor noble could crush them utterly!

Let alone a top-tier noble house like the Snow family!

Some nobles, especially those who hauled potatoes out from Lord Hawk's place to peddle, also despised the Snow family.

But they too could only fume in silence, not daring to speak out.

The Snow family was simply too powerful.

Unless every mid- and small-tier noble in the eastern region united against the Snow family — but that was utterly impossible.

The nobles were each more cunning than the last; the Snow family only needed to sow a little discord, and these nobles would fall to infighting, scattering like loose sand.

"Those divine beans really did come from a strange source. We haven't seen any cultivation of them on our side. I heard they were transported over from the beastfolk's territory."

A noble said.

The Church had not disclosed any news about Yan Country.

Right now, only the Church's small squad, Baomanzhu Sect and a few of his subordinates, and a handful of people from the Snow family knew about Yan Country.

Still, with winged folk appearing so frequently every day, some people did take notice, so the news that those three crops that sold out the moment they hit the shelves came from the beastfolk's side did spread.

"I wonder how Lord Hawk's society will handle this."

A noble said.