Chapter 304

"Look quickly!"

Someone pointed to the straight road.

These people turned to look, and saw several bear-men over five meters tall, massive in build, marching in perfect step toward them.

"We're done! The beastmen are coming! These beastmen are huge!"

Some civilians had never seen beastmen before, and now, seeing the largest of them—the bear-men—their faces turned deathly pale with fear.

The appearance of the bear-men warriors caused massive unrest among the tens of thousands watching; some had already started running.

But immediately, those panicked people realized the bear-men warriors, after reaching the very edge of the forest, did not advance further—they turned around and marched back the other way.

They kept walking back and forth along that stretch of road.

"They're compacting the road!"

A noble spotted the trick.

After realizing the bear-men warriors' purpose, these people no longer feared Yan Country's invasion.

Both commoners and nobles found the behavior of these massive bear-men warriors utterly astonishing!

They all watched with great interest.

Finally, the bear-men warriors had trampled the road nearly flat, and marched away in neat formation.

The straight road was now essentially complete!

Looking down the road, those with sharp eyes could even make out what appeared to be a fortress between two towering mountains!

That was Yan Pass!

"What a long road!"

Someone exclaimed.

"So wide, so straight, so smooth—and it was built in less than a day! Truly a miracle!"

Another noble also gasped in awe.

This noble had his own territory; he knew better than anyone how troublesome road-building was.

On his land, building a road just a few kilometers long required hundreds of laborers and took a full month!

Yet this grand avenue, twenty kilometers long and one hundred meters wide, was completed in less than a day!

This made the noble believe Yan Country and its Flame Lord were truly extraordinary.

"Look! Someone's coming!"

"It's winged folk!"

At that moment, the sky filled with a dense swarm of winged folk!

"Will the winged folk attack us?"

Someone worried.

"They won't—Yan Country isn't at war with us. Last time, they only wiped out the Slo family, not anyone else."

Someone spoke calmly.

The dense swarm of winged folk flew above the entrance to the road, and then these people saw a veiled girl emerge, flying forward to hover twenty meters above the crowd.

"It's Yan Country's Grand Mage!"

The crowd stirred again.

After the Slo family battle, many recognized Mengying.

They knew how terrifying she was!

"Grand Mage? She's clearly an Incantation Mage!"

"I agree—she's an Incantation Mage. Let's see what she says."

Everyone lifted their heads to look at Mengying.

Though Mengying was beautiful and showed no hostility, none dared entertain the slightest improper thought—she had wiped out the Slo family; in their eyes, she was far too terrifying!

Mengying spoke, her voice cold and clear:

"This road is the Path of Miracle—and the Path of Hope. From now on, its name shall be Hope Avenue."

Hope Avenue!

Mengying's words surprised the tens of thousands; they didn't understand why she was telling them the road's name.

But no one spoke—they listened intently.

If you're going to talk while an Incantation Mage is speaking, are you not tired of living?

Yes, to many, Mengying was already an Incantation Mage!

Because the final strike that destroyed the Slo family's castle had power equal to that of an Incantation Mage.

Moreover, Mengying looked far too young to be anything else—it seemed implausible she wasn't one.

The Magic Academy knew Mengying's true age—after all, she had once been a student there—but for some reason, they had not revealed it.

After speaking, Mengying continued:

"Travel twenty kilometers along this Hope Avenue, and you will reach a mighty fortress: Yan Pass. Beyond Yan Pass lies a city: Yan City."

After saying this, she paused, as if giving them time to absorb it.

The tens of thousands grew even more curious, wondering what she would say next, and fixed their gazes on Mengying.

Mengying continued:

"The royal house of the Spiritling Kingdom has granted us Spread Across the Entire Territory permission to sell our Divine Beans. We opened this passage not to invade Spiritling Kingdom, but to better distribute our Divine Beans. From now on, you may eat Divine Beans every single day!"

"Yay!"

This time, as soon as Mengying finished speaking, someone finally cheered.

Seeing Mengying show no reaction, more and more people began cheering.

These commoners came to gather precisely because they were all watching for the Divine Beans.

The Divine Beans greatly improved their lives, and even allowed some commoners to earn substantial money—how could they not care?

Now that they heard the Divine Beans could resume sales in the Xiling Kingdom, they were naturally delighted.

And the nobles also breathed easier.

For they had feared most that the Yanguo Society would invade.

But now it seemed the royal house of the Xiling Kingdom had reached an agreement with Yanguo.

There would be no invasion.

Moreover, these nobles could continue selling the Divine Beans.

This was truly brilliant!

Thus, many nobles joined the cheering—rarely seen among them.

Meng Ying still hovered in the air; after waiting five minutes, as the crowd's noise gradually faded and all awaited her next words, she continued:

"Starting today, anyone among you—whether noble or commoner—has the right to transport and sell Divine Beans in Yancheng. The purchase price is twenty copper coins per jin, fixed forever, but each purchase must be at least one thousand jin."

Here, she paused again.

And below, when her words landed, an eerie silence fell!

"Respected Master, you… you truly mean we can also transport and sell Divine Beans in Yancheng?"

Finally, a commoner stammered.

Meng Ying nodded and said: "Yes!"

The commoner's whole body trembled, then asked: "Is the purchase price really only twenty copper coins per jin?"

Meng Ying nodded again: "Yes—it is my God's grace upon you!"

"Hum!"

The moment Meng Ying finished speaking, the tens of thousands below erupted in chaos!

"Wonderful, wonderful—the chance to get rich has come!"

"Yes, our chance to get rich has come! Even with the one-thousand-jin limit, we can pool resources—it should work. The problem is transport: take your ox."

"My heavens, the purchase price is only twenty copper coins per jin! We can transport and sell them—even walking twenty kilometers is enough. This is truly a divine blessing! The Flame Lord is so generous!"

Below, many commoners were overcome with excitement!

Meng Ying watched them calmly, unsurprised by their reaction.

"My God's wisdom is as boundless as the ocean—how could he conceive such a brilliant scheme?"

Meng Ying thought to herself.

Originally, the fox maiden Qing Ling and Meng Ying had planned to open a passage through the Misty Mountains through prayer, then send the beastmen directly into human lands to sell the Divine Beans.

But after their prayer, they received a revelation from Lin Yan.