The Legend of Min Hong

~Hu~ 'I hope I didn't say too much…'

He thought to himself and felt lethargic for some reason and immediately thought about the princess, even though he did not realize why she was the first person to come to mind and not Min Qing, Min Rou or Qing Tan…

Huan Ji returned after an hour, and Min Hong had all of them move into the same First Class apartments of the same building in pairs and when they all settled in, he had Huan Ji gather them all for a quick meeting at the penthouse…

Then after about two more hours of giving Huan Ji's mercenary group a new purpose of creating their own private escort services which would be headed by Wei Nian and assisted by Hun Kun…

Min Hong gave them 50,000 mid-grade spirit stones to create a recruiting competition amongst the ordinary civilians living in the city where they can gather more talented experts into their ranks…

Min Hong, Gong Yi, Wei Nian and Hun Kun then returned to the Vibrant Zone to once again meet with Elder Guan Ji and create a partnership with his business to up the level of the royalty level transportation services they provided...

Min Hong proposed that their transportation services should now include security escorts which would be provided by Hong Huan Escort Services to anyone who could afford it...

But contrary to expectation, the East Grand Elder instead proposed a merger which would see his own company help the Hong Huan Escorts deal with their administrative responsibilities...

Then the total profits from the business would be split amongst both businesses in a 60 – 40 percent ratio, with the Hong Huan Escorts taking 40 percent of this profits…

Min Hong also set a target for them, both in terms of fame and level of protection provided, whilst Gong Yi was a little disappointed that he didn't get to meet Jihao once again... 

But Elder Huan Ji explained to him that he had sent her back to the Empire to personally deliver a message to his son and daughter telling them to focus on their cultivation because the best amongst both his kids would be rewarded with a chance to enter the inheritance grounds…

"Don't worry brother, you will get to see her once again in 7 months when we return here…"

Min Hong consoled before finally leaving the Fallen God City with Huan Ji after being escorted by the experts from the new Hong Huan Escorts…

In less than an hour, the sun was already lowering in the horizons as the Min Hong trio arrived at the location where they had left the flying ship…

Min Hong found the Princess standing at the helm of the ship looking towards the in anticipation…

He had Huan Ji begin their journey immediately they arrived whilst he called a meeting with the rest of the group and had Gong Yi explain every information about the inheritance ground Huan Ji's group had provided them with as they headed over to the borders of the East Wind Empire where their next mission was situated…

After about three solid days of uneventful flight, they finally arrived at their destination which was a little village that was located to the West of the borders of the East Wind Empire…

But at the moment, Min Hong's group had landed their flying ship a safe distance from the village in a very secret location within the forest that separated the village from the rocky and sandy plains of the Jun Empire…

Min Hong then gathered the group together and have Gong Yi reveal the details of the mission to the group;

"This mission has a duration of a single month to whomever decided to accept it…"

"It is a mission that the Empire wants nothing to do with and is also open and free to whoever choses to accept it…"

"What does that even mean?" Yu Min asked with a frown;

"This means whoever accepts this mission is on his or her own and are doing it without any explicit ties to the Empire..."

"This in turn means that; should the person die, then the Empire would take no responsibility for it; Should the person fail, the person will also have to bear the consequences of that failure on their own…"

"But in the same vein, any treasure obtained or found by the person taking on this mission will belong solely to that person…" Gong Yi explained…

"The place is called 'The Village of Sang', and their problem is about missing tribesmen…"

"Missing tribesmen?"

"Yes, it is claimed that over 300 of their tribesmen had gone missing in the last year alone…"

"What!?" Ki Ting blurted in shock;

"If the situation is this dire, why haven't they called unto the East Wind Empire for assistance?" The Princess frowned slightly;

"Well, they simply can't afford it, and since they an independent tribe, none of the four Empires is obligated to help the out with anything…" Gong Yi explained;

"That is all there is to the details of this mission…"

"What!?"

Gu Ming was stunned that these people were sent on significant missions such as this and they have almost no information whatsoever about what was going on...

"Alright, I guess we have to find out more about the situation from the tribe itself, so let's go people…" Min Hong urged as they all left the ship in care of Huan Ji and moved into the village…

Surrounded on all sides by thick vegetation, the village was hidden by the forest trees as Min Hong, Tong Tian and Gong Yi went ahead of the group to clear a path for them whilst Elder Fu, Gu Ming and Xiao Gui brought up the rear, with the ladies being the middle of the group;

Whoosh! Pak!

The sound of an arrow piercing through the air rang out as it stabbed to a nearby tree that was only a few inches away from Tong Tian, then a voice which seems to belong to a young man echoed from somewhere within the forest;

"Halt!"

"This is the Village of Sang, state your business here!?" Everyone heard the voice as Gong Yi responded;

"We are nomad experts form just outside the Jun Empire, and we received word that there is a certain village in need of help here, so we have come to render our help…"