In the Chatroom, [True Sage] Wu Haoran had also pulled in [Divine Spear]Chen Zhiyu, and [Tai Shan] Lu Tai.
[Heavenly Winds: What's up?]
[Divine Spear: +1]
[Tai Shan: +1]
[True Sage: Did you guys finish reading the announcement?]
[Tai Shan: Yeah, so what?]
[True Sage: Due to the change, we need to change our hunting strategy if we want to surpass Crimson God]
[Heavenly Winds: You think we have a chance?]
[True Sage: They are only 12 points ahead of us.]
[True Sage: With some diligence and luck, we can definitely surpass them.]
[Divine Spear: So what are you suggesting?]
[True Sage: Why don't we focus on just the 6th realm beasts?]
[Tai Shan: Huh?]
[Heavenly Winds: Why?]
[True Sage: Think about it, the amount of time it takes to search for and hunt a 5th realm beast would take about the same amount of time to hunt a 6th realm beast instead.]
[Divine Spear: In that case, why not hunt 4th realm beasts?]
[Tai Shan: It takes marginally less time to hunt the level 4 and level 3 mutant beasts, but it wouldn't be worth it, as the majority is spent searching for them.]
After seeing what they said, Tian Qingfeng started to think. He then promptly asked the group.
[Heavenly Wind: But 3rd and 4th rank beasts are much more common. If we go all in on those, then we would get points faster.]
[True Sage: That wouldn't work.]
[Heavenly Wind: Why not]
[True Sage: You have to keep in mind that most other teams are targeting those beasts.]
[True Sage: When split among them, the points accumulated wouldn't be enough.]
[True Sage: Not to mention that there isn't enough time for quantity to match quality. By the time we hunted 3 4th realm beasts to get 9 points, the other teams would have enough time to hunt 2 6th ranks, placing us 9 points behind.]
[Tai Shan: In that case, focusing on only the 6th rank beast would make a lot more sense.]
[True Sage: So we're all in agreement?]
[Heavenly Wind: Yup]
[Tai Shan: Yup]
[Divine Spear: Yup]
After the four of them agreed on the plan for tomorrow, Tian Qingfeng closed their group chat and prepared to go to bed.
Right as he had closed all the astral link screens, turned off the portable lamp, and was about to get into his sleeping bag, he froze after hearing some rustling outside of his tent.
A short while later, a soft voice called from outside.
"Qingfeng, are you awake?"
Recognizing the voice, Qingfeng relaxed and sat back down before replying,
"I'm awake, come in."
Saying that, he turned the lamp back on.
A slender hand parted the tent's door flap, and a girl entered through the gap.
After closing the tent flap, she sat down in front of him and started addressing Qingfeng.
"Sorry about coming here so late."
"Baixue, it's fine," Qingfeng responded in a warm tone. "Did you need something?"
"Yeah, Dad called and said that little Hong wanted to see you. Can you take this video call right now?"
"Yeah, I have time."
With Qingfeng's acknowledgement, Fei Baixue scooted over next to Tian Qingfeng and then tapped on her Astral link. She projected a screen with a voice call onto the space in front of them.
After the screen rang for a while, the voice call screen brightened and showed Fei Baixue's living room. Facing the screen was Tian Hongxian, Baixue's dad, Fei Mingwu, and her mother, Chen Bingyun, all sitting in a row on the sofa.
As the connection went through, the first thing that Qingfeng heard was a high-pitched scream.
"Brother!!! How have you been? Are you hurt? Have you eaten? Are you safe?"
Tian Hongxian's eyes were glowing as she stared at Qingfeng.
Facing the barrage of questions from Hongxian, all Qingfeng could do was raise his hand and lightly waved while giving her a bright smile.
"Hey, Sis." Qingfeng said weakly, "How've you been?"
"I've been great. Uncle Fei and Aunty Chen have been taking care of me." Hongxian said with a beaming smile
After what Tian Hongxian said, Tian Qingfeng turned to Uncle Fei and Aunt Chen.
"Thank you for taking care of Hongxian," Qingfeng said while he bowed his head at them.
"He he he," both Fei Mingwu and Chen Bingyun chuckled at that.
"It's fine, it's fine." Aunty Chen said, laughing, "Why don't you guys tell us what you all have been doing?"
"Ah, well, when we arrived…"
Qingfeng and Baixue both provided accounts on what they have experienced, each supplementing the story with their point of view.
While they spoke about the mutant monster hunt, Honxian would jump in from time to time to ask about what the mutant beasts looked like and what they were like.
Once the two finished the retelling of what had been going on in their end, they conversed for a while.
At some point, Uncle Fei seemed to lean forward and squint.
"Hey, where are you guys?"
"Hmm, this is my tent," Qingfeng said
With that, Uncle Fei spouted a barrage of questions and then made a shocking statement.
"Both of you are in one tent? Why are you two so close? Why is there only one sleeping bag?
"Are you guys sleeping together? I forbid it!"
"Daaaaaad!!!!" Baixue whined as a tinge of pink flushed her face.
Qingfeng awkwardly shuffled to the right a bit to put a larger gap between them. His face also somewhat flustered.
On the projected screen, as Hongxian burst into laughter, Chen Bingyun leaned over and slapped Fei Mingwu on the head with a palm.
"What are you saying to the kids?" She said in exasperation. "You know their temperaments. Why are you trying to rile the kids up?"
Being hit on the head, Uncle Fei rocked forward before turning to his wife.
"Of course I know, but this is the first time they are far from home. Who knows what their young adolescent minds can get up to?"
At that, Uncle Fei turned to look at Qingfeng and Baixue and addressed them in a stern tone,
"No going too far, you hear!!"
"Yes sir, loud and clear!" Qingfeng immediately responded
At that, Aunty Chen said, "Alright, alright. It's getting late. Let's end this call so the kids can turn in for the night."
At that, Uncle Fei reached for the holoscreen remote to disconnect the call.
At that moment, someone entered the living room and, upon seeing the call on the projection, let out a cry of exclamation.
"Wait, is that big sister and big brother Qingfeng! Why didn't you guys tell me tha…"
Before Fei Lanhua could continue, the projected screen winked, turned black, and the call disconnected.