Where Winds Meet 2.3: Crown Leek Wandering Tales in Qingzhou
Two fake omens, one guilty leek promoter, and the two in-game hours you need to set to finish the Qingzhou tale.
Two fake omens, one guilty leek promoter, and the two in-game hours you need to set to finish the Qingzhou tale.
by AllThingsHow Staff
Added in Version 2.3 of Where Winds Meet, Crown Leek is one of the Greenshade Village Part 2 Wandering Tales. Near Crownleek Terrace in Qingzhou, you find a carved stone on the road and a message in a fish. The strange affair proves to be an inept sales ploy. Gather the two omens, track down the culprit after dark, and deliver a letter from one NPC to another.
Quick answer: Collect the Engraved Stone and Strange Fish, then meet Yu Dun south of Crownleek Terrace at Xu hour and hand them over. At Wei hour, find Yan Dacong in Greenshade Village; afterward, take his letter to Yu Dun.
Crown Leek requirements
This tale unfolds in Qingzhou’s Eastern Peak subregion, around Greenshade Village, Crownleek Terrace, and the adjacent lakeshore. Qingzhou must be accessible before you can get there.
Reach Character Level 32.
Finish the main story quest Chapter 1: Heaven Has No Pier.
Unlock the region by beginning the Away to Qingzhou Lost Chapter.
Have access to the in-game time setting in the game menu. You change the hour twice during the tale.
No quest giver starts this tale; examining either omen triggers it. Its opening clue is listed in the Quest Compendium under Wandering Tales: “Bizarre omens have appeared around Crownleek Terrace lately, like the cloth strip in the fish belly and the engraved stone!”
Crown Leek items, NPCs, and required hours
The tale uses four quest items and two NPCs. The items can be picked up at any hour. Both NPCs only appear at certain times of day.
Item or NPC
Location
When
Engraved Stone
Dirt crossroad west of Greenshade Village
Any time
Strange Fish
Lake shore south of Crownleek Terrace
Any time
Cloth Strip in the Fish Belly
Inside the Strange Fish (Bag)
Any time
Yu Dun
Woods south of Crownleek Terrace
Xu hour (19:00–21:00)
Yan Dacong
Leek shop, Greenshade Village
Wei hour (13:00–15:00)
Little Lu’s Letter to Yu Dun
Given by Yan Dacong
After Yu Dun confesses
Xu and Wei hours always work. Other hours can trigger the same scenes. Yu Dun also appears at Zi hour, and Yan Dacong also appears at Wu hour or around 16:00. The simple rule is to find Yu Dun after dark and Yan Dacong during the afternoon. At night, Greenshade Village is asleep and the shop is empty.
The letter has two names depending on the version. Some players see Little Lu’s Letter to Yu Dun, and others see Lu Wenxin’s Letter. It is the same item and works the same way.
Fast travel to the Stillwater Bay landmark, then go south to the lake beneath Crownleek Terrace. The terrace lies southwest of the Eastern Peak leek fields and west of Wellspring Town. Gliding and surfing over the water will speed up the trip.
Look along the waterline for the Strange Fish, washed onto the mud or drifting near the surface, and interact with it. Use Wind Sense near shore if it is hard to find. Its item description calls the belly “suspiciously swollen”.
Fast travel to the Crownleek Terrace landmark. Then head toward the dirt roads west of Greenshade Village. On the map, it’s the road fork southwest of the village.
At the three-way crossroads beside a large tree, take the Engraved Stone from the center of the road. The carving says “Eat the Crown Leek for Longevity.”
Open the Quest tab in your Bag, select Strange Fish, then choose Retrieve Object to get the Cloth Strip in the Fish Belly. The water has blurred the writing, but the longevity slogan is still legible.
You may remove the cloth strip whenever you like before giving the items to Yu Dun. Doing so beforehand avoids opening your Bag during the conversation.
Step off the path and climb south into the woods. Track the cry of a “fox” calling “Eat the Crown Leek for Longevity.” The speaker is Yu Dun, an Inkbound Order disciple in white robes, positioned behind a pine tree.
01:32Locating Yu DunYu Dun next to his pine tree in the southern woods. He only shows up here after dark. Shown at 01:32 in Marry & Perry’s video. Image: Everstone Studio
Speak with Yu Dun, select Give, and hand him the Cloth Strip in the Fish Belly followed by the Engraved Stone. He confesses that he staged the omens out of desperation to sell more Crown Leek. Afterward, he directs you to Leek Chief Yan Dacong.
Go into the small leek shop near the crossroad where you found the stone. Talk to Yan Dacong, choose Give, and show him the omen items. He criticizes Yu Dun’s scare tactics and gives you Little Lu’s Letter to Yu Dun.
Fast travel back to Crownleek Terrace and walk to the same spot in the southern woods. You don’t need to change the time again. Yu Dun is now standing out in the open during the day.
Talk to Yu Dun, choose Give, and hand him the letter. The letter tells him to stop making wild claims, stop using tricks about ghosts and gods, and stop disrupting the villagers’ lives.
Once asked for advice in the dialogue, recommend distributing free samples rather than inventing omens. Complete the conversation afterward.
Crown Leek completion and rewards
After your final conversation with Yu Dun, look for the Wandering Tales: Crown Leek ending Unlocked banner to confirm the tale’s completion. Exploration rewards appear immediately after it.
Reward
Amount
Echo Jade
30
Qingzhou Exploration
10
Coin
3,750
Stored EXP
3,750
Jade Fish
1
The 10 Qingzhou Exploration points contribute to the region’s exploration progress. On some reward screens, EXP is labeled Character EXP instead of Stored EXP. Crown Leek is complete when the ending banner appears and the rewards are in your inventory.
