Where Winds Meet: How to Unlock All Wellspring Town Anecdotes

Wellspring Town holds thirteen Experience entries under the Sentient Beings tab, and each one is a short conversation with a specific townsperson. Several of those people only say the right thing at a certain hour, so the whole set comes down to visiting the correct spot and spinning the in-game clock before you talk. Clear all thirteen and you walk away with a stack of Echo Jade, Qingzhou Exploration points, and currency.

Quick answer: Finish the Wandering Tales quest String of Goodwill first, then speak to the thirteen listed NPCs at their spots, setting the clock to the required hour for the ones that need it.

Complete String of Goodwill first

None of the Wellspring Town anecdotes become available until the Wandering Tales quest String of Goodwill shows as Completed. You pick it up beneath the large tree at the town entrance, where Granny Wang asks you to run a short errand for her. Open the Wandering Tales menu and confirm the quest is done before you start the route below.

You adjust the hour through the time dial, where the day is split into the twelve zodiac signs. The four settings you need are Chen (08:00), Wu (14:00), Shen (16:00), and Xu (20:00). The rest of the conversations trigger at any hour.

All 13 Wellspring Town anecdotes and their conditions

Anecdote	NPC	Where	Clock
Hidden Masters	Yi Zheng	Blacksmith stall	14:00 (Wu)
Tales of War	Gu Feng	Grain shop	Any
Record of Paper Kite Crafts	Liu Ruyi	Kite workshop	16:00 (Shen)
The Living Signboard	Hu Yue	Escort agency entrance	Any
Washing Hands in the Golden Basin	Hu Yue	Escort agency office	14:00 (Wu)
Mystery of the Dragon Treasure Ship	Ni Daxiao	Escort agency courtyard	20:00 (Xu)
Crooked Wealth	Tuoyun	Pinemist Pavilion stall	Any
Wu’s Billowing Sashes	Fang Luanzhen	Pinemist Pavilion courtyard	Any
Talent Knows No Bounds	Zhuge Feifei	Primary Academy interior	08:00 (Chen)
The Scholar’s Blessing	Gu Xiaohu	Academy garden	14:00 (Wu)
Students’ History Play	Master Yi	Classroom behind garden	Any
Origins of Wellspring	Lin Jingxing	Pond pavilion bridge	Any
The Stone Desk of Mediation	Xing Dalang	Mediation office	Any

Town shops: Yi Zheng, Gu Feng, and Liu Ruyi

Fast travel to the Wellspring Town Landmark – Teleport to begin. The first three entries sit along the main street and its side shops.

Walk south down the town street to the blacksmith stall and open the time dial. Set the hour to 14:00 (Wu / Horse) before you approach.

Adjusting time for Yi Zheng — Spin the clock to the Wu (Horse) hour so the blacksmith's conversation becomes available. Shown at 00:43 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Talk to blacksmith Yi Zheng to record Hidden Masters. The entry logs the moment the dialogue finishes.

Speaking with Yi Zheng at his stall unlocks the Hidden Masters anecdote. Shown at 00:53 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Head up the stairs into the grain shop and speak with Gu Feng to pick up Tales of War. No clock change is needed here.

Go to the kite workshop and set the clock to 16:00 (Shen / Monkey), then talk to Faction Master Liu Ruyi inside for Record of Paper Kite Crafts.

Golden Basin Escort Agency: three entries at three times

The escort agency gives up three anecdotes, but each one needs a different clock setting, so do them in order to avoid backtracking.

At the agency doorway, talk with Hu Yue outside to unlock The Living Signboard. You can do this at any time of day.

Speaking with Hu Yue outside — Catch Hu Yue outside the agency doors first for The Living Signboard. Shown at 02:37 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

When the clock shows 14:00 (Wu / Horse), go inside the office. Speak with Hu Yue at the table to earn Washing Hands in the Golden Basin.

Advance the clock to 20:00 (Xu / Dog) and go back out to the courtyard. Ni Daxiao appears there at night, and talking to him records Mystery of the Dragon Treasure Ship.

Adjusting time to night — Push the time dial forward to the night hour so Ni Daxiao shows up in the courtyard. Shown at 03:26 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Pinemist Pavilion: Tuoyun and Fang Luanzhen

Mark the east side of town and cross the rooftops to reach the Pinemist Pavilion area. Both entries here trigger regardless of the hour.

Find apprentice Tuoyun at the stone carving stall under the covered workshop and speak with him for Crooked Wealth.

Cross the courtyard to painter Fang Luanzhen at the calligraphy and painting table and talk to unlock Wu’s Billowing Sashes.

Speaking with Fang Luanzhen — Fang Luanzhen stands at the painting table across the Pinemist Pavilion courtyard. Shown at 05:01 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Primary Hall academy, pond, and the Mediation Office

Fast travel to the Primary Hall Landmark – Teleport for the final cluster. Two of these need a clock change, and the rest trigger at any time.

Set the clock to 08:00 (Chen / Dragon) and enter the academy to speak with Dean Zhuge Feifei for Talent Knows No Bounds.

Adjusting time to morning — Set the dial to the Chen (Dragon) morning hour before entering the academy. Shown at 05:34 in RIFAS’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Head outside into the academy garden, set the clock to 14:00 (Wu / Horse), then speak with student Gu Xiaohu beside the altar to get The Scholar’s Blessing.

Go into the classroom situated behind the garden, then talk with teacher Master Yi at his desk to record Students’ History Play.

Use teleport to return to the Primary Hall landmark. From there, go to the pavilion on the covered bridge above the central pond and talk with Shenji Guard Lin Jingxing to obtain Origins of Wellspring.

Go to the town mediation office and talk with Constable Xing Dalang inside to finish with The Stone Desk of Mediation.

Rewards and how to confirm the set is complete

Each anecdote registers in the Sentient Beings tab the moment its conversation ends, and the matching journal slot fills in. Every recorded entry pays out Echo Jade x5 and Qingzhou Exploration x5, plus Jade Fish +250 and Trace Jade +250.

To verify you have them all, open the Wellspring Town Experience journal under Sentient Beings. When no slots show as unrecorded, every anecdote in the town is logged and the full reward total has been collected.