Chapter 7 Thunder Sound City
Yunxiao Palace is located in the central region of the Misty Heaven Realm. Yu Shan admires Dongfang Yu for being able to establish himself in the central area and have his own power.
The Holy Witch Clan's ancestral land is in the Southern Region, and the Central Region is more than ten million miles away from the Southern Region. Without his free sponsorship of a mid-grade spirit boat, it would have been very difficult for them to reach the Southern Region.
Although they possess warships, these are not suitable for use in a place like the Misty Heaven Realm, as it would be tantamount to openly telling others that they are outsiders.
Even traveling thousands of miles on a mid-grade spirit boat would take at least a month, and that's assuming they travel day and night.
Of course, if you travel on a top-grade spirit boat and use top-grade spirit stones for propulsion, this time can be shortened to three days.
Although Yu Shan was eager to return home, she could not keep the spirit boat flying without sleep, because if a mid-grade spirit boat flew continuously, the formation that maintained its flight would wear out considerably.
Unless it's an escape, a flight should stop and rest after a maximum of two days.
In addition, apart from her, they were all outsiders who knew almost nothing about the world.
So from the very beginning, she decided that every two days, they would find a suitable town to stop and rest for two days, allowing everyone to wander around and learn about the local customs and culture before continuing their flight.
She had only been traveling for a little over half a day when she was robbed, which served as a reminder that she was no longer the Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan, and the days when she didn't have to worry about safety when traveling were long gone.
So she had Mao Li carefully study the star charts and devise a safer flight path, even if it meant taking a detour and wasting more time.
The machine race's powerful analytical capabilities were on full display at this moment. Chestnut quickly planned a flight route that was safe, convenient for accommodation, and would allow them to gather more information.
Furthermore, Maoli also used space node detectors along the way in an attempt to find locations where space jumps were possible.
This way, if you need to go out again in the future, you can use spatial nodes to greatly reduce the time required.
Originally, Yu Shan thought that the space of the Misty Heavenly Realm should be very stable and that it would be difficult to find a suitable spatial node for leaping. Unexpectedly, in just two days, Mao Li found three spatial nodes.
He marked these nodes one by one on the star map, and Yu Shan also marked these nodes on the star chart that Xiao Ran had given her.
Her intuition told her that the locations of these nodes would likely be useful in the future.
Jin Ding and Jin Liu, who were following them at a distance, noticed that their spirit boat stopped flying in a straight line half a day after it set off.
Instead, it chose to bypass those sparsely populated areas and fly on routes that are closer to towns.
“Great! These outsiders changed their flight path so quickly. It seems the previous robbers gave them a heads-up, so they replanned a relatively safe route,” Jin Liuzan said.
"Why don't you say they were scared out of their wits by the robbers?" Jin Ding said.
"I think it's the rogue cultivators we hired who were scared out of their wits," Jin Liu said.
"By the way, boss, based on their route, I guess they'll stop at Leiyin City ahead to rest this evening."
"Do you think we should go around to the front of them and arrange a chance encounter beforehand?" Jin Liudao said.
"How can you be so sure they'll go to Thunder Sound City? There are more than a dozen small towns around there," Jin Ding said.
"If you arrived at a new interface, and there were big cities and small towns along the way, which would you choose as a place to rest?" Jin Liudao asked.
“Big cities are lively!” Jin Ding said.
In the past, they had used high-grade spirit boats on many missions to facilitate tracking their targets. It would be extremely easy for them to bypass and overtake Feather Fan and his group's mid-grade spirit boat.
After overtaking, Jin Liu asked in confusion, "Boss, since Madam Zuo is an important target assigned by Steward Feng, why not give her a high-grade spirit boat?"
"That's right! High-grade spirit boats are fast, most bandits can't afford them, and they can't catch up with them even if they want to."
"Ugh! What's the point of guessing? Let's get to Leiyin City as soon as possible and create an opportunity for a chance encounter," Jin Ding said impatiently.
In fact, when Dongfang Yu presented the Feather Fan Spirit Boat, he had carefully considered the matter before choosing a mid-grade spirit boat.
First of all, the price wasn't particularly expensive, so she could easily accept it; given her pride, it was impossible for her to accept something too valuable from him.
Secondly, he had no intention of letting her return to her clan's territory as soon as possible.
He wanted her to gradually come to terms with reality during her long journey home, to face her current weakness, and to confront the predicament of the Holy Witch Clan.
Then she will slowly realize that with her current abilities, she is simply unable to lead her people out of their predicament.
Only then might she be able to turn back and seek his help for the sake of her people.
After all, she was willing to perish to save her people.
If, at the very beginning of her return, he had told her all about the miserable state of the Holy Witch Clan and then generously promised to help her reclaim everything she had lost.
She might accept his help and then use the resources of her entire clan to repay his kindness in kind.
Thus, their relationship was merely that of two superiors, and would never have contained the unforgettable memories he had when she rescued him from his imprisonment.
Call him selfish or opportunistic, but he couldn't possibly let someone he had thought about for over five hundred years simply treat him as a friend so casually.
He wanted her to remember him, and he was willing to spend more time creating opportunities for her to do so.
The Palace Master's complex psychology was beyond the comprehension of not only Jin Ding and Jin Liu, but also Steward Feng, who had always been by his side.
The only thing Steward Feng understood was that his master valued this former saintess exceptionally much. In order to cover up the news of her return, he ruthlessly wiped out the group of singers and dancers who happened to be there.
That's why he reminded Jin Ding to personally carry out this protection task.
Jin Ding is a loyal man with a relatively simple mind. As long as he understands the importance of the mission objective, he will protect it with his life and will never leak the secret.
**
Five hundred meters away from Leiyin City, Yu Shan and the others put away their spirit boat and walked to the city gate.
There were quite a few people queuing to enter the city. Most of them were independent cultivators who went out hunting or gathering, while there were also teams sent out by aristocratic families in the city. It looked very lively from a distance.
As everyone looked up, the city gate, which was eight zhang tall, stood majestically, with intricate and ancient runes engraved on its top, faintly emitting a spiritual light.
The city guards were all cultivators, and judging from their cultivation level, they should be at least at the Spirit Connection Realm or above. When their gaze swept over those who broke the rules and cut in line, they would release their pressure, forcing them to kneel down.
Entering the city requires a fee of two low-grade spirit stones per person; children under ten and spirit beasts are free.
The group that needs to pay fees includes: Yu Shan, Xiao Bai, Lele, Bo Yiyan, Matt, Mina, Master Liu, Hua Jingyishu, Madam Xuan, and Xiao Ran.
The total fee was twenty low-grade spirit stones.
Every major city would hang a True Face Mirror on its city gate to prevent demonic cultivators from infiltrating the city and causing trouble.
So Feather Fan shut down Chestnut and Panda early on and put them to sleep, then put them into a storage ring.
This is done to avoid trouble, not to save on city entry fees.
There are very few puppeteers in the Misty Heaven Realm, and most of the puppets they make are crude. If Chestnut and Panda stand in front of the True Face Mirror, their internal mechanical structures will be reflected.
Then it was mistaken for an exquisite puppet, attracting the covetous eyes of those with ill intentions.
Of course, chestnuts and pandas are happy to save money.
After looking in the mirror and paying the full entrance fee, the group successfully entered the city.
As soon as we entered the city, a group of teenagers gathered around us, chattering away:
"Honored guests! I am a native of Leiyin City. With my guidance, I guarantee you will find the cheapest and safest inn in the shortest time."
I can also take you to see the most beautiful scenery in Leiyin City and find the best shops with the best prices so you can buy the best magic weapons, talismans, and elixirs!
I'll accompany you every day, and it only costs ten low-grade spirit stones. Hiring me will save you time, effort, and money!
"I do it better than him, and I only need eight low-grade spirit stones a day!"
"Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! I only need seven low-grade spirit stones!"
A group of boys who were good at finding loopholes squeezed to the front, vying to promote their chaotic voices, which sounded like a meeting of sparrows, making everyone's heads spin.
Suddenly, the feather fan's gaze swept to the back of the crowd.
There was a little girl standing on tiptoe, her eyes red as she peered inside. Her eyes were full of longing, but she didn't call out.
Because there were too many children surrounding her, even if she shouted, the guests inside wouldn't hear her.
"Alright, stop arguing. Girls over here, come over here. We'll choose you as our guide!" Feather Fan pointed at her and said.
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