The distance between the Central Ming Emperor's Land and the Eastern Divine Land is very far.
Not only is it incredibly far away, but the process is also extremely dangerous.
Unless it is an extremely powerful being who can easily tear through space and stabilize the spatial passage with their unparalleled strength, they can reach the Eastern Divine Land in a short time.
Otherwise, one would have to travel within the dangerous and unstable boundary space.
A loud buzzing sound rang out.
A young man dressed in a scholar's robe, exuding an air of refined elegance, squeezed out from a crack in the boundary space.
The young man let out a long sigh of relief after walking out, and then smoothed his hair.
"That was close! If I hadn't run fast, I might have been left behind in the boundary space."
Zhang Youzhao was sent to investigate Xiao Boqi on the orders of his father, Zhang Dafu.
Feeling the completely different atmosphere from that of the Central Ming Empire, Zhang Youzhao also took a keen look at everything in front of him.
Compared to the land of the Ming Dynasty, everything before me clearly lacked a sense of profound weight.
Just like the mountain range in front of him, Zhang Youzhao was confident that he could destroy it with a wave of his hand, but if he were in the Zhongming Imperial Land, he could only shatter a few rocks even if he did his best.
But this place, lacking a sense of weight, also possesses something that the Central Ming Dynasty lacked: creativity.
Whether it was martial arts techniques or various weapons and tools, the sheer variety dazzled Zhang Youzhao.
His innate skill is deduction, which is also the origin of the name "Youzhao" (meaning "having a trick").
Therefore, the martial arts techniques created to make up for their own shortcomings made Zhang Youzhao's eyes light up again and again.
Even though many of the techniques and martial arts skills were of very low level, their ingenious creativity still fascinated and excited Zhang Youzhao.
He exclaimed that he had made the right choice in coming here.
This trip will definitely make my spiritual practice much smoother.
He was genuinely happy, and he cherished every unique cultivation technique he acquired. He then discussed and verified these techniques with many cultivators whose cultivation levels were far inferior to his.
They enjoy it immensely.
It wasn't until half a month later that he remembered what he had come there for.
It turned out that this was not the Eastern Divine Land he wanted to go to, but the Vermilion Bird Divine Land.
The only way to reach the Eastern Divine Land is to cross the inter-realm battlefield, but the two divine lands are engaged in a fierce battle there, making it impossible.
He didn't care about the size of the battle; as long as he knew the way, that was enough.
So they wandered along the way, heading towards the boundary battlefield.
But on the way, he encountered a chubby boy, dressed as a wealthy merchant, with a harmless smile on his face and a small abacus made of pure gold in his hand.
It's unclear whether Zhang Youzhao was too easygoing or if the chubby boy named Jin Mantang had too much personal charm.
Anyway, it was like meeting an old friend at first sight, and we regretted not meeting sooner.
What surprised Zhang Youzhao the most was that this chubby boy had also entered Taoism through Confucianism, which was extremely rare.
Having common interests leads to having common ground, and the two chatted happily.
The chubby boy said he was traveling and invited Zhang Youzhao to travel with him to the Vermilion Bird Divine Land.
Zhang Youzhao thought about it and agreed. Anyway, there was no rush to investigate Xiao Boqi, so he decided to accompany this chubby boy, who was very much to his liking, on a tour first.
The chubby boy is easygoing and very generous, and he is extremely particular about food and drink.
This made Zhang Youzhao, who had been able to eat leftover meat bones from his younger sister since he was a child and considered it a way to improve his life, believe that his decision was really right.
It turns out that the gluttony that his father scorned was so alluring, which made his relationship with Jin Mantang even closer.
The two arrived at the Vermilion Bird City, the most central location of the Vermilion Bird Temple.
It is said that the Vermilion Bird God Lord was cultivating in seclusion within the temple. After arriving in the Vermilion Bird City, the chubby boy changed his previous easygoing nature and, after drinking, would specifically target those who looked like they had a very powerful background to cause trouble.
This is the Vermilion Bird Divine City, and anyone considered to have a powerful background in the Vermilion Bird Divine City must have an extremely terrifying background.
But the chubby boy didn't care about that. He went up and attacked Zhang Youzhao, then grabbed him and ran away.
After running to a sparsely populated area, the chubby boy gestured with his lip to those who had caught up but hadn't had a chance to say anything harsh.
"Brother Zhao, get him!"
After the 10th or so unprovoked provocations, the chubby boy returned to his previous easygoing demeanor, because he had achieved his goal.
There are three divine children in the Vermilion Bird Temple. The most outstanding one will be selected based on their talents and various performances and will only need to be trained.
If you can pick out the best, then there must be some that aren't good enough.
But those who are not good enough are often the most ambitious, and that is Jin Mantang's goal.
Find and get close to that god who is not good enough, but has great ambition.
A single dragon scale fragment was not enough to convince the Vermilion Bird Divine Child, let alone allow him to reveal any information.
But Jin Mantang pointed to Zhang Youzhao beside him and then softly said four words: "Zhongming Imperial Land".
That's enough.
That's how they got the information about Que Ti's identity, and then the chubby boy sent the information back to Ye Boqi.
Then the chubby guy started using Zhang Youzhao's name to extort every last bit of value from the unsuspecting Zhang Youzhao.
It was precisely by using Zhang Youzhao's name that the chubby boy quickly established himself in the Vermilion Bird Divine Land and became good friends with that less-than-stellar but extremely ambitious divine son.
After expanding his network of connections, Jin Mantang acquired more and more interesting things, and Zhang Youzhao's days became happy and fulfilling.
His attitude towards Jin Mantang became increasingly kind, and he also learned a lot about business from Jin Mantang.
This gave him absolute confidence that he could increase the wealth of the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect by 10% in a short period of time after returning to the Central Ming Empire.
Jin Mantang's personal charm also broadened Zhang Youzhao's horizons once again.
In a short period of time, all the high-ranking members of the Vermilion Bird Temple became close friends with the chubby boy, and their business dealings became extremely frequent.
If one didn't know the inside story, they would surely think that the chubby boy was just like these people who had known each other for countless years.
But what he didn't know was that the real reason why the people of the Vermilion Bird Temple chose to befriend Jin Mantang was because of him.
The Central Ming Imperial Land is far too mysterious and powerful to the other divine lands. Now, someone has appeared from the Central Ming Imperial Land, and it is clear at a glance that he comes from a great power.
They would certainly spare no effort to make connections.
Being able to connect with such a person could very well change their fate.
What Zhang Youzhao didn't know was that his mission to investigate the Eastern Divine Land was destined to end in failure.
The moment Jin Mantang saw him, he knew that this guy must have an extraordinary background.
In what appeared to be a casual conversation, Jin Mantang had already thoroughly investigated his background.
This is just Jin Mantang; if he wants to get closer to Xi Boqi, he will definitely also contact Xi Jiu, Qin Feng, Xi Xiaotian, and others.
Therefore, this trip to the Eastern Divine Land may very well change Zhang Youzhao's future life trajectory.
Compared to the people around Yi Boqi, Zhang Youzhao was really too simple-minded and too upright.
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