"Let's go!"
After watching for a while, Yan Qingshan, along with Han Yue, Zi Yan, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, went to queue up. There were already quite a few lines in front of the wormhole. From the bustling conversations, it was clear that most people were heading to the Central Plains.
"Brother Yan, you should pilot the spaceship!"
With a flip of her hand, Han Yue took a small wooden boat, about the size of a palm, from her storage ring. The boat was faintly shimmering with silver light, containing a trace of extremely weak spatial power.
Yan Qingshan and the others didn't have to wait long before they reached the wormhole. After paying a sum of gold coins, the four figures stepped into the wormhole and instantly vanished. A silver light slowly spread out, flashing into the pitch-black space.
"So this is a spatial tunnel!"
Yan Qingshan's vision returned to normal, and he felt a momentary sense of weightlessness, but it quickly faded. A bizarre spatial tunnel appeared before his eyes.
It was an endless spatial tunnel. On both sides were faint, silver spatial barriers, and within the barriers was a passage about ten zhang wide. At the end of the passage was a profound darkness.
The top and bottom of the tunnel were also filled with a heart-pounding darkness, from which a rich spatial fluctuation faintly permeated. The entire tunnel was extremely silent, with no strange noises.
Yan Qingshan took out the spatial craft that Han Yue had given him. As soon as this small object appeared, it swelled against the wind like a fish entering water. In just a few blinks, it transformed into a boat several zhang in length and width. On its surface, threads of pale silver spatial power coursed back and forth, giving it a very mysterious appearance.
Yan Qingshan, Zi Yan, Han Yue, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King boarded the boat. When the curious Amethyst Winged Lion King got on, the entire vessel noticeably sank.
Yan Qingshan walked to the bow, and a wave of vigorous Dou Qi surged into the energy input point. The entire boat trembled slightly, and then a propulsion force shot out from its stern.
Swoosh! The spaceship turned into a streak of silver light, cutting through space like a bolt of lightning, and shot toward the void of darkness.
Inside the spatial tunnel, the ship's speed was terrifying, almost beyond description. Yan Qingshan and the others, sitting on the boat, could only see the silver spatial barriers on both sides flashing by, a dizzying sight.
In the silent and dark spatial tunnel, a silver flash streaked by silently. An instant later, it disappeared at the end of the darkness, like a lone traveler in space.
The so-called wormhole connects two points in space, making the distance between them extremely short.
If they were to travel normally, it would take at least half a year to get from Horizon City to the Central Plains. But through the wormhole, they could reach their destination in just over twenty days.
After the initial novelty of the journey wore off, it became tedious once again. After playing with it for a few hours, Zi Yan couldn't stand the feeling anymore and tossed it back to Yan Qingshan.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King squatted behind Yan Qingshan, leaning its body against him. Zi Yan was even more of a slacker; she rested her head on Yan Qingshan's thigh and used the Lion King's furry body as a blanket, falling into a deep sleep.
Normally, people wouldn't dare to be careless while piloting a spaceship, but for Yan Qingshan, with the help of the Dawn, using his mind for three or four things at once was no problem. So he practiced cultivation while piloting the fast-moving ship.
Waves of spatial power emanated from the pale storage ring on his finger, enveloping the spaceship and making it race even faster. TheVenerable Tian Huo was a former Dou Venerate expert after all, and his control over spatial power was far beyond that of ordinary people.
Because of the Venerable Tian Huo's help, Yan Qingshan's piloting difficulty was greatly reduced, and their speed was astonishing. At their current pace, they could reach the Northern Territory of the Central Plains in less than six days.
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This was a vast, lush plain. In the center of the plain was a plaza of shattered stone, with numerous profound runes drawn on the ground. These runes all emitted a faint silver light, subtly revealing a trace of spatial fluctuation.
The plaza was quite silent. At a certain moment, a gust of wind rose out of nowhere, and then a silver light circle appeared in the center of the plaza. A shadow of a boat flashed out and quickly shrank, and a few figures landed smoothly. The silver light circle behind them also slowly dissipated.
This was a spatial plaza in the Northern Territory of the Central Plains, not far from Tian Bei City. After putting away the spaceship, Yan Qingshan and the two others left on the Amethyst Winged Lion King, flying in the direction of Tian Bei City under Han Yue's guidance.
Tian Bei City, located outside the Northern Desert of the Northern Territory of the Central Plains, was considered a remote area of the Central Plains. The entire city had no special resources, nor was it plagued by any powerful magical beasts, making it a relatively safe place.
Tian Bei City was not small in scale; it would be considered a giant city in the Northwestern Continent, but here in the Central Plains, it was just a small city. The whole city gave off a grand and magnificent feeling. On the spacious streets, people flowed continuously, revealing the city's considerable popularity.
The Han family was located in the southern part of Tian Bei City, and opposite them was the Hong family, who occupied the north.
These two families were like the two masters of the city; they divided the city into two distinct halves and controlled the city's interests.
Of course, there were other smaller forces in Tian Bei City, but compared to the Han and Hong families, they were insignificant, surviving only in the cracks like floating creatures, looking up at the two giants of the city.
Han Yue led Yan Qingshan and the others into the city through the southern gate. As soon as they entered, they were recognized by the Han family guards. Someone had already gone to notify the family, and by the time they stopped outside a vast estate, people had already come to greet them.
"Sister!"
A young woman ran over and threw herself into Han Yue's arms. She had eyebrows like willow leaves, skin like snow, a tall figure, and was dressed in purple silk. Under the purple silk, her shapely figure appeared particularly full.
This beauty resembled Han Yue but was a bit younger. Her face also held a hint of coldness, and her beautiful eyes, when they moved, carried a sense of strictness.
As Han Yue and this beauty embraced, the many gazes around them naturally and immediately focused on her. In these gazes, there was a bit of normal fiery passion, but more of it was awe.
"Yue-mei, you're back!"
A young man also walked over. He looked to be about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, dressed in a form-fitting suit. He looked energetic, with a handsome face and a slender body, giving him a distinguished and extraordinary appearance.
"Junior Brother Yan, Senior Sister Zi Yan, let me introduce you. This is my younger sister Han Xue, and this is my cousin Han Lin."
Han Yue pulled Han Xue over to introduce them to Yan Qingshan. Yan Qingshan nodded slightly in greeting. Han Xue's attitude was decent, but Han Lin's was a bit perfunctory.
"Sister, is this the one you found at the academy? He doesn't look much older than me..."
While the Han family members were greeting them, Han Yue and Han Xue, who hadn't seen each other in a while, were also whispering. Yan Qingshan's hearing was excellent, and he seemed to have heard something a bit inappropriate, and his gaze involuntarily glanced in the direction of Han Yue and Han Xue.
"Hiss! You're gonna be the death of me."
Han Yue's reaction to Han Xue's words was unusually big. She lightly pinched the soft flesh on her sister's waist, causing Han Xue to suck in a breath. Then, she cautiously glanced at Yan Qingshan, and seeing his half-smiling expression, Han Yue felt extremely embarrassed.
"Brother Yan is not from the Central Plains, is he?"
Han Lin made some small talk with Yan Qingshan, probing his origins.
"I'm from the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwestern Continent. After graduating from the academy, I'm preparing to travel the Central Plains to broaden my horizons."
Yan Qingshan answered casually. His answer caused a hint of disdain to appear in Han Lin's eyes, and his attitude was no longer as warm as before. It was as if he was looking at a country bumpkin.
This mindset of Han Lin's was like how some people in big cities in his past life viewed farmers from the countryside—a deep-seated contempt.
The Central Plains was naturally much more prosperous than the Northwestern Continent. The entire Northwestern Continent, perhaps only the three major peak forces, such as the Sky Serpent Mansion, had a certain reputation in the Central Plains. As for the Jia Ma Empire, people had never even heard of it.
"Junior Brother Yan, I'll take you there!"
Han Yue returned after chatting with Han Xue for a while and naturally took Yan Qingshan's arm. This action surprised both Han Lin and Han Xue.
The jealousy in Han Lin's eyes flared. For so many years, he had never seen his famously cold cousin act this way toward a man.
Moreover, what made him even more wary was that this man was about the same age as her. Could it be that his cousin had already...?
Han Xue was even more surprised than Han Lin. She knew her sister's personality—she might seem gentle to others, but she was even colder than herself. For her to take such an initiative, could this person really be the future brother-in-law her sister found for herself?
In the Han family estate, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe smiled broadly upon seeing Han Yue's arrival. However, when he saw Yan Qingshan on Han Yue's arm, his gaze suddenly changed, and he looked at the young man who was close to his daughter with a bit of displeasure.
But when he looked closer, the surprise in his eyes could not be concealed. He instinctively stood up and walked over to greet them.
"Yue'er, you rascal, you're finally back..."
The middle-aged man walked over, and Han Yue let go of Yan Qingshan's arm and softly called out "Father." The middle-aged man was also very happy.
After the joy of the father-daughter reunion, Han Yue's father pointed at Yan Qingshan and smiled, "Yue'er, aren't you going to introduce your friend to your father?"