Hadn't Finished Writing—I'll Write More After I Eat Something

After fleeing a thousand li away, Zhang Tian finally dared to stop. Looking at the Endless Abyss, whose edge was already beyond sight, he finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

"We need to return to the Southeast Continent. That mysterious valley of the Shang Qing Spring Sect doesn't seem to have a passage back to the Gama Empire, but the Northwest Continent should have spatial wormholes."

A spatial wormhole was a passage connecting two distant spaces, constructed by a Dou Zun. It could cross hundreds of thousands of li in an instant. Unlike a Dou Zun tearing through space, even a Dou Ling could travel through a spatial passage, greatly improving travel efficiency. However, the cost of activating one each time was also considerable.

A spatial wormhole was like a Teleportation Point that required maintenance. Activating it each time consumed a great deal of resources, so unless they were wealthy experts, ordinary people would not choose to use one.

"Are you alright?" Yun Yun flew over from nearby. This was the meeting place the two had agreed upon. Since the Endless Abyss contained terrifying Magical Beasts and experts of the eighth rank and even ninth rank, Zhang Tian had planned to immediately flee the Endless Abyss this time, regardless of whether he obtained the Nine Nether Wind Flame.

"We got lucky this time. It's a pity I couldn't obtain the eighth-grade medicinal ingredient, the Heavenly Dragon Fruit." Though Zhang Tian called it a pity, he was thoroughly satisfied.

Yun Yun said with a smile.

"How could everything go exactly as one wishes? The Heavenly Dragon Fruit is a natural spiritual fruit that grows upon the remains of dragon clansmen above the eighth rank after their death. How could it be so easy to get?"

Yun Yun did not think much of it. A Dou Emperor possessing two Heavenly Flames and still wanting to pick an eighth-grade Heavenly Dragon Fruit—no matter how one looked at it, it was absurd enough to make people laugh.

The two chatted as they flew, and before long, they found Qing Lin's hiding place. Then, the group of three flew toward the outskirts of the Land of the Far North.

"We should be heading back to the Northwest Continent soon. There are comparatively more experts on the Southeast Continent, and it's more dangerous as well." Zhang Tian spoke with Yun Yun in midair while observing their surroundings. Quite a few Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors were flying toward the depths of the Endless Abyss in the Land of the Far North in search of opportunities, but Zhang Tian did not cross paths with them.

Along the way, a Two-Star Dou Zong took a fancy to Yun Yun's beauty and attacked the three of them, intending to kill them and seize their treasures. Half a quarter-hour later, however, he was burned to ashes by the Nine Nether Wind Flame amid miserable screams, and Zhang Tian picked up his storage ring.

"Hiss! A famous Dou Zong actually died just like that."

"That flame is terrifying!"

"It must be a Heavenly Flame. What incredible luck! I just can't tell which one it is."

Many people flying in the air who witnessed this scene began discussing it, but they also moved aside in unison, avoiding any collision with Zhang Tian's group.

Zhang Tian held the Two-Star Dou Zong's storage ring. As the Dou Zong's spiritual imprint dissipated, Zhang Tian easily opened it.

The storage ring was around seventy or eighty cubic meters in size, which was rather shabby, but there was a pile of Amethyst Coins in one corner, numbering roughly several tens of thousands.

Zhang Tian did not care much about that. On the Dou Qi Continent, coins really were not worth much. Though he could not remember whether one Amethyst Coin was worth ten gold coins or a hundred.

When he asked Yun Yun, she said she did not know either. Her sect's resources had never been managed by her. Unless it involved important treasures, ordinary worldly wealth was entrusted to the Second Elder... oh, no, the Third Elder now.

A large family with Dou Lings or Dou Wangs could produce hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Once one reached the level of Dou Zong or Dou Zun, such wealth truly became worthless. At that level, transactions were basically conducted with rare treasures or "favors."

An expert's favor could sometimes be worth more than a Dou Emperor's entire fortune.

After looking through it again, he found nothing good. There was a high-grade Profound Rank cultivation method and an incomplete copy of a low-grade Earth Rank Dou Technique. A Dou Zong who came from an independent cultivator background truly had no valuable inheritance.

"It's not even worth as much as your Yun Lan Sect." Zhang Tian sighed. The treasures in the Yun Lan Sect's treasury when he had entered it last time had far surpassed those of this unfortunate Dou Zong.

"Of course. The Yun Lan Sect has been developing for nearly a thousand years... Wait, when did you enter my treasury?" Yun Yun rolled her eyes and spoke proudly, but immediately caught herself halfway through.

"I remember the treasury was always under your care, Second Elder. You actually stole from the very place you guarded!" Yun Yun wore an utterly speechless expression, already deciding to hand the treasury key to the First Elder.

Rubbing his nose, Zhang Tian felt a little embarrassed. He had carelessly let it slip.

They traveled continuously for three days before finally leaving the Land of the Far North. The weather gradually warmed, but Qing Lin truly could not endure it anymore, so the exhausted group prepared to rest for a while in a border nation.

To their speechlessness, on the second day after they had just stopped to rest, they discovered that this country's neighbor had actually invaded and was nearly at their capital.

In order to rest without being disturbed, Zhang Tian simply took action. The enemy nation's strongest expert—the commander-in-chief of its army, a Three-Star Dou Emperor—was directly beaten back by Zhang Tian, and the army immediately collapsed.

The king thanked him profusely and even enthusiastically held a grand three-day nationwide celebration. His enthusiasm became too much for Zhang Tian to bear, especially when the king lined up more than twenty princesses and invited Zhang Tian to watch them dance, leaving him utterly speechless.

Finally, on the twelfth day, Yun Yun, who could endure no longer, dragged Zhang Tian away, while Qing Lin followed with her mouth stuffed full of snacks and fruit as they left the little country.

Half a month later.

Qing Lin gnawed on a dry, tough piece of Magical Beast jerky, looking as though life held no meaning for her.

"Even though I'm a snake, I don't like biting my food either." As she ate the jerky, hard enough to hurt her teeth, Qing Lin tearfully acted cute toward Yun Yun.

"Sister Yun Yun, why did we leave that country so quickly? There was still so much delicious food I hadn't tried, and I didn't have time to take any with me."

Yun Yun was also eating dried fruit. Hearing this, she felt somewhat embarrassed and fiercely glared at Zhang Tian.

At that moment, Zhang Tian was sitting cross-legged on the sand with his side turned toward them. He had not heard their conversation. Silently, he burned the Nine Nether Wind Flame, holding a piece of dried fruit and Magical Beast meat beside it. Before long, both were roasted dry.

He tossed a candied fruit into his mouth and felt a trace of frustration. It was not that the candied fruit tasted bad, but he had been eating it for half a month and was sick of it. It was too sweet and left his mouth dry.

"The Maga Empire has a Dou Zun expert. He is also one of the few Dou Zuns on the Southeast Continent." Yun Yun placed the map she had bought from desert merchants several days ago over her slender jade-like legs and studied it carefully.

"How much farther?" Zhang Tian tossed away the pebble in his hand, turned his head, and asked Yun Yun.

"About one hundred and twenty-three li. It should take us around a quarter-hour to get there." Yun Yun thought for a moment, then remembered little Qing Lin's speed and made some allowance for it.

"Alright. For the sake of us two Dou Emperors, the Maga Empire shouldn't make things difficult for us. If nothing unexpected happens, we should reach the Gama Empire's neighboring country tomorrow." Zhang Tian estimated the journey. Since the Gama Empire did not have a spatial wormhole, they could only first arrive in a neighboring country and then travel to the Gama Empire on their own.

Three days later, when Yun Yun and the others saw the spatial wormhole more than ten zhang tall before them, astonishment appeared on all three of their faces.

The pitch-black wormhole, more than ten zhang high, stood not far in front of them. Several Dou Ling Rank experts guarded the spatial passage.

Three large characters were carved onto a three-meter-tall stone monument: Teleportation Point.

Profound patterns were etched across the monument, with faint gleams constantly flickering over them.

When the several Dou Lings saw Zhang Tian's group approach, the Dou Emperor aura around them made them lower their heads.

"They're Dou Emperor experts."

"Experts like them only pass through once every day or two, if even that."

Under the respectful gazes of the Dou Lings, Zhang Tian and Yun Yun stepped onto the teleportation gate, released the spatial ship they had purchased in advance, and entered the spatial passage.

"Mm, this spatial wormhole is rather small, and it isn't very stable either. I hope nothing goes wrong." Aboard the spatial ship traveling through the wormhole, Zhang Tian looked at the spatial passage, where faint cracks could be seen, and spoke.

"Oh? This is considered small?" Yun Yun walked out from within the spatial ship, somewhat surprised. It was also her first time taking a spatial ship through a spatial passage.

"Of course it is." Zhang Tian dodged a spatial crack with a dark expression and went straight down into the cabin.

"A true spatial wormhole passage should be at least a hundred zhang wide and requires two Dou Zuns working together to construct it. I think this one was casually built by a Dou Zun who had only recently broken through." Hearing this, Yun Yun gently nodded and slowly entered the cabin.

The spatial voyage lasted over half a month before Zhang Tian felt the spatial ship stop. Having been constantly bothered by Yun Yun for half a month, Zhang Tian could not take it anymore and was the first to disembark.

After passing through the spatial wormhole, Zhang Tian arrived outside.

However, unlike the Maga Empire, although this spatial wormhole also stood upon a high platform, the platform was thick with dust and even had chipped, missing corners.

The stone monument was only about one meter tall, roughly waist-high for an ordinary person. Anyone wanting to see it clearly would probably need to bend down. The patterns on it were incomplete, and the monument was covered in cracks.

"What kind of shitty empire is this? They don't even have anyone guarding a teleportation array like this." Zhang Tian was speechless. Its dilapidated condition made it obvious that it had been neglected for years.

"This is the Otto Empire. I came here with my master to train before." Yun Yun also stepped out of the teleportation array, a rare hint of delight on her face.

"Mm, looks like we've finally returned." Seeing Yun Yun's expression that said I know this place, Zhang Tian also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Give me a break. We're still three countries away." Yun Yun rolled her eyes. Three countries away was neither close nor far, and none of the three present were ordinary people.

"In another eight or nine days, I'll get to see my adorable little disciple again." Zhang Tian could not help thinking of that brat Xiao Yan. After so long, he still had not learned Eight Extremes Collapse, leaving the Dou Di Space without the slightest reaction for months.

"After this time, who knows when we'll be together again. I know the Yun Lan Sect can't keep someone like you. I just hope you'll consider the Yun Lan Sect more in the future, using your identity as the Second Elder." Yun Yun looked at Zhang Tian with some reluctance. Damn it, I went out with him for three or four months, and I still didn't manage to sleep with him! I'm pissed! So fucking pissed!

"Sure, sure." Zhang Tian replied perfunctorily, not even giving Yun Yun a proper glance. Dissatisfied, she stepped on his foot, but Zhang Tian, with absolutely no gentlemanly grace, directly dodged aside.

"Since the journey is so long, why don't we part ways here? Qing Lin, are you coming with me or what?" Zhang Tian dodged away and grinned at Yun Yun.

"Listen to yourself. Does that sound like something a person would say?" Yun Yun rolled her eyes. If he knew the journey was long, why was he not staying by her side to protect her?

"No, I'm going with Sister Yun Yun." After thinking for a moment, Qing Lin stood on her tiptoes, intending to kiss Zhang Tian on the cheek. In the end, she still refused.

"You've learned bad habits from Yun Yun. Every one of you is after my body." Zhang Tian felt grief-stricken at such a scene. Too lazy to keep bickering with Yun Yun, he transformed into a streak of light and flew away, so fast that Yun Yun could not react in time.