"Once we retreat from here, there will be no more opportunities. Go in."
Zhang Chen stepped onto the small island. Upon entering the stone temple at its center, he entered Bodhi Patriarch's Mount Fangcun world. The first place he arrived at was a Huaxia Country city resembling the Han Dynasty, with canals serving as streets. It possessed a complete economic system, and as Zhang Chen stood aboard a wooden boat drifting past rows of houses, he often spotted merchants he had once seen in Sand China.
Zhang Chen was in no hurry. He let the wooden boat slowly travel through the canals, arriving at the other side of the city two hours later. This was also the foot of Mount Fangcun.
--Spiritual Terrace Square Inch Mountain--
A great mountain connected the cities at its upper and lower ends. It could hardly be called a world, yet Zhang Chen knew Mount Fangcun contained a universe within. The world-space contained within Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave was the world Bodhi truly controlled.
When he had controlled the sand mercenaries to compete in Sand China, Zhang Chen had been taken directly inside Three Stars Cave by Bodhi and had never set foot on Mount Fangcun. Walking here now felt rather strange.
Though the mountain did not appear tall, Zhang Chen felt as though reaching its summit was impossibly difficult. Seemingly low slopes sometimes took him a great deal of time to climb.
This was Bodhi Patriarch's world. The space was sealed, and the only way to reach the summit was on foot.
After roughly six hours, Zhang Chen crossed the entrance to Three Stars Cave and reached the summit of Mount Fangcun.
Bodhi Patriarch was sitting atop a smooth round boulder, surveying the town below where canals served as streets.
"Six hours. You