"Why hasn't the opposite shore appeared yet?"
Hong Ling was somewhat flustered. They had been drifting on the water for a long time. They had clearly seen the waves parting rapidly, yet the riverbank remained nowhere in sight.
"There must be some connection between those two old men. Too bad we can't question them anymore. But before we left, they both mentioned that the Sea of Bitterness was boundless, and turning back led to shore." Shen Yi carefully recalled the relationship between the two elders, then suddenly cried out in delight, "Turning back leads to shore—so that's what it meant."
He had Hong Ling turn around with him. The next moment, they suddenly appeared by the riverbank. Hong Ling was somewhat astonished and wanted to ask Shen Yi for an explanation, but quickly understood. So the so-called turning back to reach the shore truly required one to turn back.
"Our current location is the true Eastern Domain of the Central Plains Continent." Shen Yi was somewhat excited. He saw that familiar thatched hut, then, as agreed, placed the bamboo pole by the shore and left with Hong Ling and the others, though many doubts still remained unresolved in his heart.
This was the real Eastern Domain, so where was the other side of the river? What relationship did the giants there have with the giants of the Central Plains Continent? These were all mysteries Shen Yi had yet to unravel. But there was no one around them now, so he could only bury those doubts in his heart.
"Where are we now? Why does the aura here feel somewhat different from before?"
Little Red stood on Shen Yi's shoulder, chirping questions endlessly into his ear and making him quite miserable. No matter how he looked at it, he had never