I stopped listening in on their divine-sense exchange, though Yu Ningsui was still watching the girl outside named Su Qingwei.
"You little girl, stop watching the spectacle. Didn't you say you wanted me to give you some pointers?" I tapped her forehead.
Yu Ningsui covered her forehead and hurriedly said, "Brother Xia, I was just afraid they'd bother you. My engraving is actually all right."
"Mm, that's good. I'm preparing to leave for a few days to visit some old friends. I'll return on the day of your grand competition. Even among the Three Realms, there are still old acquaintances of mine." Now that things here were settled, it was time to go see Zi Ying.
"Will you make it back in time? Brother Xia, how about I come with you?" Yu Ningsui asked reluctantly.
"No need. Now that I know the place, I need to travel there by way of the routes. Bringing you along would only slow me down; I might not return for a year and a half." I smiled.
"Then I'll wait for you, Brother Xia! I'll keep waiting." Yu Ningsui emphasized the last words.
I nodded and stepped into the laws of space.
The next moment, space flashed past like fleeting shadows. In an instant, who knew how many tens of thousands of miles I crossed?
When I stopped not long after, I was already high in the sky above another unfamiliar continent.
Looking down, hazy seas of purple clouds rolled beneath the heavens like trickling streams. Below them, forests of purple peach-blossom leaves carpeted the mountains and plains, forming a concealed grand formation of their own.
I stepped out of space and sliced a finger through the air, opening a spatial rift. It closed again after I entered.
Within the concealed grand formation, this