Golden dawn spread across the earth. Wisps of cooking smoke occasionally rose from the mountains, gilded until they shone.
Within the clouds, a spirit boat streaked away beneath the golden morning light.
It left behind a long trail of rosy clouds.
Aboard the spirit boat were Ye Jingcheng, Huang Tieyun, and Xiao Congrong.
Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong stood at the front of the spirit boat. More than once, they had wanted to operate its control platform.
But unfortunately, this was a fourth-order spirit boat. Neither of them could control it.
They could only keep examining it from the side, as though trying to discern exactly what set a fourth-order spirit boat apart from a second-order one.
Ye Jingcheng remained before the spirit boat's control platform. Naturally, his divine sense had already drifted far away, sweeping over mountains, rivers, and towns.
Unlike the mountain ranges along the Eastern Region's border, where towns were rarely seen and vast stretches of barren mountains filled the land.
Xiao Mountain Prefecture, on the other hand, brimmed with the warmth of mortal life. The bustling morning market was already deafening, and the streets were filled with mortals hurrying back and forth.
Beyond the mortals, there were also many Spirit Mountains with spirit veins among the various mountain ranges.
Some were insignificant Spirit Mountains, unclaimed by any cultivation force. Two or three Rogue Cultivators would set up a concealment formation or illusion formation, turning them into nameless, mysterious immortal mountains.
There were even simple Spirit Fields beside some of those Spirit Mountains.
Some Spirit Fields were cultivated day and night by cultivators, while others were still planted by mortals.
At times, Ye Jingcheng wanted to inspect the larger Spirit Mountains, but most of them were covered by more intricate formations. Even a Tier 3 Spirit Mountain