Five Peaks Prefecture.
After making arrangements for Jiang Ning, he headed straight for Five Peaks Prefecture.
Since Zhi Xuan Mountain had already made a move against him, he had no intention of simply taking the beating passively.
Especially after learning from Shen Wenyuan that the strength of the Marquis, the Prefecture Lord of Five Peaks Prefecture, was only a hair's breadth below that of the Zhi Xuan Mountain Master, he had formed an idea.
"Everything depends on meeting that Marquis first!"
Standing at the border between Guangning Prefecture and Five Peaks Prefecture, Jiang Ning spoke silently to himself.
Before him stretched a continuous range of towering mountains.
The mountains rose so high that even Flying Birds would find them difficult to cross.
The mountain range before him also marked the border between Guangning Prefecture and Five Peaks Prefecture.
Both prefectures lay within Zeshan Province.
By then, the sky had darkened.
After rushing back and forth for an entire day, he was somewhat exhausted.
He then found a water source. With a movement of his body, he plunged headfirst into it.
It took nearly half an hour before he emerged from the water.
Beneath the dim night sky, his eyes grew bright, as though stars were glittering within them.
"I've barely recovered seven or eight tenths!" Jiang Ning clenched his fist and sensed his condition, muttering under his breath.
As his strength increased, he discovered that although being in water still allowed him to receive nourishment from the water source, his body recovered far less efficiently than before.
After spending nearly half an hour, he had only recovered seventy or eighty percent of his condition.
He also knew that this was not because his ability had weakened.
Rather, his own body had grown too large.
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