Yang Jian officially joined the team escorting and delivering the scriptures.
Xuanzang and Yang Jian set out together.
Seeing that Xuanzang had a white horse to ride, Yang Jian also went and got himself a black horse.
There was no helping it.
On this journey to Western Heaven, they had to walk there one footprint at a time. They could not use any speed-type divine abilities, nor tear through space and arrive at Mount Wuyi in an instant.
Otherwise, with Yang Jian and the others' cultivation, reaching Mount Wuyi would not even take minutes.
For aesthetics, for style, for sheer presence, Yang Jian also got a black horse as his mount.
Yang Jian introduced the place. "This is Two Worlds Mountain. After passing Two Worlds Mountain and traveling another thousand li, we'll be able to see the famous Five Elements Mountain."
"This mountain is most wondrous. It is a blessed land containing the Five Elements Law."
"Speaking of which, on Five Elements Mountain, there is even a Five Elements Immortal Gate established by my Jie Teach Disciples."
Listening to Yang Jian's introduction, Xuanzang committed it to memory. It counted as broadening his horizons.
They drew closer and closer to Five Elements Mountain.
With the Demonic Horse's traveling speed, a distance of a thousand li was reached in just two and a half short days.
"Master, why don't we go beneath Five Elements Mountain and experience the vastness of an immortal mountain?" Yang Jian suggested.
Xuanzang thought it over and did not refuse, smiling as he said, "Walking into the world, tempering the heart in the mortal dust—experience is also a kind of cultivation. Seeing more and learning more can only help, not harm."
"Hahahaha."
Yang Jian laughed. "Master's words are reasonable."
Xuanzang said, "Don't call me Master. It sounds awkward.