Zhu Muchen nodded. "Our Zhu Family owns farmland in the Great Spirit Field Realm. Now that I've reached Golden Core, my father wants me to start learning about the family's businesses. I don't need to master every one, but I do need to understand them. So in a few days, I'm going to the Great Spirit Field Realm to inspect our farmland..."
The Great Spirit Field Realm...
Mo Hua's brow stirred. He fell into thought.
Zhu Muchen saw his expression and felt his heart jump. "Senior Martial Brother, would you like to come?"
"I..." Mo Hua still hesitated.
Zhu Muchen caught his wrist and said warmly:
"Come with me, Senior Martial Brother. I can play host and show you around the Zhu Family's holdings."
"But..." Mo Hua asked, "won't the round trip take quite a while?"
"Not at all," Zhu Muchen said. "The Zhu Family has its own array highway."
"Array highway?" Mo Hua blinked.
"Yes." Zhu Muchen nodded. "It's a road laid with arrays, built specifically for carriages and horses. It's astonishingly fast—a thousand miles in a day."
Mo Hua was surprised. "Your family has something like that?"
Zhu Muchen nodded. "They say the Dao Court once used these routes to march armies, suppress the Demonic Path, and unite the Nine Provinces. Troops could move quickly, along with grain and supplies."
"Later, peace settled over the land, and there were no wars for a long time, so the highways fell into disrepair. The Zhu Family happened to secure one. We repaired it ourselves and use it to connect our territory to the Great Spirit Field Realm, making the farmland easier to manage."
"Is it really that fast?" Mo Hua asked.
"The fastest ordinary route to the Great Spirit Field Realm takes half a month," Zhu Muchen said. "On our