"I've figured it out—I've finally figured it out!" A-Yi opened the valve, returning Gourd Village to secrecy.
She looked at Li Banfeng and Zhao Xiaowan. "I never understood why Gourd Village traveled so fast. Seventh Brother, you're a top-tier Travel Cultivator. Do you dare say you travel faster than Gourd Village?"
Li Banfeng shook his head. He really did not dare make that claim.
Gourd Village shuttled back and forth between the Inner State, Outer State, and Pro State. Judging purely by distance traveled and time spent, Gourd Village was far faster than Li Banfeng.
A-Yi led the two out of the cave as she spoke. "I always thought Gourd Village itself was fast, but I designed its steam engine. I know exactly how fast it can go.
"I even thought Old Train had tampered with my steam engine, but now I understand. It's not that my steam engine is fast, and it's not that Gourd Village travels fast. It's that Gourd Village takes a different road.
"Just like Xiao Wan said, this is the Outer State's highway. This road is straight and short. Gourd Village only seems fast because it has taken advantage of the road!"
The three returned to the village, and Li Banfeng kept pondering A-Yi's words.
Gourd Village truly traveled quickly—faster than Li Banfeng himself.
Who else traveled faster than Li Banfeng?
Li Banfeng returned to the Portable Abode.
No matter how far apart they were, when it followed Li Banfeng's will, the Portable Abode moved even faster than Gourd Village!
"Old sir, have you been traveling on this road all along?"
"Seventh Brother, after seeing Gourd Village's situation just now, I've been pondering it too. Is my situation the same as Gourd Village's? Could I also be on the road your wife spoke of? But