But when Xu Yi thought of how getting from Xishan Road to Deep Sky Prefecture meant detouring around a vast stretch of starfields, he found it far too much trouble. He wanted to take a shortcut and cut through the triangular forbidden zone formed by three Profound Yellow Ancestral Veins.
If he took the shortcut, he could get there in the blink of an eye.
And he now had the means to do it.
He could freely mobilize the troops guarding the border on Xishan Road.
As for Deep Sky Prefecture, he only had to give Huang Mei a heads-up. Huang Mei was now throwing his weight around in Deep Space Prefecture, calling Suijie "Little Sui" at every turn. Everyone assumed he was an elder of General Suijie, and they all regarded him with a little more respect.
Once the thought occurred to him, he acted on it at once.
He used his Route Warden token to open the restriction beside the Profound Yellow Ancestral Veins and slipped into the forbidden zone.
The so-called forbidden zone was no different from the space outside. It was simply where the three ancestral veins converged. On top of that, every side guarded it fiercely, terrified that their rivals might sneak through the triangular region. The defenses were exceptionally tight.
As a result, no one had come to this stretch of space for many years.
Xu Yi flew at tremendous speed. In less than an hour, he reached the Profound Yellow Ancestral Veins controlled by Deep Space Prefecture. Huang Mei had already diverted the guards there, so Xu Yi flew through unhindered.
Just as he was about to leave the border region, two streams of swirling energy drifted past. Xu Yi's heart jumped. "Two swirls drift, and Profound Yellow springs in their wake."
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