After leaving the Songhe Gate, Li Bufan headed south.
He had thought that, with his cultivation now fully developed and a superior movement technique like the Windfire Wandering Step at his disposal, a little over a month would be more than enough to reach the Southern Frontier from the Songhe Gate, however distant it was.
Only after he actually set out did he realize that he had still underestimated the vastness of the Eastern Domain.
Leaving the sect's mountain gates behind, he crossed its territory and entered a stretch of open country called Moonwave.
Moonwave was flat, its boundless wild grasses rolling like waves in the wind. Scattered villages dotted the landscape, cooking smoke curling above them as cattle and sheep wandered at leisure.
As Li Bufan swept through the sky, he could see farmers working in their fields look up. Perhaps they took that streak of blue-green light for some miraculous omen, for they dropped to their knees and kowtowed.
He did not stop, nor did he even consider descending. He unleashed the Windfire Wandering Step at full power, blue-green and crimson light intertwining like silk ribbons beneath his feet, each step carrying him several li.
After passing Cangwu, he entered the Corridor of Ten Thousand Kingdoms, the most prosperous region in the central Eastern Domain.
Cities clustered along this stretch of his journey, kingdoms large and small scattered like pearls across the land. Looking down from above, Li Bufan saw countless horses and carriages streaming along the official roads, the banners of merchant caravans fluttering in the wind.
When he passed several large cities, he considered using a Teleportation Formation to shorten his journey. After asking around, however, he learned that formations leading toward the Southern Frontier existed only in a handful of colossal cities. Every transfer also