While his father, Zhou Xuanhao, led several thousand of the Zhou Lineage's Secular Family Members to White Sand River Oasis to establish a branch of the Lineage, Zhou Yang bid farewell to Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan and headed to Haoyang Cave to stand guard.
He had made an agreement with Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan: he could assume the position of clan leader, but Zhou Minghan would still handle the Lineage's everyday minor affairs for him. Only when major matters arose that required him, the clan leader, to make a decision would someone notify him to return and discuss it.
From Jade Spring Lake Oasis to Haoyang Cave Oasis, traveling by Sand Camel Beast took several days, but flying by sword took less than two hours.
Zhou Yang's current First Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation was a fitting benchmark for the speed of sword flight.
With his First Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation, and without carrying anyone else, he could wield his newly acquired Tier 3 Low-grade flying sword at full speed and travel over a thousand li in a single hour.
However, flying at full speed consumed a great deal of Mana True Essence. With his First Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation, he could fly continuously for at most two hours before having to stop and rest to recover his mana.
This did not mean that his mana could only sustain two hours of flight. Rather, he had to keep at least half his mana in reserve at all times to deal with unexpected events.
A cultivator's sword-flight speed mainly depended on three factors.
The first was cultivation. The higher one's cultivation, the faster one could fly by sword.
The second was the Sword Control Technique. The better the technique, the more obvious its boost to speed.
The third was the