The flying boat was incredibly fast. Zhang Tie left the Earth Element Realm aboard it on July 15, and returned to Military Province of Great Xia that very same day.
Compared to three years ago, when Zhang Tie had entered the Earth Element Realm alone from Military Province, his return this time was truly magnificent. Setting everything else aside, the Vermilion Bird Flying Boat alone was a display befitting a Great Xia governor-general. Wherever it flew, it drew countless eyes.
The flying boat was called Vermilion Bird in the Taiyi Mystical Sect. Zhang Tie felt the name suited it perfectly, so he did not change it.
Amid the volcanic eruption-like currents of air rising from the Earth Element Realm toward the surface, the Vermilion Bird Flying Boat burst forth from the dark tunnel that led directly to the Earth Element Realm.
Zhang Tie stood alone in a huge crystal cabin at the bow, looking at the blue skies, white clouds, and blazing sun that had suddenly appeared overhead. For a moment, it all felt like a dream.
Thinking carefully, over the past three-plus years, he had spent most of his time cultivating amid the temple ruins. He had barely dipped his toes into the Earth Element Realm, only making a circuit through the First Abyss and Iron Enclosure Mountain. He had not visited the vast majority of the Earth Element Realm's places, yet when he emerged, he was already an Earth Knight.
The Earth Element Realm truly was his land of fortune.
So this was what gilding one's credentials felt like.
Seeing the blue sky and drifting white clouds again, Zhang Tie felt like a bird returned to the heavens, a fish returned to the water. At once, he felt free and at ease.
Compared to the Earth Element Realm,