Six months later.
Layers of restrictions and barriers flickered inside Blazing Snow City's teleportation hall. Seven Spirit Transformation Cultivators had gathered there.
Wild Crane Wanderer, Old Devil Hehuan, Evil Blade Patriarch, Fairy Ice Butterfly, White Bone Old Devil, and Jin Feng, a Fire Element Spirit Transformation Great Demon—the six stared gravely at a newly built Teleportation Array.
The array had been made entirely from high-grade materials. It had taken the combined resources of all seven Spirit Transformation Cultivators to gather enough.
"These Teleportation Array materials are ruinously expensive. They've emptied my coffers."
Wild Crane Wanderer stroked his white beard as he watched Lin Chang'an set up the array. Even now, the expense made his heart ache.
Evil Blade Patriarch sneered beside him. "Too expensive? Good. Then don't use this array in the future, you old fool."
That said, everyone knew which was worth more: the expense, or a direct route to Bingjin Mountain Market.
For once, Wild Crane Wanderer had no answer to Evil Blade Patriarch's jab.
Only Jin Feng's eyes darted about as she thought, Master really is ruthless. He's nearly cleaned the others out.
At the center of the array, Lin Chang'an looked solemn.
"Once I install the Spatial Node sent by the Ice God Palace, the Teleportation Array will be ready."
The array itself was complete, but it still lacked the Spatial Node at the other end. That was why he had sought out True Lord Yunyi earlier.
Under Wild Crane Wanderer's pained gaze, Lin Chang'an took out three Top-Grade Spirit Stones and placed them at the array's focal points.
Hum!
Spiritual light surged into the array, and the pattern on the floor slowly began to glow.
"It's done!"
After the final spatial calibration, Lin Chang'an smiled. When he looked up, he saw the six others staring