Early the next morning, Xu Feng tidied up, changed into clean clothes, and left his courtyard, heading straight for Hang Yan's residence.
The elder's estate covered an enormous area. Even the distance from Xu Feng's courtyard to Hang Yan's study was nearly twenty kilometers.
For Domain Gods and Radiant God Tier experts, that was barely a step away.
Xu Feng did not cut directly through the estate. Instead, he left through a side gate and followed the street toward the main entrance.
He disliked the estate's chilly, solemn, and lifeless atmosphere.
He preferred the bustling streets, alive with people and everyday activity.
After refining all the origin-opening herbs, his vitality and spirit were utterly different from what they had been three months earlier.
Even with his aura suppressed, passersby instinctively glanced at him a few extra times as he walked along the street.
Some with lower cultivation even stepped aside involuntarily.
Morning sunlight fell across the flagstones, lighting up the shop signs on either side.
There were still few pedestrians, and several early-rising vendors were setting up their stalls.
White vapor drifted from steamers and dispersed in the cool breeze, carrying the distinctive fragrance of flour made from a local fruit on Kesa Star.
He walked at an easy pace, planning to leave Black Gold Demon City tomorrow after speaking with Hang Yan today.
He had taken all the origin-opening herbs. Only the final brain-refining step of the Three Paths of Death remained, and that could wait until he boarded the spaceship.
But just as he reached a corner of West City's main street, Cang Jue's voice rang out in his mind without warning, unusually urgent. "Go, now. Four Domain God auras are heading this way, all concealing their movements.
"They're powerful. One belongs to Lu Sheng. The others are