"Grandpa, are we taking this route so we can use the Heavenly Serpent Empire's spatial passage to reach the Central Plains?"
In this part of the Northwest Continent, apart from a few border cities, perhaps only the Heavenly Serpent Empire could maintain and operate a spatial passage.
Xiao Lin and Xiao Ding were not heading toward the border of the Northwest Continent, which was why Xiao Ding had asked.
"No. I just wanted to find somewhere deserted."
Seeing the confusion on his grandson's face, Xiao Lin answered with a smile.
Xiao Ding looked even more puzzled after hearing his grandfather's reply.
But before he could ask again, Xiao Lin gave him the answer.
Without making any other move, Xiao Lin extended his right hand, pressed his index and middle fingers together, and lightly swept them across the empty air before him.
Hummm—
The space before them slowly parted like a curtain.
A pitch-black spatial passage barely two meters across appeared before Xiao Ding.
Wisps of spatial power drifted out of the dark passage.
But Xiao Ding, who was only an Eight-Star Dou Zhe, could not sense them.
Even so, his eyes had gone round, and his mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.
The shock on his face went without saying.
"G-Grandpa, th-this, this, this..."
No matter how many times Xiao Ding said "this," he could not get another word out.
He was like a baby who had only just learned to speak, unable to form a proper sentence.
"Come on. We're only going to the Central Plains. We don't need to borrow a route through the mere Heavenly Serpent Empire!"
Xiao Lin's words rang with confidence.
He had plainly expected this reaction from his grandson.
In fact, once he had decided to send Xiao Ding to the