As his words fell, he turned his head and looked through the clear window beside him at the streets, crowds, and buildings racing backward outside. Scene after scene of bustling Heavenly Origin City flashed past, gone in an instant.
"Where are we going?"
A few minutes later, he asked in a clear voice.
Hearing him, Audishiya raised a hand and gently tucked a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear, her movements elegant and composed.
"Although I study at Qingtan Academy, I don't usually live on campus. My branch of the family owns quite a few properties in Heavenly Origin City. We're heading to one of them now."
After that simple explanation, silence settled over the carriage once more.
Both were reserved by nature. Neither needed further explanations or made any deliberate attempt at conversation. In the quiet carriage, only the faint hum of the express running smoothly remained.
Time slipped past in an instant.
Another few minutes passed.
Outside, the Empress Express gradually slowed, descending steadily from its hover to the ground.
Clank... click...
The carriage's palace doors opened again, and an ancient, weighty air swept toward them, grand yet tinged with the desolation of ages.
An immense, majestic castle stood quietly amid Heavenly Origin City's vast sprawl of buildings.
The entire castle had been carved and cast from millennium divine jade and layers of purple-gold rock. Its walls bore ancient, weathered textures, engraved with crisscrossing ancient divine marks.
Though it had endured the cleansing of countless ages, it still shimmered with flowing light, its splendor undiminished.
Looking into the distance, Tan Lin could see the castle's towering spires piercing the clouds. Halls rose in overlapping tiers all around, their carved, upswept eaves exquisitely intricate.
Every detail revealed the supreme heritage of the Divine Lineage.
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