After escaping the Myriad Arts Pavilion, Xu Yan did not pause for an instant. He turned into a streak of azure light and fled toward the border of the Jade Radiance Kingdom.
His destination was the Fire Prosperity Kingdom, which bordered the Jade Radiance Kingdom. He planned to lie low there for a while and exchange the spiritual items he had obtained from killing cultivators for the cultivation resources he needed.
The journey between the two kingdoms spanned nearly a hundred thousand li and passed through the territories of more than ten Immortal Sects. Xu Yan did not dare travel at full speed and remained cautious throughout.
After half a month of travel, Xu Yan had covered only about a third of the distance. With Fufeng Commandery now tens of thousands of li behind him, his taut nerves relaxed slightly. He planned to find a secluded place to cultivate the remaining stages of the Bloodfiend Shadow-Escaping Steps.
That way, if anything unexpected happened after he entered the Fire Prosperity Kingdom, he would have a few more means of escaping with his life.
With this in mind, Xu Yan searched for a suitable place to enter secluded cultivation as he traveled.
Another three days passed before Xu Yan abruptly stopped in his tracks.
An enormous lake lay ahead of him, its surface as still as a mirror, gleaming with a dark blue-black sheen. Wisps of demon beast aura drifted toward him, bringing a thoughtful look to his eyes.
"When I passed through that mortal city half a day ago, people said Greenwave Lake had a man-eating lake demon. This must be the place."
The lake lay in the mortal world, with no spiritual veins nearby. That a demon beast could have emerged here intrigued him.
Azure light flashed beneath his feet,