In the boundless void, a spindle-shaped flying boat cleaved through space, crossing the vast Star Sea.
This was the shuttle boat Li Chen had boarded.
Li Chen now owned a similar flying boat magical treasure capable of crossing the Star Sea to pick him up, but a round trip would have been enormously expensive. Thus, he had still chosen the shuttle boat running between Sea Eye City and a distant market district. It would pass through dozens of spirit peak blessed lands and the territories of various powerful figures before finally reaching his own Broad Cloud Peak.
The entire Vast Sea Domain was linked together in this fashion by its spirit peak blessed lands, forming an archipelago in the starry sky that even ordinary people could travel between.
However, fares for a journey across the Star Sea ran as high as ten thousand talisman coins per stop. Unless they had reached late Qi refining or higher, ordinary cultivators could scarcely afford it.
As the most distinguished guest on this voyage, Li Chen had an entire floor to himself. He was now in his main hall, discussing the Dao with his newly recruited retainer Lu Chen and the others.
An azure glow shone within Li Chen's palm. The life flame condensed from his Core Formation magic power burned in midair like a roaring blaze, while thousands upon thousands of firefly insects circled it like moths drawn to a flame.
These were larvae bred from the mother insect Lu Chen possessed. Lu Chen was a down-and-out rogue cultivator who could not afford to sustain his insect swarm, so he had been forced to limit its size. With Li Chen's financial support, however, he finally had enough to spare a portion for him.
Li Chen had not been too proud to ask someone