Whitebrow Ancestor and everyone on Jianshan Mountain had long awaited this day. They headed outside, where a disciple sounded a horn, summoning an exotic beast more than thirty zhang long from deep within the distant mountains.
The beast was white all over, with horns and a three-pronged tail. It resembled a tiger or leopard, and its bright eyes were like jadeite, shining with a faint spiritual glow. This was the Jade-Eyed White-Body Mystic Light Beast that belonged to Whitebrow Ancestor.
The Jade-Eyed White-Body Mystic Light Beast landed and approached Whitebrow Ancestor with obedient affection, lowering its head. Whitebrow Ancestor laughed heartily, flew onto its head, and sat cross-legged.
The others dared not ride alongside Whitebrow Ancestor. They mounted azure birds and dragon hawks, following close behind as they flew east together.
Cloud Summit Peak lay roughly a million miles away. Even a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse, capable of soaring through heaven and earth and traveling a hundred thousand miles a day, would still need ten days or more to arrive. Moreover, the party included quite a few subordinates, greatly reducing their speed.
But the aristocratic clans of Central Province had held sway over the Spirit-Taming World for a long time, and had built teleportation arrays in first-class cities everywhere. These arrays were interconnected, their energies resonating with one another. For a certain fee, travelers could instantly reach another region.
Jianshan Mountain also controlled one such first-class city, guarded by an unorthodox-path aristocratic clan that had submitted to Whitebrow.
Thus, although Whitebrow Ancestor had ostensibly set out for Cloud Summit Peak, he was actually heading in the opposite direction, toward that first-class city.
As for why the teleportation array had not been built directly at the Jianshan Mountain Branch Headquarters, the reason was naturally that the teleportation network was of paramount importance. No