For the rest of the journey, Cheng Yu no longer felt as though he were out on a leisurely excursion.
After all, no one knew whether an expert might suddenly appear along this relatively short road and detain their party under the pretext of martial law, or... simply kill them.
And so, the human and the two demons were all in low spirits as they continued on.
Yet things took an unexpected turn.
There were indeed many experts, but most left Cheng Yu and his companions alone after questioning them about their purpose.
This puzzled Cheng Yu.
As more and more people questioned them, Cheng Yu finally voiced his confusion to a young cultivator who seemed approachable.
Were they only going to question them? Nothing else?
The young cultivator smiled and said,
"There are no unusual fluctuations coming from any of you. The western coast is teeming with experts. If you really want to stir up trouble there... feel free to try."
Understanding dawned on Cheng Yu, and he chuckled. True enough, the number of human experts who had arrived in Beiyou Prefecture had probably already exceeded anything he could imagine. The Eastern Continent had not seen war for over a hundred thousand years, and Humankind was taking the Dimensional Passage in Beiyou Prefecture extremely seriously.
They were probably still puzzling over the Dimensional Passage and needed a breakthrough. That was why they had no fear of anyone causing trouble. Perhaps they were even secretly hoping something unexpected would happen and give them a way forward.
So, although the surveillance grew increasingly intense as they traveled, they did not encounter a single genuinely troublesome incident.
But soon, Cheng Yu found himself worrying about something else: how was he supposed to summon the Kunpeng at the coast?
The western coast of