Shuofang Si's convoy traveled northwest, planning to head north into the Heaven Dou Empire before turning west toward Vast Sea City. That way, they could skirt the Star Dou Great Forest.
At Shuofang Si's instructions, the convoy maintained a leisurely pace. Every day, he meditated in his carriage, took his medicine, and cultivated the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art. His days were full and satisfying.
In the Main God Space, where life revolved around deadly combat, such leisurely days were rare indeed.
Yet something unexpected happened as they passed through the Heaven Dou Empire's borderlands.
The convoy suddenly stopped, and the steward reported quietly from outside the carriage.
Shuofang Si emerged from his cultivation. With a slight twitch of his ears, he took in every sound around him.
He opened the carriage door and said calmly, "Understood. You may go."
As it turned out, the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, Xue Qinghe, was passing along this road on his return from a visit to the border troops.
The road was narrow to begin with. When the two convoys met head-on, the other party displayed their royal insignia and demanded that Shuofang Si's convoy give way.
Knowing Shuofang Si's temperament, the steward had not dared make the decision himself and had come to ask for instructions.
Naturally, Shuofang Si knew who lay beneath Xue Qinghe's disguise: Qian Renxue, the future Angel God.
At this point, judging by her age, she should be about twenty-one or twenty-two.
Come to think of it, if I'm heading toward Vast Sea City, I ought to get that thing and give it a try. It was, of course, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
This encounter had reminded Shuofang Si, who had originally intended to seek out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King,