Three days later, aboard the Spirit Boat.
"Why aren't we taking a Teleportation Array? That would be a little faster," Xue Fuyao said.
"That's because there are simply too many people heading over this time. Besides the sects and other factions participating in the competition, there are also spectators. The Eastern Continent doesn't have enough Teleportation Arrays, and receiving too many people at once could destabilize space and endanger those inside the arrays. So the Eastern Continent simply shut down every Teleportation Array leading there.
"During this period, everyone traveling to the Eastern Continent has to take a Spirit Boat," Chu Yunzhe explained.
"Wouldn't that be very inconvenient? Not everyone owns a Spirit Boat, after all," Xue Fuyao said with a frown.
"The Eastern Continent has provided a solution for that too. They've arranged Spirit Boats and other large means of transportation to take people there free of charge."
It was only at the very last moment before the Spirit Boat departed that Xue Fuyao saw Gu Nian flying unsteadily toward them from afar.
At the sight, Xue Fuyao hurried over and asked worriedly, "Senior Sister, what happened to you? Those injuries..."
Gu Nian forced a smile at her words. "It's nothing. On a whim last night, I sparred with Master. The blows were a little heavy. I'll be fine after some rest."
Hearing Gu Nian's explanation, Xue Fuyao froze for a moment. Her senior sister had sparred with First Martial Uncle, so he had inflicted all these injuries?
A purple Starry Sky flower appeared in Xue Fuyao's hand, and its petals merged into Gu Nian's body. Soon, the bruises on her body vanished, along with the pain.
Gu Nian looked at Xue Fuyao in delighted surprise. "Little Junior Sister, your medical skills are pretty good."
"Senior Sister, this isn't