After the Divine Weapon Convention came to an end, Yang Yuanhong followed his Immortal Venerable's arrangements and set out on a journey to the Central Region of Canglan.
Since the border between the Eastern Wilderness and Tiger Chasing remained under bilateral lockdown, he did not choose to head east and cross the Northwest directly. Instead, he took a detour, tracing a semicircular route through the upper half of the Northwest.
This allowed him to avoid the five Dynasties with entry and exit restrictions, passing only through territories governed by certain sects and small nations.
Generally speaking, crossing such a vast region alone took no small amount of time and carried no small amount of risk.
There were wide stretches of ungoverned land between the various sects and small nations, hiding many bands of rogue cultivators and gangs of bandits.
Anyone able to gain a foothold in such places had some skill. Some leaders of cultivator bands and bandit gangs even possessed Late Essence Condensation cultivation, or perhaps had reached perfection.
These were all the sort to shout, "This mountain was opened by me, this tree was planted by me." To pass through their territory, one either needed ironclad strength, ironclad wealth, or ironclad connections.
With Yang Yuanhong's current strength, such petty gangs naturally posed no threat to him. He could have cleared every obstacle along the way with his fists.
Yet doing so would have been far too conspicuous, potentially drawing unnecessary attention. It also did not suit Yang Yuanhong's temperament of planning before acting.
And fighting his way through them one by one would have wasted too much time.
The dozen or so special tokens he had obtained in the Divine Weapon Secret Realm happened to prove useful at this moment.
Whenever Yang Yuanhong arrived somewhere, he would directly