The Long Road West
"Cousin, the Kunlun Sacred Land is so far away, won't it take you dozens of days to fly there?"
"It shouldn't take that long!"
"Flying is different from walking. We went astray and ended up in Hanzhong County when we flew to Chang'an City. If we were to deviate from the course while flying tens of thousands of miles, even a slight deviation would lead to a wildly wrong outcome!"
"Is that so!"
It took Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding four days to return to Chang'an City.
As Rong Tianding said, their flight veered off course, and they completely missed Chang'an City.
It wasn't until they passed through a county town and inquired that they realized they had strayed hundreds of miles from their destination.
This forced them to fly again to search for Chang'an City, and the journey took an extra day compared to their previous estimate.
The group had traveled the route from Mount Tai to Chang'an City several times, yet they still encountered the problem of getting lost. Upon hearing that Zhang Xuezhou intended to travel to the Kunlun Sacred Land, tens of thousands of miles away, Rong Tianding couldn't help but worry that Zhang Xuezhou would have difficulty finding the place.
After being led by Zhang Xuezhou for four days, Rong Tianding managed to survive thanks to the pills he took.
However, if Rong Tianding were to fly tens of thousands of miles away, it would not be Rong Tianding taking care of Zhang Xuezhou, but rather Zhang Xuezhou taking care of Rong Tianding.
In particular, Rong Tianding had consumed quite a few pills along the way. Although these pills were Spirit Spirit-Forging Pill Zhang Xuezhou no longer needed after entering the Divine Ability Realm, they were still very valuable. Just thinking about how each pill cost him tens of taels of gold, even Rong Tianding felt that the four days of flying had been a complete test of his financial resources.
But Rong Tianding also understood why Zhang Xuezhou did this.
Zhang Xuezhou has entered the Divine Ability Realm. With his exceptional speed, Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou's range of movement will be faster and wider. Even if there are fortuitous opportunity around him, it will still Rong Tianding to keep up with his speed.
The four days of flying hand in hand were a demonstration, as were the exhaustion of these valuable Spirit-Forging Pill, and the abandonment of the two little devils controlled by Rong Tianding in the secret realm of the Heavenly Capital Lord were even more so.
Regardless of individual strength, Rong Tianding needs to catch up with Zhang Xuezhou's speed, even if he only practices one Cloud Soaring Technique.
Four days of arduous training in long-distance flying surpassed almost all of Rong Tianding's flying experience over the past few years.
However, it is extremely difficult for Rong Tianding to catch up with Zhang Xuezhou's progress. At present, he can only rely on the fact that the lower the cultivation level, the easier it is to improve, while the higher the cultivation level, the more difficult it is to improve. He can rely on time to continuously cultivate and get closer to Zhang Xuezhou.
If Zhang Xuezhou is in the Sole Self Realm and Rong Tianding is in the Divine Ability Realm, the difference in their flying speed will not be so great. Rong Tianding can fly a thousand miles alone in a day, and it would not be surprising if he flew even further with the help of Law Treasure.
After thinking it over, he realized that he couldn't possibly go to the Western Kunlun Holy Land with them, so he could only tell Zhang Xuezhou to make sure nothing went wrong.
"I'll ask Cai Ma to draw a map for me then," Zhang Xuezhou said. "As long as the important mountains, rivers, kingdoms, and buildings are marked properly, I won't stray too far off course. Once I find familiar landmarks, finding the Kunlun Sacred Land won't be difficult!"
Zhang Xuezhou was quite confident about his trip to the Kunlun Sacred Land.
He led Rong Tianding for four days and they flew less than three thousand miles, but this was because he was guiding Rong Tianding in flight.
If Zhang Xuezhou were allowed to fly, he could easily traverse three thousand miles in a single day with his demonic wings, and he also possessed the Law Power Cloud Soaring Technique for an extended period.
With the Heavenly Robe on his body and the Wind Avoidance Instruction to Yufeng, Zhang Xuezhou's flying ability surpassed that of ordinary cultivators by several times.
The Demon Feiyu Yu could fly 30,000 li a day if he tried his best. Zhang Xuezhou's current level was a little lower, but he could fly 5,000 li a day without any problem. If he relied on pills, the Vast Righteous Qi Art, and other means to restore his body, he could fly about 6,000 li a day.
Although he was still only about five times slower than the Flying Feiyu despite using a treasure, his speed was already quite remarkable. Moreover, the Feiyu cultivator he was referring to was a powerful demon in the Three Realms who was skilled in Feiyu.
Zhang Xuezhou will make preparations for his long journey in the next few days, and then wait for the next cycle to awaken before heading to Western Kunlun to ask for the Nine Treasures Wine.
"If Jin Chang comes to Chang'an City and asks about my whereabouts, just say I went out to find my adoptive father!"
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but give Rong Tianding some relevant instructions.
His words about finding his adoptive father were unlikely to give Jin Chang any clues. Zou Bugui refining elixirs in the Xieluosi River Holy Land, and the Golden Toad Dharma King was imprisoned in the Western Kunlun Holy Land.
Although Zhang Xuezhou was shameless when he was weak, he would not deny the relationships he had established.
He can see his godfather if he goes north, and he can see his godfather if he goes west.
It's normal that the godfather Jin Chang believes in is different from the godfather he's looking for; in any case, he's definitely not wrong.
"Life is barely normal now!"
Before entering and leaving Chang'an City, Zhang Xuezhou made a special trip to visit the people of Zhang Household Village.
After regaining their strength, most of the people in Zhang Household Village, except for a few who stayed behind to tend the fields, returned to their old ways and chose to hunt. Several pelts were drying in the settlement, indicating that their hunting trip had been quite successful.
Those who can make a living and earn money will have confidence, and many people from Zhang Household Village will not be afraid to move to Chang'an City.
If the people of Zhang Household Village could ride horses to hunt far and wide in the future, Zhang Xuezhou didn't think it would be strange. As a hunting village living deep in the mountains, the people of Zhang Household Village were much stronger than ordinary people, and even the children were stronger than many adults.
When Zhang Xuezhou was a child, he thought he was too thin and weak to fit in with the village. Little did he know that the people of Zhang Household Village were the ones who were the ones who didn't fit in.
Even though they were imprisoned in Huainan, the people of Zhang Household Village, as "medicine people," ate plenty of medicinal meals, and their daily labor did not ruin their health.
As life gradually returned to normal and continued to improve, Zhang Xuezhou felt quite gratified.
But when he thought about how few families in Zhang Household Village were intact, he felt that he needed to do more to reunite everyone.
"Chang Gong should be able to buy a house these days!"
Rong Tianding nodded, feeling that his neighbors from now on would all be acquaintances.
Having a group of hunters skilled in archery and knife fighting living nearby is undoubtedly a good thing. These people are highly sensitive to danger and can effectively eliminate some unsettling factors, or let Rong Tianding and others know the news.
"Big money is hard to earn. We have enough to buy several houses. The village is becoming self-reliant faster than I expected. I originally thought it would take half a year to supply food, but it stabilized in just three months," Zhang Xuezhou said.
"It was supposed to take about six months anyway, but the problem was you didn't come back then, cousin!"
Rong Tianding added a sentence, which left Zhang Xuezhou speechless.
In short, I hope everyone stays healthy and well.
Xu Yuan!
Zhang Xuezhou took a horse-drawn carriage into the city and went straight to Old Tree Alley.
In the distance, he could see Xu Yuan squatting upwind to get some fresh air, and the elderly Xu Ji coughing repeatedly from inside the house.
Not to mention that the neighbors couldn't stand the smell of Zhang Household's pork cutting and cooking, Xu Yuan and Xu Ji also couldn't stand it and couldn't get used to it for a while.
The people of Zhang Household Village began to establish themselves and started hunting to make a living. These two farmers were obviously freed from their predicament and returned to Chang'an City.