Han Feng returned to the flying spirit boat, and everyone immediately got up to welcome him.
"Master, you're finally back."
Lin Xian'er trotted to Han Feng, examining him carefully from head to toe.
"Even changed your clothes..."
Han Feng touched Lin Xian'er's head full of wild thoughts, "Encountered some sudden situations, delayed a bit."
"Cai'er and the others..."
"They are fine, but not traveling with us. They returned to the Western Region of the Central Plains."
Ye Qingyun nodded.
As long as their safety was confirmed, it was fine.
"You care about them very much, Qingyun."
Han Feng said with a smile.
Ye Qingyun was slightly surprised, "Ah? Do I?"
Isn't it normal to care about family?
"Of course. Thanks to your reminder this time, otherwise..."
The Black Snake Secret Realm isolated Han Feng's sensing, preventing him from perceiving the danger Cai'er and Medusa encountered in time.
Out of trust in Cai'er's strength, Han Feng didn't take action immediately after the sensing blurred. Speaking of which, it was his negligence.
If it dragged on any longer, Han Feng might have seen only one person this time.
"Did they encounter danger?"
Ye Qingyun worried.
Han Feng nodded: "But now they are all unharmed and gained considerable benefits instead. Don't worry."
"That's good."
Ye Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, let's set off. You guys have waited long too."
Han Feng said no more, urged the spirit boat, and cut through the sky with a swoosh.
Going south from the Tagor Desert was another area of the Northwest Continent. The largest country here was the Mulan Empire, equal to the Jia Ma Empire. It is said that the ancestors of the Mulan Imperial Family had barbarian blood and were good at physical arts cultivation.
The urban landscape of the Mulan Empire was very different from the Jia Ma Empire. The decoration style was unique, mostly flat design, with very large gaps in between.
Only in the center of the empire were there skyscrapers towering into the clouds and relatively dense housing distribution.
These sceneries could be seen at a glance from the sky.
Han Feng and the others flew over the Mulan Empire without stopping here.
They flew over the Southwest Great Rift Valley along the way. The depth inside was said to reach the center of the earth, but the environment there was very harsh, difficult even for Dou Ancestor experts to survive.
Han Feng once went to explore to discover the mysterious creatures hidden inside, but unfortunately, that exploration returned empty-handed.
After the Southwest Great Rift Valley was the vast South Sea.
On the Dou Qi Continent, the ocean was the largest part. Even Dou Saint level cultivators dared not say they had fully explored the entire sea area.
Firstly, they didn't have that leisure. Secondly, there were unknown dangers deep in the sea.
In some shallow sea areas, the level of sea magical beasts did not exceed the sixth rank at most. Slowly spreading towards the deep sea, seventh rank and even eighth rank sea magical beasts would appear.
But ninth rank sea magical beasts, counting his previous life, Han Feng had only seen once in the Extreme North Sea.
In the ocean, the strength of a ninth rank sea magical beast could increase by at least 30%. Humans wanting to contend needed to have strong foundations themselves.
Compared to the Extreme North Sea, the South Sea was much calmer. There were no turbulent waves, and the ripples were relatively peaceful.
Traveling above the ocean gave a sense of relaxation.
Han Feng lay on the deck, leisurely enjoying the sunshine, while the girls discussed new things and sceneries.
Wisps of energy difficult to detect with the naked eye drifted from the ocean to the sky, merging into the Black Tortoise turtle shell in Han Feng's hand.
This phenomenon never happened before, but since experiencing the Black Snake Secret Realm, the Black Tortoise turtle shell seemed to come alive, actively absorbing external water elements to improve itself.
Han Feng let it improve and didn't stop it.
He even wondered if the Black Tortoise resurrected, would his future burden be lighter?
After all, as long as one of the Four Divine Beasts was present, perhaps he wouldn't need to preside over the overall situation against the Extraterritorial Evil Race.
Three days passed in a flash.
The short vacation ended, and Han Feng and the others saw the Nanli Continent appearing on the sea level.
"Finally arrived!"
Mu Qingluan stood at the bow, spreading her arms to embrace the strong wind.
"Woohoo!"
Mu Qingluan enjoyed the feeling of being blown by the strong wind.
She was originally a Blue Phoenix galloping in the wind.
Han Feng smiled slightly. The control rune in his hand flashed, and the spirit boat accelerated instantly, leaving a trail of air flames in the sky, flying towards the land.
"That is the Purple Shattered Ruins."
Coming from the land direction, one would first encounter the barbarians, but coming from the South Sea direction, the first arrival was the forbidden land, Purple Shattered Ruins.
Looking at the area still guarded by the army in the distance, Han Feng's memory was pulled back to many years ago.
That strange eye shooting out evil demonic light was enough to destroy everyone at that time.
Relying on the power of the Vermilion Bird's remnant soul, everyone narrowly escaped death.
The Nanli Empire also ushered in an era of peace again.
"Purple Shattered Ruins, isn't that a forbidden zone of the Nanli Continent?"
Mu Qingluan said.
Most people in the Central Plains knew about the dangers of forbidden zones.
If children were disobedient, forbidden zones would be used to scare them.
Ancient poisonous insects in the Mangled Ancient Domain, Eight-Armed Black Demon in the Black Abyss, man-eating monsters in the Purple Shattered Ruins.
Compiled into stories by storytellers, circulating everywhere on the continent.
Gu Xun'er also showed curiosity, looking at the legendary forbidden zone.
These two words were actually not unfamiliar to her. Besides maintaining public order in the Gu Realm usually, the main job of the Gu Clan's Black Submerged Army was to fight against the "forbidden zone foreign objects" left over from ancient battlefields.
Gu Xun'er grew up outside and then cultivated in seclusion after returning to the clan, so she hadn't personally been to dangerous ancient battlefields.
The Purple Shattered Ruins in front of her was the first forbidden zone she saw with her own eyes.
"There used to be more troops guarding here. Now because the danger has passed, the number of troops has decreased accordingly."
Han Feng said.
The seal of the Purple Shattered Ruins had just been rebuilt, and the stability was very high. Now it only needed to ensure that it wouldn't be disturbed daily.
"Mr. Han, have you entered the Purple Shattered Ruins?"
Gu Xun'er asked.
"Entered. That place is indeed not for humans."
Han Feng said.
"It's called a forbidden zone not without reason."
Gu Xun'er nodded.
The outbreak frequency of the Purple Shattered Ruins was considered low among all forbidden ruins, possibly due to the perfection of the seal or the guarding of the Nanli Imperial Family.
Anyway, the evil demons in the Purple Shattered Ruins had never endangered the Central Plains continent.
On the contrary, the Black Abyss in the East Profound Continent often caused trouble, requiring the Gu Clan to dispatch a large number of Black Submerged Army troops to suppress it.
From this point of view, the Nanli Imperial Family did better than the East Profound Continent.
After the group arrived at the border of the Nanli Continent, Han Feng threw out a token to the soldiers guarding the border tower.
The soldiers had originally activated the alert procedure, but seeing the token thrown by Han Feng, their expressions changed greatly, and they immediately knelt on one knee respectfully.
Han Feng stood at the bow, nodding slightly to everyone.
The border alert stopped immediately, and all soldiers saluted the flying boat above.
The spirit boat sailed past the border. Lin Xian'er looked at Han Feng curiously.
"Master, they all know you."
"Had a cooperation before."
Han Feng laughed.
Some soldiers were grateful because he saved them back then, while others were due to the title of King of Southern Suppression (Zhennan Wang).
In the unified Nanli Empire, the King of Southern Suppression was already the most powerful king besides the Empress.
Of course, Han Feng hadn't used the power of the King of Southern Suppression; he was just respected.
Traveling to a city near the Purple Shattered Ruins.
Han Feng's soul power flew out and swept around the city.
"Golden Lion Tribe, developing quite well."
In the city, the Jin Family mansion was larger than before.
After the war ended, the people here returned one after another, no longer looking solemn like before.
In Han Feng's sea of consciousness, a golden saber trembled faintly.
"Don't worry. After this matter is over, I'll go to the Beast Region and seek justice for you."
Han Feng comforted the spirit weapon [Extreme Lion] residing in his sea of consciousness.
"Thank you, my lord."
Jin Xi responded.
"Go see your clansmen."
Han Feng said.
"Ask if they want to go back, back to the ancestral land of the Golden Lion Tribe."
The golden saber in the sea of consciousness slowly transformed into a golden-haired girl. She knelt on both knees to Han Feng, bowing devoutly.
"My lord, on behalf of the Golden Lion clansmen, I thank you for your kindness."
Jin Xi said solemnly.
As Han Feng's weapon spirit, she had been following him and knew his strength very well.
Han Feng saying this was equivalent to escorting the Golden Lion Tribe back to the Beast Region.
"You've already thanked me; no need to be so polite."
Han Feng laughed.
"Besides, isn't this our agreement back then?"
In the Shennong Mountain Range that day, Jin Xi was heavily injured by a Dou Venerate of the Silver Mastiff Tribe and was about to die. Han Feng happened to appear, so she chose to sacrifice her soul into the golden saber and signed a contract with Han Feng, becoming Han Feng's saber spirit for his lifetime use. Han Feng promised to take action and protect the Golden Lion Tribe.
If the Golden Lion Tribe possessed the strength to fight back against the mastermind back then in the future, they would return to the Beast Region and regain the glory of the Golden Lion Tribe.
Han Feng raised his hand gently and helped Jin Xi up.
"Go."
Jin Xi bowed to Han Feng, then turned into a golden light and flew towards the Jin Family mansion below.
She was now a peak Dou Venerate level weapon spirit, enough to suppress the Nether Blood Tiger Tribe.
Her return this time was the opportunity for the rise of the Golden Lion Tribe.
After sending Jin Xi away, Han Feng didn't advance slowly anymore. He directly tore the void wormhole, driving the huge flying spirit boat to travel through space together, arriving outside the Vermilion Bird City.
"Ahead is our destination. Everyone prepare; I'm going to land."
Han Feng reminded.
Everyone looked at the huge city in front curiously.
"Is this the capital of the Nanli Empire?"
"Correct. The name of this city is Vermilion Bird City. Its history is quite long."
Without Han Feng's introduction, Mu Qingluan began to explain to everyone.
Speaking of the Vermilion Bird, this little girl was more interested than anyone else.
"Qingluan, have you been here before?"
"No, it's my first time here too."
Mu Qingluan scratched her head.
"But I knew about this city a long time ago."
Han Feng maneuvered the spirit boat to land. Outside the Vermilion Bird City, people came and went, with dazzling vehicles. Han Feng's flying spirit boat didn't attract too much attention.
After showing the token to the city guarding soldiers, he signaled with his hand not to make a fuss.
The soldiers quickly stopped their excited expressions and humbly guided Han Feng and the others to pass.
"King of Southern Suppression, this is the ground rail carriage leading to the Imperial City. It can reach the Imperial City within a quarter of an hour."
The soldier introduced to Han Feng.
"Thank you."
Han Feng didn't refuse. It was inconvenient to use those spatial means in the city; sitting in a carriage was quite good.
Lin Xian'er and the others followed Han Feng into the carriage. The carriage was very large, accommodating several people together.
"Vermilion Bird City is so big."
Several people looked at the crowd on the street through the carriage window, densely packed, could be described as crowded.
"This is just the Outer City. Inside there are the Inner City and the Imperial City."
Han Feng said.
"The Outer City allows tourists to enter, so naturally, there are many people. But the Inner City is only passable for local residents. Outsiders must have invitation letters to enter. As for the Imperial City... that is the territory of the Sikong Imperial Family. Except for officials attending court, it is semi-closed inside."
"So we go directly to the Imperial City?"
Lin Xian'er heard what the soldier said just now.
"Yes."
"I have some things to do these days. You can move freely in the Vermilion Bird City."
Han Feng said.
"Okay, Senior Brother!"
Mu Qingluan nodded first.
She looked curiously at the changing scenery inside the Vermilion Bird City, her heart already impatient.
If the carriage wasn't too fast, she would have wanted to fly out for a tour.
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped slowly.
Everyone had arrived in front of the Imperial City gate.
"Welcome, King of Southern Suppression!"
Two guards clad in golden armor stepped forward and said respectfully to the people on the carriage.
"Is the Empress convenient now?"
Han Feng asked.
"Her Majesty is already waiting for you in the Dry Phoenix Hall. King of Southern Suppression can go directly."
The golden-armored guard ordered the city gate to open, letting the ground rail carriage continue to pass.
The area inside the Imperial City was not small, and flying was prohibited, so transportation was still needed.
Inside the carriage, Lin Xian'er and Gu Xun'er's expressions changed subtly after hearing Han Feng mention the Empress.
The two girls looked at each other, obviously surprised by this news.
So you didn't know either.
Gu Xun'er saw Lin Xian'er also having a look of just learning heavy news and pursed her lips slightly.
Empress... Could it be that Mr. Han's heart belonged to someone long ago?
Otherwise, running all the way to the Nanli Empire, surely a Dou Saint wouldn't need anything from an emperor of a remote continent, right?
Gu Xun'er was somewhat helpless for a moment.
Originally thought the only opponent was Lin Xian'er.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xian'er was also "useless". She completely didn't know when her master had a woman.
Still looking kept in the dark now, really...
Gu Xun'er clenched her jade hand and sighed.
Lin Xian'er looked completely dumbfounded at this time. Although the expression on her face didn't change too much, her heart was turbulent.
Empress?
Why never heard Master mention it?
When did she know Master?
What is the relationship now?
For a moment, Lin Xian'er didn't even have time to care about Gu Xun'er's strange look.
"I'm so stupid."
Lin Xian'er muttered silently in her heart.
If she really already had a mistress, she would really want to cry but have no tears.
Although Master would have a Dao companion sooner or later, at least let her know some intelligence.
A mistress falling from the sky was too shocking.
Lin Xian'er closed her eyes in despair, pretending to rest with closed eyes. Only Gu Xun'er knew that Sister Xian'er had shut herself off.
Hope things aren't that absolute, Gu Xun'er thought in her heart.
After all, Han Feng having a Dao companion was not good news for her either.
The carriage stopped slowly.
Han Feng got off the carriage, and the girls followed.
Mu Qingluan still looked curious, looking left and right.
There were Vermilion Bird totems everywhere here; so atmospheric!
Mu Qingluan thought excitedly in her heart.
Wonder if she could see more history about the Vermilion Bird this time.
"Follow me."
Han Feng said to the people behind him.
He stepped forward, walking towards the huge palace in front.