250 Chapter 250 (1/2)

He didn't have time to stick around and help out anymore. The reason for them being in this desolate spot was unknown to him and he would keep it that way.

Zhang Dong whizzed on his flying sword through the lands while keeping a low profile. He looked like your generic rugged cultivator with no home. The sword he was using looked shabby from the outside.

This was done on purpose to evade conflict with any other core formation cultivators. If he wore multiple high-level trinkets he could as well just write 'Rob me' on his back and wait.

'I seem to have forgotten how the world really looks outside my own sect…'

While flying as fast as a jet plane he had some time to look around these lands. He was now in Limitless Sword Society territory. He could see the usual low-level beasts roaming the lands which weren't anything out of the ordinary. But when he approached human settlements he noticed the disparity.

His plan was to evade them but with his nascent soul senses, he could peek at these smaller cities from afar. He did all of this without the worry of getting detected. What he saw there painted a picture of how the other sects saw their people or rather how they didn't see anyone besides their own worth investing in.

There was widespread famine and lawlessness. He could see ruffians and robbers roaming everywhere, maybe this was why that family was there. They might have been trying to escape from all of this.

The cities here were more akin to his territory before his sect took over. Even in the first large city, he visited all those years ago things weren't great. He almost saw people getting run over by a carriage. He was able to save them then, but this was only possible because of his high cultivation realm.

He was saddened by how people had to live here but he couldn't help them. He needed to finish his mission first. If he wasn't successful, bandits and robbers would be the least of their problems.

So Zhang Dong looked into the distance and flew off, this time around he used various aura hiding treasures along with ones that would make him hard to detect or even see.

It was thanks to having these with him that he was certain of continuing his journey forward without being detected.

This world was truly vast, even though he was limiting his speed he would be able to make a round trip around his old planet in less than a day. Even with that kind of speed, he would need a whole week to get to his destination.

In reality, he was traveling through a vast expanse. Along with the spiritual energy changes that could alter the surroundings it all made sense. Many times did he want to stop and take in the scenery while relaxing. The forests and untouched lakes were truly breathtaking. Places like this just made him want to take his family and relax while taking a dip in one of the many giant lakes.

Regretfully most of such beautiful places remained untouched for a reason. Even now as he was passing through a clear lake he could see a massive shadow lurking below. If he lowered his altitude he would probably get attacked by the monster living in the deep below.

Human cultivators might have been strong but they were far from the strongest beings in these lands. Magical beasts were born stronger yet humans had more ingenuity to go further in their life. They were also much better at working in a group while beasts kept to themselves or at most stayed in small groups with an alpha ruling over them.

Zhang Dong made sure to activate his system map while going through these lands. He didn't have any luck in finding any of those strange dead zones. He wanted to get another of those cubes which could get him some information about the person who sent him here.

He still had many unanswered questions that needed to be asked. For some reason though, he had a bad premonition about the person behind it all. Everything was shrouded in mystery, there was also that secret ground. It was located in the Limitless Sword Society area which they poached from the Dark Palm Sect.

He was contemplating about taking this part of the land back into his territory, now after defeating their leader there was no reason not to be a bit brazen.

'I should probably look into it after I take care of Squidward, one thing at a time…'

He gave out a sigh while continuing with his journey. He passed the Limitless Sword Society area without many incidents. Along the way, he helped out a few people that were down on their luck. He did it with minimal effort, time was still of the essence.

One day passed and then another one. Soon he was deep into the empire and far away from home. He periodically sent some long-ranged messages to his wife thanks to his faction system. Communication jades and other devices didn't have enough range for things like this.

Even with it, there was a slight time delay between his direct messages. When using the system for communication it would look like a conversation through the internet. Both parties would see text popping up in front of them. He was limited to people that had their devotion above 90% for this which was only a handful. His wife was luckily one of them.

'I'm approaching the Divine Fist Sect territory, for now, I haven't encountered anything out of the ordinary.'

He pressed send and could see an indication that his wife had received the information. Regretfully there was a downside to this way of talking. The person receiving the DM couldn't respond normally. They had a limited array of emojis that they could click. They had thirty seconds to reply to his text.

'Thumbs up followed by a kissy face emoji, then a lot of heart emojis…'

Liena wasn't very good with picking out those and he very rarely used this system to contact anyone. Thus he sometimes had trouble understanding what his lovely wife wanted to say to him. This time there were a lot of hearts so everything must have been going well back home.