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"Thank you for the kind offer, Master, but I'm not ready to get married so early,"
"You brat, let's go!" Zhuge Liuyun flipped onto the back of a white-headed eagle, and Chu Feng mounted another one.
Both white-headed eagles spread their wings at the same time. Their massive wingspans stretched several meters, and as they flapped, they whipped up fierce gusts of wind.
The howling gale swept through like a barrage of blades. Even the core disciples and core elders present found it hard to withstand, stumbling backward under the force.
Amid the roaring wind, the two white-headed eagles soared into the sky. They circled the plaza twice before shooting off like arrows toward the Spirit Realm State.
Everyone watched the spectacular sight, most faces filled with envy and longing. But in a secluded corner of the Core Area, Su Mei gazed upward at the white-headed eagles, her face drenched in sorrow.
The white-headed eagles were incredibly fast. Crossing the entirety of Qingzhou took only a few days, and now they had already entered the territory of the Spirit Realm State.
White-headed eagles were considered rare back in Qingzhou — every time one flew overhead, people below would crane their necks and marvel. But here in the Spirit Realm State, Chu Feng realized that white-headed eagles were anything but rare.
While airborne, he had already spotted several white-headed eagles flying past them, each one faster than their own. Clearly, the breeds here were far superior.
For the first time, this thought struck Chu Feng: the Qingzhou he had always relied upon really was backward compared to this Spirit Realm State. No wonder his master Zhuge Liuyun had said it before.
The so-called geniuses of Qingzhou were, in truth, nothing more than mediocrities. Those who could truly be called geniuses numbered fewer than ten — because even Qingzhou's best were considered unremarkable in the eyes of the other states.
Truth be told, Qingzhou had always been weak. Among the Nine Provinces, it ranked at the bottom and was dismissed as insignificant by the major states.
After two more days of flight within the Spirit Realm State, Chu Feng finally arrived at the Spirit World Guild. Looking down from above, he could see the guild situated on a vast plain.
It was a colossal city — so enormous that mountains, rivers, and dense forests were all contained within its walls. It was practically a kingdom, larger than anything Chu Feng had ever imagined.
This alone showed just how powerful the Spirit World Guild was. No wonder it could dominate the entire Spirit Realm State.
Most importantly, Spirit World Masters — who were treated as treasures back in Qingzhou — were as common as dirt here. Even someone like Zhuge Liuyun, a white-robed Spirit World Master, was nobody special.
Here, only grey-robed Spirit World Masters commanded any respect. White-robed Spirit World Masters were as plentiful as cabbages, visible everywhere.
"So this is what they mean by 'there's always a bigger sky above, and a better person beyond'?"
Chu Feng and Zhuge Liuyun did not enter the Spirit World Guild directly. The guild was not a place just anyone could walk into — not even Spirit World Masters. So they headed to a city outside the guild that served specifically as a reception point for visiting Spirit World Masters from other regions.
Here, people wearing white Spirit World Master robes, just like Zhuge Liuyun, were a dime a dozen. Most of them, however, had taken off their tall hoods to reveal their actual faces.