Fang Yuan thought to himself, "It seems that after I entered the Imperial Court Blessed Land, I was sent very far away. Otherwise, with my speed, it shouldn't have taken me three days to reach the Saint Palace."
Along the way, Fang Yuan encountered quite a few Gu Masters and mortals.
They were all members of the Hei Clan Alliance. After entering the Blessed Land, those with ability gathered towards the central Saint Palace. Those without ability settled in nearby places.
The Imperial Court Blessed Land was not safe. It had vast swarms of wild Gu, as well as ferocious birds and beasts.
The arrival of the Hei Clan army broke the silent understanding here, disturbing the territories that the beast groups or insect swarms had divided among themselves.
Therefore, clashes and killings were inevitable.
But the overall environment was many times better than the blizzard disasters outside the Northern Plains.
Along the way, Fang Yuan saw several scenes of slaughter. In some places, beasts lay dead; in others, there were the broken limbs and bones of humans.
The Imperial Court Blessed Land was much deeper and richer than the Fox Immortal Blessed Land. The Fox Immortal Blessed Land had no weather changes, but the Imperial Court Blessed Land did.
Moreover, the Imperial Court Blessed Land actually had a distinction between day and night!
This might not seem strange to ordinary people in the outside world, since the Northern Plains also had day and night, and they were used to it.
Only someone knowledgeable like Fang Yuan would know how precious this was.
Generally speaking, a Blessed Land with weather changes was considered a first-rate Blessed Land. Fang Yuan's Fox Immortal Blessed Land had yet to develop weather changes.
Having a distinction between day and night was often a characteristic of a Grotto-Heaven.
A Blessed Land was a small world. Above a Blessed Land was an even more perfect small world, the Grotto-Heaven.
The Imperial Court Blessed Land already had the characteristics of a Grotto-Heaven, making it a quasi-Grotto-Heaven. The Lang Ya Blessed Land had fallen from the level of a Grotto-Heaven. Even now, it did not have day and night.
Night fell.
Fang Yuan looked at the sky, which gradually transformed from a glorious gold to a soft silver.
The sky of the Imperial Court Blessed Land during the day was a splendid golden heaven. At night, it wasn't pitch black, but a night sky shining with silver light.
Flying high in the air, Fang Yuan witnessed the change in the sky with his own eyes.
The silver light cascaded down, not as dazzling and hot as the golden light of day. It was gentle, yet hid a hint of sharpness.
Fang Yuan's flying speed gradually slowed down. He looked down, scanned the area, and found a gentle slope.
With years of experience, he knew this gentle slope was a good campsite.
But he didn't land immediately. Instead, he circled the slope in the air a few times, his body stretching freely like a bird.
Only when he confirmed that the slope was safe and reliable did he slowly descend and retract his eagle wings.
The broad and powerful eagle wings were as black as iron. When Fang Yuan stopped channeling the Eagle Soaring Gu, they became formless and gradually dissipated in the air. Only a few black feathers scattered on the grass of the slope.
Fang Yuan moved his mind and activated the Lizard House Gu.
Instantly, a strange light shot out from his aperture and landed before him.
The light expanded and swelled, eventually transforming into a huge Lizard House Gu.
The lizard opened its mouth wide, stuck out its tongue, and revealed a door within.
Its tongue served as a staircase covered in a red carpet. Fang Yuan stepped up to it, and the door opened automatically. When he entered the Gu house, the door closed automatically, and the lizard's mouth clamped shut, leaving no gap.
Although Fang Yuan's vitality was strong, he was ultimately a mortal after all. When fatigue accumulated to a certain point, he had to take a proper rest to maintain a strong spirit and combat readiness.
Chirp chirp chirp…
No sooner had Fang Yuan entered the Gu house than he heard a noisy commotion outside.
A glint flashed in his eyes. "As expected, it's the Bliss Snow Bat swarm again…"
Fang Yuan had already figured out the pattern. Whenever the day turned to night, a huge swarm of Bliss Snow Bats would fly in from the edge of the sky.
The Bliss Snow Bats were pure white like snow, fluffy all over. They didn't have the ugliness of ordinary bats and looked very cute.
This type of beast group was extremely large in scale, each swarm numbering hundreds of thousands. Among them were a large number of Beast Kings. Myriad Beast Kings were very common, and there were even Beast Emperors.
Even with his current double apertures and possessing a killer move like the Four-Arm Wind King, Fang Yuan could not withstand them. He could only retreat to a safe distance.
The snow bats only hunted in the air, feeding on particles in the wind or insects. The Lizard House Gu was not on their menu, but to be cautious, Fang Yuan moved the Lizard House Gu to the back of the gentle slope.
The big lizard was docile, tucked its tail, and curled up in a ball. From a high altitude, it looked just like a big rock.