In the Nanhua City region, a cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm could easily dominate the area. The Yun family was only able to establish a firm foothold here by relying on a few Nascent Soul cultivators.
However, once they left the confines of Nanhua City and headed to higher-tier regions, it would be a completely different world where Soul Formation cultivators walked everywhere.
With the Yun family's strength, if they went there, they wouldn't even be able to control their own fate, reduced to nothing but meat on the chopping block for others to slaughter.
Unless it was a critical moment concerning the family's very survival, families of their level would never easily let their core experts leave their sphere of influence.
After all, once an expert fell, it would be a devastating blow to the entire family, and they would likely be swallowed up by other factions taking advantage of the situation.
Gu Changyuan listened quietly, not showing any signs of disappointment.
He had never expected a border city family to know everything about a holy land far away in the Eastern Continent anyway.
Seeing Gu Changyuan's expression remain unchanged, Yun Shan felt slightly relieved. After pondering for a moment, he took out a jade token glowing with a faint blue light from his storage space and offered it respectfully with both hands.
"Senior, although our Yun family has never been to the holy land, our ancestors once befriended some traveling merchants and accumulated a few beacon marks.
This is the beacon mark for Hanhai City.
Hanhai City is located at the border between the Southern Continent and the Eastern Continent. It is much more prosperous than Nanhua City. There are many major sect factions in the city, and the highest realm cultivators there can reach the Body Integration realm.
Perhaps you could head to Hanhai City first. You should be able to inquire about more detailed route information to the Heavenly Human Holy Land there."
"Thank you."
Gu Changyuan put away the jade token and nodded at Yun Xiaotian.
Since he had already obtained the beacon mark for his next destination, there was no need for him to stay any longer.
Gu Changyuan stood up and said indifferently,
"Since this matter is settled, I shall take my leave."
With that said, before the Yun family members could speak, he returned to his immortal boat.
Gu Changyuan didn't even need to make a move; the immortal boat sensed its master's will. The runes on its surface accelerated their flow as it slowly rose into the air and turned around.
Subsequently, it transformed into a streak of black light, speeding toward the direction of Hanhai City, and soon disappeared into the horizon.
The Yun family members looked up at the direction the immortal boat departed, unable to recover their wits for a long time, their hearts filled with deep emotion.
What they didn't know was that the scene of Gu Changyuan's giant immortal boat hovering above the Yun family mansion had long been witnessed by many factions in Nanhua City. In an instant, the entire Nanhua City was in an uproar.
Gu Changyuan's unexpected appearance invisibly coated the Yun family with a mysterious halo, causing those factions that had been eyeing the Yun family covetously to rein in their thoughts, no longer daring to easily entertain crooked ideas.
Because of this incident, the Yun family's status in Nanhua City became even more secure.
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The immortal boat's internal structure was not complex; it was divided into three levels.
The bottom level was the storage cabin and the array core area. The boat's propulsion and defense arrays were located here, provided with an endless stream of energy by the chaos crystal cores embedded in the array eyes.
The middle level was a spacious rest area with many rooms, enough to accommodate hundreds of people.
The top level was Gu Changyuan's exclusive area, with only one spacious room taking up the entire floor.
In the very center sat a pitch-black, seemingly plain and unadorned long table. Beside the table were two chairs made of the same material.
The table was empty and as smooth as a mirror.
By the inner wall was a bed of the same black color.
There were no superfluous furnishings here—no bookshelves, no potted plants, no decorative magical treasures.
At this moment, Gu Changyuan was sitting by that black long table.
He had taken off his travel-worn dark outer robe and was wearing only a plain white, loose inner shirt. His long hair was unbound, draped casually over his shoulders.
He lacked that majesty of looking down upon all living beings, instead possessing a bit more of a homely, relaxed vibe.
Looking at the empty tabletop, he gently waved his right hand.
"Tap, tap, tap."
Several jade plates appeared out of thin air on the table, arranged neatly.
Immediately after, a wide variety of dishes appeared on the plates like magic, filling up more than half the table.
These were all things he had secretly "lifted" back in Qinglan City when his divine sense swept through several of the city's most famous restaurants.
Eating was no longer a necessity for his survival. At his realm, he had long abstained from mortal food for thousands of years. Dining on wind and drinking dew, inhaling and exhaling spiritual energy was enough to sustain his life and cultivation.
However, he was a transmigrator, an authentic citizen of the Dragon Kingdom.
The obsession with good food had long been carved deep into his soul.
It was just like in his original time, when watching movies or scrolling through videos, one always wanted to snack on something to feel satisfied.
For Gu Changyuan, a piping hot meal was not just to fill his stomach, but a form of comfort, a tangible feeling of being "alive."
But ever since he was swept into the Ruins of Disorder, let alone fine food, he couldn't even find anything edible.
The beasts there absorbed chaotic demonic energy and deathly stillness year-round. Their meat was tough and fishy, carrying a putrid stench that would make one throw up on the spot after a single bite.
He would rather go hungry and rely on spiritual energy to satiate himself than ever touch that stuff.
Now that he had finally returned to the Nine Heavens Realm, which was rich in spiritual energy and abundant in resources, he naturally had to properly compensate his stomach.
As Gu Changyuan ate unhurriedly, he pondered his next plans.
Since the Heavenly Human Sect had already developed into the number one Heavenly Human Holy Land in the Human Realm, the Heavenly Monster Sect he founded in the Monster Realm and the Heavenly Fiend Sect he founded in the Fiend Realm back then had probably also transformed and developed into top-tier factions in their respective realms.
But it didn't matter. As long as he found the Heavenly Human Holy Land, the whereabouts of the other two sects shouldn't be hard to inquire about.
Back then, he had also informed his disciples that he had founded sects in the other two realms as well, telling them to support each other and exchange resources in the future.
Based on his standards for selecting disciples back then, not only did their talent have to reach ten stars, but their character also had to pass the test.
After so many years, the three sects must have established deep connections.
Now that the system's energy was exhausted and it had fallen silent, it could only maintain the most basic information query and recognition functions.
Features like directly searching for and locking onto peerless monsters with "Talent Ten" and providing their location, which he used back in the day, were no longer usable.
However, the basic "Talent Recognition" was still effective.
For example, Yun Qinglan of the Yun family had a talent of three.
In the system's talent evaluation hierarchy, aptitude was divided into eleven grades, from zero to ten.
Grade Zero was a mortal body with absolutely no cultivation aptitude. They would never be able to sense spiritual energy in their lifetime and could only experience birth, aging, illness, and death like a mortal.
Grade Ten, on the other hand, was a supreme aptitude that was one in ten thousand. Not only was their cultivation speed far superior to ordinary people, but they also possessed a unique advantage in comprehending the laws of heaven and earth. They were born immortal cultivation prodigies.
The thirty founding disciples that Gu Changyuan selected back then were all, without exception, supreme geniuses with Grade Ten talent.