Xiao Tian waved his hand, enveloping Hai Bodong, the Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin in a gentle spatial force. Their vision darkened for a brief moment, and when it cleared, they found themselves standing in an entirely unfamiliar place.
"Wow… where is this? It's so beautiful!"
Qing Lin's eyes widened in awe as she looked around. The Little Fairy Doctor also gasped softly, her gaze sweeping over the breathtaking scenery. Even Hai Bodong, who had lived for centuries, stood frozen in surprise.
"This is my Small World, it is called Eternal Dream Realm," Xiao Tian said calmly.
"What? you can create a world now? Isn't that something only a Dou Saint can do?" Hai Bodong exclaimed, his voice filled with disbelief.
"I don't know what happened either. It just suddenly appeared when I broke through to Five-star Dou Ling," Xiao Tian explained casually, making things up on the spot.
"You're not really what they say — some illegitimate child of the heavens, are you?"
Hai Bodong kept scrutinizing Xiao Tian, trying to find any clue that might explain this miracle.
"Ahem, maybe." Xiao Tian felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at so intensely by the old man. "Let's go, let's first look at this world."
The entire Small World had mountains, rivers, lakes, land, and oceans — all complete. There was no difference from the outside world; the only difference was that its current area wasn't very large.
Xiao Tian led the three of them to a complex of palaces built against a majestic mountain.
Numerous elegant palaces were scattered along the mountainside, and at the very top stood a massive, grand palace.
"Elder Hai, you can freely choose a place to stay," Xiao Tian said, pointing to the palaces on the mountainside.
He continued toward the palace at the very top, taking Qing Lin and the Little Fairy Doctor with him.
Moreover, the entire mountaintop was a no-fly zone. Except for those with permission, no one else could fly or use spatial teleportation there.
This massive palace was mainly for entertaining guests and other important purposes.
After passing through the main hall, they reached a beautiful lake. Several luxurious palaces were built around the lake, complete with pavilions, terraces, and everything one could wish for. In the center of the lake stood a delicate pavilion.
The Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin looked around curiously, their eyes sparkling with wonder.
"This is where we'll live from now on. Each of you can pick a palace," Xiao Tian said with a gentle smile.
All the luxurious palaces around the lake, except for Xiao Tian's, were of the same size, equipped with sleeping quarters, training rooms, bathrooms, living rooms, and more.
Xiao Tian sat in the lakeside pavilion, drinking tea and watching the two girls hand in hand, touching this and looking at that. A warm smile graced his lips.
His figure gradually faded, reappearing a hundred meters away. After a few shifts, he was gone.
"Elder Hai, do you know the exact coordinates of the Chu Yun Empire?"
Xiao Tian appeared inside the palace Elder Hai had chosen.
"I do know the location of the Chu Yun Empire. Are you going there for your little girlfriend? The journey is quite long."
Elder Hai asked, puzzled.
"It's fine. As long as I have the coordinates, I have ways to get there quickly."
Elder Hai briefly told Xiao Tian the approximate coordinates.
Xiao Tian instantly reappeared in the outside world, took out a teleportation gate, and filled in the coordinates through his mind.
The teleportation gate glowed brightly, and a black hole-like vortex appeared. Xiao Tian stepped inside.
In a certain deep forest in Poison Spirit City of the Chu Yun Empire, a black door appeared, and a handsome, ethereal man in brocade robes stepped out.
"Is this the Chu Yun Empire? As expected of a country where everyone practices poison. I feel like poison is everywhere."
Xiao Tian stood on the ground, exclaiming in wonder.
He then vanished from his spot and reappeared by the lake in the Small World.
"Young Master, where did you go? We searched everywhere just now and couldn't find you."
Qing Lin and the Little Fairy Doctor had chosen two adjacent palaces and then couldn't find Xiao Tian.
"I went out to take care of something. Have you both chosen your palaces?"
Xiao Tian appeared in the pavilion, asking with a smile.
"Yes, yes! Qing Lin and Sister Little Fairy Doctor have never seen such luxurious palaces, let alone lived in one. Thank you, Young Master."
Thinking of the luxurious rooms, Qing Lin couldn't help but show a sweet smile.
The Little Fairy Doctor also nodded in agreement from the side. The shrunken Xiao Lan also flew around in the pavilion, showing her approval.
"Since you've both chosen, let's find Elder Hai, and then we'll set off on our journey."
Xiao Tian directly picked up both of them and used his Thunder Peng Wings to arrive outside Hai Bodong's palace.
Hai Bodong had already sensed Xiao Tian and the others approaching and was waiting at the door.
After a simple greeting, the four of them instantly appeared in the outside world.
"Is this the Chu Yun Empire?"
Hai Bodong asked, seeing the name of the city in front of them and feeling the different world energy through the vast distance.
Xiao Tian nodded.
"Ah, weren't we in Stone Desert City? How did we suddenly appear here? Did we come out to a random place?"
Qing Lin asked with wide eyes. She remembered being in Stone Desert City when she went in, and now she was in a neighboring empire when she came out.
Upon hearing that this was the Chu Yun Empire, the Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Tian with a knowing gaze, the affection in her eyes almost overflowing.
"No, I used a little trick to get us here."
Xiao Tian didn't explain too explicitly.
"Let's go into the city first and take a look."
The Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin both put on veils to cover their faces.
This was a city called Poison Spirit City. Because the people here were all poison cultivators, most of them had gray or grayish-green complexions.
Even their blood wasn't red; the Little Fairy Doctor's blood was also purple, which was a mark of the Calamity Poison Body.
The Chu Yun Empire was comparable to a small Black-Corner Region. Most of the people in the Chu Yun Empire were quite abnormal because poison masters cultivated with poisons, which usually corroded their brains, making them abnormal, bloodthirsty, and violent.
The Little Fairy Doctor would also become like this if the Calamity Poison Body wasn't controlled in its later stages.
Although Xiao Tian and the others looked like aliens here, they didn't attract too much attention, as many people from other countries also came to the Chu Yun Empire for trade.
Qing Lin looked at the strange appearance of the Chu Yun Empire's natives, her small hand tightly gripping Xiao Tian's clothes.
On the streets and in the shops of Poison Spirit City, mostly poison-related herbs and items were sold.
Although the gazes of the people on the road were drawn to the figures of the Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, sensing the terrifying aura from Hai Bodong, no one was so foolish as to come looking for trouble.
Xiao Tian walked down the street with the three of them, searching for a medicinal herb shop in the city, looking for any valuable poison-related herbs.
It must be said that the Chu Yun Empire truly lived up to its name as an empire where everyone practiced poison. The variety of poison-related herbs here was incredibly complete, but the prices were on the higher side. Xiao Tian had already spent almost 100,000 gold just buying poison herbs.
After visiting all the medicinal herb shops in the entire Poison Spirit City, it was already dusk. After the entire city darkened, most of the houses in the city lit up with green or red lights, looking eerie and chilling, like a ghost town.
Xiao Tian couldn't help but sigh. People who played with poison really had peculiar aesthetics.
"Young Master, this… this city is so eerie and chilling."
Qing Lin weakly clutched Xiao Tian's clothes, her eyes cautiously scanning her surroundings, fearing that something strange might suddenly appear from somewhere.
"Qing Lin, it looks like there's something by your feet."
Xiao Tian suddenly pointed at Qing Lin's feet, a mischievous smile on his face.
"Ah~"