~RUSH~
The sound of sea waves crashing could be heard as the Ship finally fell into the ocean.
"HAAA! WE ARE OUT!" Immortal Taegu exclaimed feeling relieved.
The travel through the Spatial Channel had been very intense and nerve-wracking. Even if Lin Mu was guiding them through the channel, having to control the ship and steering it along that path was quite tough.
And this was after the fact that he had Elder Niji to help him guide the water. Thankfully, they were now out of it, and he wouldn't need to be as tense as before.
"Is this the ocean!?" The Haima tribe warriors wondered.
All of them could feel an instinctive connection to the water around them. They could vaguely tell that this was a lot bigger than the Sea of Muxuan.
"We are indeed in the great ocean of the Rust Sky world." Elder Niji confirmed.
His connection with the safe haven of the tribe had just been strengthened and he could now feel more than just that. Niji felt like he could now navigate through the ocean on his own.
It was as if the water itself spoke to him, telling were to go. It was a feeling that could not be describe easily.
"How far are we from our destination, Elder Niji?" Lin Mu who had been sitting in silence for a while now, asked.
Elder Niji looked at Lin Mu, finding his demeanor to be a bit more serious now. He didn't mind it much though, thinking hat it might just be due to the exhaustion. After all, Lin Mu had guided them out for a long time now.
"According to my estimates, we'll reach the safe haven in less than a week. This is if we don't encounter any trouble and are able to maintain out speed." Elder Niji replied.
"I see… And can you point out the directions to me?" Lin Mu asked. "And where our location is?"
The Navigation formations of the Ship had now become useless. They were only made to work in the sea of Muxuan after all. Putting the ship in the ocean basically made it blind and needed to be navigated manually.
"I can," Elder Niji nodded his head.
He then jumped down from the ship and directly sat on the ocean surface. Closing his eyes, Elder Niji mediated for a few minutes. Lin Mu waited patiently in this time, and the rest of the people on the ship also got the chance to rest a bit.
Their travel through the Spatial Channel was difficult after all.
After about twenty minutes, Elder Niji opened his eye and returned to the ship.
"We are now in the ocean between the Huiqing Continent and the Dao Wind Continent." Elder Niji answered before pointing to a certain direction. "That is north."
"And in what direction is the Dao Wind Continent?" Lin Mu asked next.
"There," Elder Niji pointed once more, "to the west."
"I understand now…" Lin Mu quickly formed a map in his mind.
From what he had learned till now, East of the Eight Kingdom alliance was the Dao Wind Empire, and to the east of that was the Huiqing Empire. As for the Holy Topaz Empire, it was located west of the Eight Kingdom alliance.
Technically, one could reach the Holy Topaz Empire by going further East from Huiqing Empire too, but it was a journey rarely taken. This was due to the fact that there were very few resting stops between the Huiqing Empire and the Holy Topaz Empire.
The Stretch of Ocean between Huiqing and Holy Topaz was rather vast and getting lost in it was possible. Not to mention that there would be dangers there too. The lack of islands to resupply and restock also made it difficult.
Besides all this, one must know that sailing from the Eight Kingdom Alliance to the Holy Topaz Empire already took more than two years. One the other hand the distance from the Huiqing Empire to the Holy Topaz Empire was more than twice this.
'More than four years to reach it… I don't want to travel that long.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
Elder Niji noticed Lin Mu's expression and recalled something from before.
"Do you have someplace to be Noble Lin Mu?" Elder Niji questioned.
"I do indeed." Lin Mu nodded his head. "The Holy Topaz Empire."
'I wouldn't have thought that I'd be shooting two birds with one arrow going to the Holy Topaz empire…' Lin Mu thought.
The two birds he thought of were the need for body cultivation techniques and his burning desire.
As for how Lin Mu determined the desire was coming from the Holy Topaz Empire?
It was simply due to the connection he was feeling. If it was in the Dao Wind Empire, he would have felt the link calling him to the west. And if it was in the Huiqing Empire, he would have felt it in the East.
But what he was feeling was a connection from both sides, with the eastern side being a little stronger.
Eight Kingdom Alliance was already out of the count since he had sensed the connection there too. And now that he knew of the directions, Lin Mu knew it was calling to him from the West there.
This all narrowed it down to one place, the Holy Topaz Empire of the Holy Topaz continent.
"Ah yes, you asked for body cultivation techniques. Is that why you want to go there?" Immortal Taegu asked and Kunzi looked in interest as well.
"Yes." Lin Mu simply replied.
Elder Niji though could tell there was more to this. But he didn't want to pry into things Lin Mu didn't explain first himself.
"Alright, Noble Lin Mu. We'll do our best in getting you there." Elder Niji simply replied.
"Oh, if you are intending to go to the Holy Topaz Empire, you don't have to sail there." Little Gian who had not spoken for a while said. "You can simply take a teleportation array from any of the two empires. I've heard of people doing that." He reminded.
