763: I've thought ahead, but not this far.

If I just go out like this, I will very likely be taken for a vicious entity by the guards outside and killed on the spot.

Even if I could prove I am not a vicious entity, I fear I wouldn't escape interrogation, and might even be subjected to soul-searching.

After all, logically, there is no reason I could have survived. The big shots above will certainly grow suspicious and investigate the reason I survived and managed to leave.

Lin Yang pondered quickly.

He was able to survive and get out by relying on the "Boundary."

And the "Boundary" cannot be exposed.

Moreover, he had many other secrets on him.

Once discovered, the outcome would likely be very dire.

At that time, instead of dying here, I would end up dying at the hands of those big shots.

Lin Yang had no doubt about this.

"What should I do? What can I do?"

Lin Yang frowned deeply.

He had escaped the danger of being controlled by the Ancient Ruins, but now he was about to fall into an even greater danger.

If he went out now, he would inevitably become the focus.

As the only survivor of this catastrophe, it was easy to imagine the kind of attention he would receive.

As for hiding and sneaking out, that wouldn't work either.

To pass through this invisible barrier, one must mobilize power, making concealment impossible.

Moreover, it was easy to imagine that the entire Baichi City area was being monitored from the outside.

There was simply no way to leave quietly.

"Or, should I simply not go out and stay here to cultivate?"

A thought occurred to Lin Yang, but he quickly dismissed it.

Without sufficient resources to support it, relying on self-cultivation was too slow.

Furthermore, after the power of the Ancient Ruins shrouded this area, the environment became very unsuitable for cultivation.

Even if he were to grow old and die here, he probably wouldn't be able to break through to a very high realm.

Leaving was a necessity.

Moreover, he had to get far away from Jidong Prefecture as soon as he got out.

He was recorded in the Jidong Prefecture Army; he couldn't stay in Jidong Prefecture after leaving.

It was best to run as far away as possible.

However, the problem now was that he couldn't leave quietly, let alone run far away.

After pondering for a moment, he couldn't help but slow down the speed of his hands and asked the System:

"System, is there any way to help me conceal myself? I need to leave here quietly and avoid tracking."

Previously, he had asked the System to help him pass through the barrier, which it couldn't do, but just concealing himself shouldn't be too difficult.

"Host, according to the System's analysis, the fluctuations from breaking through the barrier might be difficult to completely conceal. Based on your current situation, the System can optimize this into another plan. Would you like to know about it?"

"Tell me about it." Lin Yang was a bit surprised.

What other plan could solve the problem at hand?

"Host, the System can open a random teleportation channel for you, allowing you to leave here directly."

The System's answer stunned Lin Yang: "Didn't you say before that you couldn't break through the power blockade of the Ancient Ruins? How can you open a teleportation channel directly now?"

He had asked the System before, and at that time, it said the power level of the Ancient Ruins was too high, and his national treasure value was insufficient to support breaking through the barrier.

Why could it open a teleportation channel right here, right now?

"Host, because you have now activated the power of the 'Boundary', the System can use the power of the 'Boundary' to open a teleportation channel for you," the System explained.

"Oh... I understand." Lin Yang's eyes flickered.

Put simply, it was because the power of the "Boundary" could break through the power blockade of the Ancient Ruins that the System could take the opportunity to open a teleportation channel.

Previously, he couldn't establish a connection with the "Boundary," so the System had no way.

Understanding this, Lin Yang no longer hesitated and immediately said: "Then open the teleportation channel."

"Understood, Host. Opening a teleportation channel also requires consuming national treasure value. You can choose to pay a portion of your national treasure value to open it, or you can choose to deduct all your current national treasure value to open it. Please make your choice," the System said.

Lin Yang frowned: "What's the difference?"

"Replying to Host, if you pay a portion of your national treasure value to open the teleportation channel, the distance of the teleportation channel might be shorter and possibly still within Jidong Prefecture. If you consume all your current national treasure value, the distance of the teleportation channel can be further, which is safer."

"...Then consume all my national treasure value." Lin Yang hardly hesitated.

When it comes to personal safety, it's better to be safe.

The further the teleportation, the better.

Of course, it didn't rule out the possibility that the System was, as before, pushing him to consume his national treasure value.

But it didn't matter.

"Respected Host, your national treasure value has been deducted. The random teleportation channel is being opened. Please wait a moment, and please continue to maintain the connection with the 'Boundary' and grant the System permission to invoke that power."

Lin Yang granted authorization directly.

Following that, he felt a strange power using him as a medium, borrowing some of the power of the "Boundary."

Then, a teleportation channel slowly condensed before his eyes.

"Host, the teleportation channel has been opened. Please enter immediately. Maintaining this channel consumes a great deal of energy; please leave as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Lin Yang didn't say a word and dove in.

The next moment, a sense of weightlessness and dizziness washed over him, causing his vision to darken and him to lose all consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time.

Lin Yang woke up groggily, his consciousness slowly returning.

"Where is this?"

He subconsciously looked around and found that he seemed to be in a cabin room on a warship, lying on a bed.

Then, he sat up abruptly.

"I escaped!"

Although he didn't understand the current situation, it was clear that he had successfully escaped from Baichi City.

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief and then walked out of the room.

He was indeed on a warship.

Just as he walked out, a voice came: "You're awake?"

Lin Yang turned his head and saw a burly man with a long beard looking at him.

Lin Yang hesitated for a moment and asked: "Who are you, sir?"

He hadn't figured out the current situation yet, nor did he know where this was.

After entering the teleportation channel opened by the System, he had lost consciousness, so he was asking very cautiously now.

The burly man looked him up and down and said: "My name is Zhao Hu. This is our Zhao family's trade warship. You were passed out on the side of the road before, and we happened to encounter you, so we brought you along. Are you alright now?"

Lin Yang understood immediately; he must have fallen unconscious here after the teleportation and was saved by these people from the Zhao family.

He immediately thanked him: "I am Lin Yang. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zhao, and your clan for the rescue. I am deeply grateful."

Zhao Hu waved his hand: "No need for formalities. Since you're fine, come with me to see the Second Elder."

After speaking, Zhao Hu led Lin Yang toward the head cabin of the warship.

This warship was very large.

Lin Yang originally wanted to spread his senses to check, but ultimately dismissed the thought.

He was in an unfamiliar place and didn't know who was on the warship; it would be very rude if a master discovered him.

However, he did notice that this Zhao Hu was actually a master at the early stage of the Nie Kong Realm.

The two soon arrived at the head cabin.

Zhao Hu knocked on the door and said: "Second Elder, the person we saved has woken up. I've brought him to see you."

"Come in." A steady voice came from inside the cabin.

Zhao Hu pushed the door open and entered.

There were two people inside.

An old man and a young man.

Zhao Hu said to the old man: "Second Elder, Fellow Daoist Lin Yang just woke up not long ago, so I brought him over."

The gaze of the old man, Zhao Chen, immediately fell on Lin Yang.

Lin Yang also appropriately cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Second Elder, for your help."

While speaking, he also quietly observed this Second Elder.

He was actually a master at the late stage of the Nie Kong Realm.

"No need for thanks, it was just a small favor." Zhao Chen smiled faintly and then asked directly: "I wonder where Fellow Daoist Lin comes from? How did you end up unconscious outside?"

His words were meant to probe Lin Yang's background.

However, Lin Yang didn't mind; after all, for a master of the Nie Kong Realm to be inexplicably unconscious outside, it was normal for others to be suspicious.

Moreover, these people from the Zhao family were clearly good people, otherwise, they wouldn't have rashly saved a stranger like him.

Honestly speaking, if it were someone with more complex intentions, they might have ignored him at best, or worse, killed him while he was unconscious, which would be normal.

"I come from Zheng Mu Prefecture. I accidentally encountered a spatial turbulence and was swept into it. When I woke up, I was here." Lin Yang found an excuse and did not reveal his true origin.

Strictly speaking, this reason couldn't withstand careful scrutiny.

After all, the Primal Ancient Continent was extremely stable.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

So it was plausible.

Zhao Chen nodded slightly and didn't ask further, only saying: "Then I'm afraid it will be difficult for Fellow Daoist Lin to go back. Do you know where this place is?"

"I do not." Lin Yang shook his head.

"This is Xiwu City!" Zhao Chen said sternly, "A place bordering the Gu Xu Clan!"

"What?" Lin Yang was startled.

Xiwu City, he didn't know what place that was.

But he knew of the Gu Xu Clan.

There were seven major racial factions on the Primal Ancient Continent.

Among them, there were three major clans within the Spirit Ancient Domain.

They were the Human Race, the Ancient Night Clan, and the Gu Xu Clan.

The Human Race's territory bordered the Ancient Night Clan and the Gu Xu Clan, respectively.

He was in Jidong Prefecture, which was an area relatively close to the Ancient Night Clan, and the place bordering the Gu Xu Clan was in the exact opposite direction.

It could be said that one was in the east, and the other was in the west!

The distance was extremely far!

It was equivalent to almost crossing the entire human territory.

The distance was immeasurable.

Anyway, if nothing unexpected happened, he basically had no possibility of returning to Jidong Prefecture.

He had quite a few resources on him, but excluding what he had already consumed, the rest were ordinary resources, and the yuan sand he sold wouldn't be enough for him to take a Teleportation Array across such a long distance.

As for traveling on his own?

That would be even more unrealistic.

Although he was now at the middle stage of the Nie Kong Realm, he could manage to cross a few prefectures, but any further than that would be impossible.

And Xiwu City was at least a thousand prefectures away from Jidong Prefecture!

And the vast majority of them were major prefectures.

The scope of a single prefecture was much larger than an ordinary prefecture like Jidong Prefecture.

Lin Yang never expected that the teleportation channel would send him so far away!

Although his intention was to stay as far away from Jidong Prefecture as possible, this was a bit too far...

Of course, the fortunate thing was that he was still within the Human Race's territory.

If he had been randomly teleported to the Ancient Night Clan, he would probably be dead with no bones left by now.

Lin Yang's expression was complex.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen laughed: "Fellow Daoist Lin, don't be too depressed. Encountering spatial turbulence on the Primal Ancient Continent is an extremely dangerous thing; being able to survive safely is already a great stroke of luck."

Lin Yang took a deep breath: "Yes, it is indeed a great stroke of luck."

"Then what are Fellow Daoist Lin's plans for the future?" Zhao Chen asked again.

Lin Yang was silent for a moment before shaking his head: "Everything happened so suddenly, I don't know what to do. I can only say that since I'm here, I'll settle here."

He wasn't actually that depressed.

After all, he didn't have many friends or relatives left in Jidong Prefecture.

So it was the same for him wherever he was.

It was just a facade for Zhao Chen and the others to see.

"It's good that Fellow Daoist Lin can take it in stride." Zhao Chen smiled and said nothing more.

Clearly, he didn't fully believe Lin Yang's words.

It was just that it wasn't easy to investigate at the moment, so he didn't say anything more for now.

However, that young man's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he suddenly asked Lin Yang:

"Senior Lin, please forgive my presumption. You come from Zheng Mu Prefecture. As far as I know, Zheng Mu Prefecture borders Jidong Prefecture. It is said that a Fierce Ancient Ruins appeared in Jidong Prefecture, and it even turned an entire city into a restricted zone. Is this true?"

Lin Yang's heart tightened slightly as he looked at this person.

He didn't know if this was genuine curiosity or a probe.

He was also secretly surprised.

Had the news of the Ancient Ruins spread all the way here?

But he still answered quickly: "It's true, many people died."

"Oh, oh... That's truly terrifying. I've only heard of the existence of Ancient Ruins, but I've never seen one." The young man sighed.

Hearing this, before Lin Yang could think of how to respond, Zhao Chen spoke up: "Linfeng, is that kind of Fierce Ancient Ruins a good place? You want to see it? If you see it once, your life will be gone."

Zhao Linfeng smiled awkwardly: "I was just curious and asked."

"Don't be curious about this and that all day long. Spend your time cultivating more," Zhao Chen lectured.

Zhao Linfeng nodded repeatedly and said no more.

Zhao Chen looked at Lin Yang again and said: "Fellow Daoist, please don't mind. This is my little nephew who hasn't seen much of the world."

Lin Yang smiled: "Second Elder, you are too modest."

He glanced at Zhao Linfeng. Although his cultivation was lower, he was already at the Dao Fire Realm, but it looked like he had just broken through not long ago.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, we are heading to Bi Xia City to trade with the Gu Xu Clan, and it will take some time to arrive. Fellow Daoist can stay on the warship and go with us, or you can leave on your own and return to Xiwu City," Zhao Chen suddenly said.

"Trade with the Gu Xu Clan?" Lin Yang's heart stirred.

The Human Race and the Ancient Night Clan were mortal enemies, but they were relatively friendly with the Gu Xu Clan.

The two clans had always had dealings.

He almost didn't think about it and said: "If it's convenient, I would like to go with you."

Since he was already going that way, naturally he wouldn't miss this opportunity to broaden his horizons.

He had only heard about the trade between the two clans at the border, but he had never witnessed it.

Zhao Chen smiled slightly: "It's not inconvenient at all. Since Fellow Daoist Lin comes from as far away as Zheng Mu Prefecture, I assume you haven't been here before, right?"

Lin Yang nodded: "Indeed, I have not."

"Then it's good for you to go and see. Bi Xia City is a city bordering the Gu Xu Clan and our side, and there are many of our Human Race there. Since you are new to this place, you can familiarize yourself with the situation. If you are going to stay here for a while, you will inevitably have to deal with people from the Gu Xu Clan," Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen said.

(End of chapter)