20: Leaving Dajin, Yunzhou City

Half an hour later.

"Brother Wu, I've made my choice."

Xu Ziqian held three High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts in his arms: a green Spiritual Sword, a soft armor, and a Soul Suppressing Cauldron.

Li Yuanbao also chose a defensive inner armor and a Soul-type Spiritual Artifact that integrated offense and defense.

He was currently torn between an Aurora Divine Shuttle and a World King Tower.

The Aurora Divine Shuttle was a Divine Artifact for escaping, capable of traveling thousands of miles in an instant, with a speed comparable to a Saint, but it had little offensive power.

The World King Tower was a tower-type Spiritual Artifact that integrated offense and defense. It contained an extremely vast space within, and also functioned as a Storage-type Spiritual Artifact that could carry living beings.

After much hesitation, Li Yuanbao decided to take both.

With the World King Tower, he wouldn't need the defensive inner armor.

Wu Ning waved his hand and put away all the other Spiritual Artifacts.

"Alright, after you return, quickly refine these three Spiritual Artifacts. It will give you more protection when you are out and about."

The two nodded excitedly.

After they left, Wu Ning returned to his room, preparing to enter seclusion to refine the defensive Emperor Weapons.

Besides the Tai'a Emperor Sword, he still had 102 Emperor Weapons!

After some careful selection, Wu Ning chose a Soul Emperor Weapon, the Chaos God Clock, and a defensive Emperor Weapon, the Giant Spirit Battle Armor.

The Chaos God Clock could attack and defend, and also had a certain counter-damage effect. With a single chime, all beings would submit, and billions of Souls would be annihilated—it was terrifying!

The Giant Spirit Battle Armor could nullify most Law attacks, reduce 99% of physical damage, and had a strong weakening effect on Soul attacks. At the same time, it possessed a terrifying battle power amplification of 10 to 100 times!

These two Emperor Weapons were among the absolute top-tier Emperor Weapons.

After making his choices, Wu Ning began his seclusion to refine them.

...

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, two months passed.

After his cultivation Breakthrough to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, Wu Ning's speed in refining Emperor Weapons greatly increased.

It only took him two months to successfully refine the two Emperor Weapons.

Now with three Emperor Weapons by his side, plus the life-saving trump cards his father gave him, he should be sufficiently safe.

"Next, it's time to leave Great Jin..."

Three days later, in the Prince's Mansion's back garden.

Everyone looked at Wu Ning with reluctance. They all knew that His Highness was going to travel the continent, and it might be a very, very long time before he returned.

Or perhaps he would never return...

Wu Ning handed a Storage Ring and a golden token to Butler Fu.

"Butler Fu, the Storage Ring contains the resources I've left for you all. You're still responsible for their distribution."

"This golden token has my magical power infused into it. With this token, you can kill any strong practitioner below the Saint Realm, but remember not to use it casually. The magical power inside will decrease with each use."

"From now on, the Prince's Mansion will be entrusted to you. If anyone wants to leave, don't stop them. The Prince's Mansion is not your cage."

Butler Fu's old tears streamed down his face, "This old servant remembers it all."

"Your Highness, please be very careful when you are out and about. If you have the chance, don't forget to come back and visit."

Wu Ning nodded and turned to look at Xia Zhu and An Xue.

"You two are not young anymore. If you meet suitable people in the future, just marry them. Let Butler Fu make the decisions for you."

"Your Highness..."

The two women cried, their faces stained with tears, choked with sobs and unable to speak.

Wu Ning patted their shoulders and then looked at the others.

"Qi Hao, your strength is the greatest. Take good care of them. If you want to leave, that's up to you too."

"Your Highness, your subordinate awaits your return."

Qi Hao immediately knelt down.

Wu Ning raised his hand to lift him up, then with a wave of his hand, over a dozen streams of light entered each of their bodies.

"Finally, I'll give you one more gift. It can save your lives at critical moments."

Everyone knelt down in unison.

Wu Ning flashed onto the back of the Azure Bird. Li Yuanbao, Xu Ziqian, and Zhang Liang also jumped on.

Among the Prince's Mansion's people, Wu Ning only brought Zhang Liang.

"I'm leaving. Take care of yourselves."

Wu Ning waved his hand, and the Azure Bird flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

"Your Highness, take care!"

Butler Fu, Qi Hao, Xia Zhu, An Xue, and the others shouted loudly, watching the Azure Bird depart, remaining motionless for a long time.

Wu Ning directly let the Azure Bird unleash its aura as an Eighth-Tier Yao Beast, shaking the entire Shangjing City.

This way, after he left, at least for a long time, no one would dare to cause trouble for the Prince Yan's Mansion.

In the Storage Ring he gave to Butler Fu, there were a billion Low Grade, Medium Grade, and High-Grade Spirit Stones each, along with many High-Grade Spirit Medicines and Medicinal Pills, as well as several High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

In addition, there was a top-tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique he had taken the time to purchase from other states these past two days.

Even if they relied on resources, they should be able to cultivate several King Realm strong practitioners.

He hoped that when they met again, he would still see them completely intact.

...

"You two, have you arranged everything at home?"

Wu Ning asked Li Yuanbao and Xu Ziqian.

"Boss, everything is arranged."

Both of their expressions were somewhat heavy. After so many years, they didn't know when they would return.

At that time, would their old friends still be there?

"Brother Wu, where's our first stop?"

"Yunzhou City!"

The Azure Bird circled Shangjing City once, then flapped its wings and flew high, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

Imperial Palace.

The Jin King looked at the sky, his gaze solemn, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lord of the Pacified West Residence.

"He really left..."

The Peaceful Western King sighed. For some reason, his expression became a little lonely.

In an ordinary small courtyard in Shangjing City.

A beautiful woman gazed wistfully at the sky, her expression forlorn, but her eyes held a hint of determination.

...

Yunzhou City.

Located in the central heartland of Yunlan Province, it covered a vast area extending over a thousand miles, with a population of hundreds of millions. It was the largest and most prosperous city in the entire Yunzhou.

The powers in Yunzhou City were deeply intertwined, historically managed jointly by the four major Families: Wang, Sun, Guo, and Luo.

This was Wu Ning's first stop on his journey across the continent.

The capital of Great Jin was over thirty thousand miles from Yunzhou City. The Azure Bird flew leisurely, reaching the skies above Yunzhou City in less than half an hour.

The Azure Bird revealed its Eighth-Tier Yao Beast aura and descended directly into the city.

A group of city patrol guards tried to stop it, but after sensing the Azure Bird's aura, they immediately backed down.

An Eighth-Tier Yao Beast was equivalent to a King Realm strong practitioner! Even the Old Ancestors of Yunzhou City's four great Families only had that cultivation!

To use a King Realm great Yao as a mount, they must at least come from a Holy Land!

The top strong practitioners of Yunzhou City were all alarmed.

"What a prosperous city!"

Li Yuanbao and the other two looked around, full of exclamations, feeling very much like country bumpkins entering the city.

Endless houses and pavilions, bustling markets visible everywhere, as well as fighting arenas, beast-fighting arenas, large auction houses, the Alchemist Guild, and so on—it was extremely prosperous.

Compared to Yunzhou City, Great Jin's Shangjing City was simply like a remote countryside corner.

The Azure Bird landed in a relatively open area in the west of the city, then transformed into a small bird and stood on Wu Ning's shoulder.

"Let's go, let's explore this Yunzhou City."

Wu Ning stepped towards a large market not far away. He planned to stay here for a few days before going to other places.

Li Yuanbao and the other two quickly followed.

As Wu Ning walked, he checked his System personal panel.

His sign-in opportunities had now accumulated to 145 times!

...

PS: Wu Ning will only bring Li Yuanbao and the other two to travel in the Lower Realm. When he returns to the Wu Clan, he will not bring them to the Taichu Ancient Realm. Everyone has their own path to walk. Wu Ning can accompany them for a while, but he cannot accompany them for a lifetime.