The day, after Xiao Yi Xian packed her belongings, Gu He took her a Qingshan Town.

  Exiting Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian looked back at the town with a trace of relu her eyes. After all, she had spent many years there, and leaving suddenly was a bit hard to accept.

  "Disciple, let's go. If you 't bear to leave, you always e ba the future." Seeing the relu Xiao Yi Xian's face, Gu He ruffled her hair and forted her with a smile.

  "Alright." Upon hearing Gu He's words, Xiao Yi Xian slowly nodded and then followed Gu He onto the nearby horse-drawn carriage.

  The distance from Qingshan Town to ist Sect was such that even though Gu He had now broken through to the Dou Emperor realm, it would still take two days and two nights of flight.

  However, that was uhe assumption that Gu He was flying alone, without any encumbrance. But now, with Xiao Yi Xian with him, he couldn't possibly subject her to two days and two nights of flying.

  Hence, Gu He po take a flying transport team to the imperial capital. The major city to Gu He at this point was a rge city in the eastern province of the Jia Ma Empire.

  It was even more magnifit than Wutan City in terms of scale. In terms of overall strength, this city named Bckrock City ranked among the top in all the major cities of the Jia Ma Empire.

  Gu He's primary goal on this journey was to reach Bckrock City first, as only such rge cities were equipped with civilian flying transport teams by the empire.

  Taking a flying transport team would take about three days to reach the imperial capital. After getting on the horse-drawn carriage, Gu He directly ehe carriage.

  An old man drove the carriage towards Bckrock City. Although Qingshan Town was the closest pce to Bckrock City, even so, it took the carriage the better part of the afternoon to faintly see the massive silhouette of Bckrock City on the horizon.

  Standing on the carriage, Gu He looked at the massive city illuminated by the setting sun, casting a faint red glow. He let out a sigh of relief.

  As the carriage approached, Gu He noticed that the city's enormous walls were entirely built from ly arranged bck rocks. The old man driving the carriage informed him that these walls had ohstood the bitack of two Dou Emperor-level experts without showing any sign of damage.

  This demonstrated just how strong their defensive capabilities were. After paying the toll at the city gate, the carriage was allowed toenter smoothly and pass through a somewhat dim passageway withiy walls.

  A momehe view suddenly opened up, and the bustling sounds of people overwhelmed their senses, causing Xiao Yi Xiao throb uedly.

  "Teacher, have we arrived in Bckrock City?" Looking at the massive city in front of her, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes sparkled with curiosity. It was her first time leaving Qingshan Town and ing to such a rge city.

  "Yes." Gu He smiled and hen added, "Let's get off the carriage." "Okay." Xiao Yi Xian looked at the city surroundings with excitement in her beautiful eyes.

  Afterwards, Gu He inquired about their route and led aed Xiao Yi Xian towards the tral location of the city where the flyingtransport was stationed.

  Passing through a few unfamiliar streets and asking for dires along the way, they finally reached a spacious square where theflying transport was stationed.

  On the vast square, several rge flying bird beasts known as "Thick-Winged Birds" were perched. These creatures were not sidered magical beasts; they were geypes of flying bird.

  They had geemperaments and were easily tamed by humans. However, due to their limited numbers, only the empire had the resources to establish such a flying transport team.

  Although these Thick-Winged Birds couldn't match the speed of some ical flying creatures, they had exceptionalendurance.

  After a hearty meal, they could fly steadily for nearly four to five days. Additionally, their carrying capacity was impressive. An adult Thick-Winged Bird could easily carry loads five to six times its ow for long flights.

  During times of war in the empire, these Thick-Winged Birds would be forcibly requisitioned by the imperial military until the war subsided. Therefore, many of them had experiehe brutality of war.

  Entering the square, the tumultuous noise assaulted Xiao Yi Xian's ears like a deluge, causing her ears t for a moment before shegradually regained her senses.

  "Teacher, it's really noisy here." Xiao Yi Xian wrinkled her pretty brows, clearly not fond of the bustling enviro.

  "Hang in there, it'll get better soon." Gu He reassured her with a smile.

  Then, Gu He looked up at the crowded square, notig that there were long queues f beside each of the Thick-Winged Birds. He even spotted someone in uniform colleg tickets he wooden dder used to board the birds.

  Staring at this se in astonishment for a while, Gu He shook his head with a bitter smile. With Gu He's status, he didn't o stand in line or buy tickets to ride magical flying creatures within the Jia Ma Empire.

  He could even choose to ride ohick-Winged Birds, and the operators behind them would try to please him to the best of theirability.

  Since Gu He didn't like to draw attention to himself, he instantly summohe alchemist robe he used to wear when he was ased-grade alchemist. He draped it over himself and then led Xiao Yi Xian to bypass the queue, walking directly onto the giantflying bird.

  The manager of the flying transport birds warmly received them.

  Looking at the giant flyi before her, Xiao Yi Xian suddenly thought of her ow, Little Blue. It was a first-rank Blue Eagle.

  Leaving Qing Shan Town, Xiao Yi Xian couldn't bear to part with the most was her pet.

  "Little Blue, wait for me. When I bee stronger, I'll e to Qing Shan Town and bring you back." Xiao Yi Xian murmured to herself.

  Shortly after Gu He and Xiao Yi Xian boarded the flying creature, Gu He felt the rge wings of the flyi start to slowly fp beh them.

  Strands of wind attribute energy swirled beh its body, lifting its massive form into the sky. With a sharp and melodious cry, guided by the beast tamer's ands, the flying creature asded into the sky and began a swift flight toward the capital city of the empire.

  Sitting by the window in their room, Gu He watched the faint clouds passing by outside. Memories surfaced in his mind, with the distant word "aeropne" suddenly emerging.

  Uedly, even in this otherworldly realm, he could experiehe feeling of flying on an aeropeacher, how long will it take for us to reach the capital city?" Xiao Yi Xian looked at the sery outside, asking with anticipation.

  "About three days." Gu He replied casually. "If you're bored, take the opportunity to practice." Gu He chuckled. Then, with a thought, Gu He took out the Scarlet Serpent Cauldron. Xiao Yi Xian was curious. "Teacher, are you going to refine pills?"

  "You're about to break through to the Dou Practitioner rank. Since we have time, I'll refine a Qi Gathering Powder for you." Gu He smiled.