Several complex auras covered Fang Tian's body and expanded outward, sweeping across the surrounding area with meticulous precision.
Meanwhile, Fang Tian himself flew swiftly through the air. A few meters behind him, Featherman Ninety-Two was surrounded by a golden energy barrier, with numerous roots binding him to Fang Tian and dragging him along.
Within this green sky, all kinds of terrifying beasts and plants could be seen. At the same time, precious immortal materials drifted through the air everywhere.
Seeing these materials made Fang Tian's heart bleed with regret, because he simply could not collect them. Even if he managed to obtain them, he had no mortal methods capable of storing them.
"I don't know the names of these materials, but they are definitely high-value immortal materials! Ah… if only I could take them and sell them in Yellow Treasure Heaven, or even exchange them for Strength Path immortal materials to develop the Old Strength Path Blessed Land."
Fang Tian occupied his mind with these thoughts as he flew in every possible direction, carefully avoiding any desolate beast or desolate plant he encountered.
Fortunately, no strange phenomena existed in this world that would instantly kill mortal creatures.
Still, the world itself was rather peculiar. There were no cycles of day and night, no sun in the sky. The only source of light was the sky itself, radiating a soft pale-green glow.
Occasionally, Fang Tian encountered floating islands similar to the one he and Ninety-Two had landed on when they first arrived.
However, those islands were much larger than theirs and contained various lifeforms—birds, beasts, and plants. Fang Tian did not dare to land on them, fearing that a desolate beast might be lurking there.
"Ninety-Two, do you feel any sense of familiarity here?"
Featherman Ninety-Two had been deep in thought, something Fang Tian had noticed, so he asked the question.
"Shao Mu, what do you mean… familiarity? No, I don't feel that. But I do feel very comfortable in this place."
Fang Tian laughed quietly after confirming his suspicion, but he did not share his thoughts with Ninety-Two. Instead, he continued flying forward.
Several kilometers ahead lay an island covered in hooked green grasses and leafless plants that produced an unpleasant sound. On the branches of those plants stood gray birds, perched over the source of the sound while noisily opening their beaks.
Fang Tian smiled and descended onto the island with Ninety-Two, feeling rather safe.
From his preliminary investigation, he had detected no trace of any desolate beast. The greatest threat he had found was merely a creature resembling a mole, sleeping among the rocks, possessing only Rank Four battle strength.
That meant they were relatively safe here and could rest.
Fang Tian sat down on a flat rock and took out several Gu worms from his aperture. Most were Rank One or Rank Two, but their utility was quite high.
"Great—you actually have Small Well Gu! We don't need water, but do you have any food?"
Fang Tian did not respond to Ninety-Two. Instead, he injected primeval essence into one of the Gu worms, which resembled a plant with tightly closed leaves.
The plant jumped off his arm, burrowed into the ground, and rooted itself there, slowly absorbing his primeval essence until it finally stopped.
Once it stopped, the leaves opened up like a pouch, revealing a large amount of rice inside.
"This is Rice Sack Gu. In the Southern Border, this Gu is extremely common among Gu Masters."
Fang Tian plucked one of the leaf-pouches filled with rice and began eating it with his hands.
Ninety-Two followed suit, devouring the rice greedily while praising it.
"This is truly a good Gu worm! Delicious too! If only we had some roasted meat…"
Before Ninety-Two could finish speaking, a powerful aura erupted from Fang Tian's body.
He launched a swift attack at a pitiful creature—a dog playing in the distance on the island.
Suddenly, the dog found itself impaled on a massive bamboo spear, being dragged toward the island without the slightest resistance.
The bamboo pole pierced through its side and exited the other side. Blood slowly seeped from the wound.
The dog let out a painful howl before dying from the agony.
Its corpse was dragged toward them. Fang Tian quickly butchered it, burned away its fur completely, then used a Fire Path Gu worm to coat the body with oil and ignite it.
After a short while, the flames died down, revealing charred skin.
Fang Tian peeled away the burnt skin, exposing the tender meat, from which delicious juices dripped.
Fang Tian and Ninety-Two ate until they were completely full. Only then did Fang Tian speak.
"This place extends across an enormous distance, even larger than most Blessed Lands. Even if it were part of a Grotto-Heaven, this fragment would still be incredibly vast.
Also, we haven't seen any intelligent lifeforms such as humans or variant humans.
But at least we haven't explored the entire place yet. Judging from the lifeforms here, this world is still incredibly vast. Perhaps we'll eventually find someone who can help us."
"You're far too optimistic, Shao Mu. This place is terrifying! How could any humans or variant humans live here?
Did you see those gigantic beasts that release such terrifying auras? I can barely breathe under their pressure!"
"Ninety-Two, Ninety-Two… you are truly ignorant of the world.
Your knowledge is limited to the mortal world, yet you think that world is everything. In reality, there exists a far greater world.
Compared to that world, the mortal world is nothing but a playground.
Even Rank Five Gu Masters like me are merely filthy monkeys in that world."
"Yes, yes, you're insane. Why should I waste my little time talking with a madman?"
Ninety-Two turned around, giving Fang Tian his back. He folded his wings against his body and closed his eyes to sleep.
Fang Tian remained awake for a while longer. After setting up several methods to detect danger, he finally went to sleep as well.
When they woke up, they left the island and resumed their exploration.
But this time, instead of flying in a straight line, they moved in zigzag patterns to maximize their chances of discovering something.
"Ninety-Two… do you see that? I'm not imagining it, right?"
"No… you're not imagining it. But maybe I am. Even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined something like this!"
Fang Tian and Featherman Ninety-Two stared ahead in complete shock.
Before them lay a massive cluster of clouds and floating stone islands.
And upon those islands—
Thousands of Feathermen were flying freely through the air, playing with the winds, carefree and unburdened by the worries of life.
It was as though a scene from the Legend had unfolded right before their eyes.