Chương 326: Teleportation formation

Long Feng flew over vast plains of land, following the detailed map engraved in the mission jade towards the Heaven Reflection City. It was named as such because it was the only city allowed by the Supreme Heaven Sect to be formed within it's vast territory. There was nothing else, no force that dared to set their foots in the Supreme Heaven territory without permission. The heaven reflection city was Long Feng's current destination.

The Eastern region was unbelievably massive and from what he knew, a deity wouldn't be able to travel from one end to another in a decade. This alone would've been a huge headache to many forces. They would find it impossibly hard to move about, especially the disciples embarking on distant missions. Take Long Feng for example. The last place the infamous crimson Chen and his iron blood gang were spotted was in the Eastern region, but it wasn't exactly nearby.

It could take him over a month of flying to reach the destination. By then, crimson Chen would've long vanished. Fortunately, the mainland had several methods to assuage this issue. One of such methods was a teleportation formation. Those formations were exceedingly rare in the continent zone, but in the mainland, they could be found literally everywhere within major cities. The Heaven Reflection City had a teleportation formation that could teleport one to a great deal of places within the eastern region.

One simply needed to have the required amount to activate the formation and a person could go literally anywhere they wanted to within the eastern region, drastically reducing months of journey to just a few minutes max. Long Feng was already behind two other disciples, so he didn't slow down in the slightest. With his normal speed, it should've taken him about three days to reach the heaven reflection, but due to him having not slowed down at all, he could already spot the city in the distance two days later.

The city was entire deserving of being the only one in the supreme heaven territory. It's majesty could be sensed from miles away, causing even an unruly person to not dare to have bad thoughts here. As Long Feng approached the city gates, he narrowed his eyes in thought, "The heaven reflection city's city lord is apparently a mid stage Dao realm master. He has a loyal guard who is an early Dao realm master, and the city is definitely not lacking in powerful deities. Starting anything here would be suicide."

It was unbelievable that a mere city had the power comparable to and even surpassing the high ranked continents in the continent zone. There were only a few high ranked continents in total. In comparison, there could easily be hundreds of cities similar to the heaven reflection city and even stronger than it across the eastern region alone. No sane person would try to act as he pleased within the heaven reflection city. Of course, that mostly applied to outsiders who were coming to the city.

For disciples of the Sect, they naturally had much greater privileges compared to the ordinary folks. Even an outer peak disciple would be respected where he went in the city and attract the envy of many. Long Feng soon reached the city gates. Many people were queuing up to enter the city, and the all appeared to be disciples of nearby clans and sects or even rogue cultivators. The guards by the gates were cold faced, searching everyone and granting them special tokens before allowing them into the city.

As Long Feng arrived, he caused everyone to turn their attention to him. Seeing the unique symbol of the Supreme Heaven Sect's outer peak on his robe, everyone's expression became respectful. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. This was the land of the Supreme Heaven Sect. It went without saying that no one was audacious enough to disguise as a disciple of the Sect, so there was no doubt that Long Feng was an actual disciple.

The envy within the respectful gazes of many made Long Feng to feel slightly uncomfortable. As he stood there, unsure if he should join the queue or just go ahead, one of the guards approached him respectfully. The cultivation of the guard surprised Long Feng. He was a peak Imperial realm master, and all the other guards were the same.

"Greetings, young friend." The guards bowed slightly in greeting with an amiable smile.

"There's no need for such courtesy." Long Feng smiled awkwardly and replied. The guard was briefly startled before he smiled as well. It was quite rare to find disciples who didn't want to indulge in the attention and reverence they were receiving.

"You can just go ahead. The heaven reflection city is always open to disciples of the Sect. You don't need to follow the queue." He mentioned. Long Feng nodded and followed the guard to the gate and walked in while the man continued his duty. The envious gazes of the people waiting outside followed Long Feng's back as he walked along the street till he vanished. Long Feng noted the subtle suppressive atmosphere in the city and couldn't help but be surprised.

Everyone he passed was completely restrained in their every move, going as far as suppressing their breathing. His identity as a supreme heaven sect outer disciple also drew enormous attention. He wasn't the only disciple in the city, but even at that, he attracted the awe and envy of hundreds of people. Long Feng didn't mind all of that. He strolled down the street, noting the various shops by the street sides and the varieties of treasures and miscellaneous items they sold.

After half an hour, he could spot a large mansion that stood out in the very center of the city. Dozens of guards stood around every side of the mansion, staring at everyone around with extremely cold gazes. Long Feng stared at the mansion briefly before he averted his gaze.

"That should be the city Lord's mansion." He noted. After a while, he finally reached his actual destination in a different street, the teleportation formation of the heaven reflection city. A sizeable palace was built around the formation, and outside the doors stood a group of armored guards, led by a middle aged man with a deep aura. Everyone in this street subconsciously stayed away from the palace, mostly due to the suffocating aura the group of men emanated.

Long Feng calmly approached them without hesitation. The middle aged man spotted the supreme heaven sect's symbol on his robe and immediately broke into a forced smile.

"Ah. So it's a disciple of the Sect. Young friend, do you want to use the formation?"

"That's right."

"Where to? The formation can take you to any major city within the region." The man strode forward and led Long Feng towards the place doors with a smile on his stern face. Long Feng wanted to let him know that a forced smile definitely didn't look good on his face but thought against it. The man's smile was just too… forced.

"I'm heading to the swampy area around the Cao clan." He voiced out. That was where the iron blood gang were last spotted. They had raised a few clans and slaughtered many people before retreating. They should be hiding around that area, waiting for the storm to die down before they would take the chance to flee. The Cao clan was a three star force, a subordinate of the Supreme Heaven Sect. Their power was greater than even the continent zone's overlord continents combined.

It was naturally impossible for the iron blood gang to mess with them. The raid had only taken place in some very weak forces around the Cao clan. Though the Cao clan wouldn't directly intervene, it was possible that they would send a few disciples to address the situation and destroy the iron blood gang, most likely as a mission just as the supreme heaven sect had done. This meant apart from the other two supreme heaven sect's disciples, Long Feng might meet some young members of the Cao clan as well.

This could be the first time he would interact with disciples of other forces. He really looked forward to it. The middle aged man nodded in understanding and thought for a brief moment before responding, "There is a major city close to the Cao clan, but it is a few days journey away from the swampy area. The last time I checked, that area belonged to a couple of insignificant forces who banded together. I suppose that's your destination?"

"That's right. I have some business there." Long Feng confirmed.

"Hm. I will set the destination immediately. As an outer peak disciple of the sect, you'll only need to pay half the required amount which is ten low grade essence stones or equivalent to ten thousand Imperial crystals." Long Feng's heart clenched at that amount. Ten thousand Imperial crystals… he wanted to curse out loud. Although he had a lot of Imperial crystals, that didn't mean he was willing to waste them all.

But as he didn't have enough low grade essence stones with him, he grumpily handed over ten thousand Imperial crystals, feeling as though he just have out a piece of his heart. The man received the crystals and didn't bother to count them on the spot. He began to activate the formation while setting the correct destination. Long Feng patiently waited for a few minutes till the man nodded at him.

"You can go in now young friend. The formation will take you to the Cao city. From there, the swampy area is located west of the city. Just head in that direction." Long Feng thanked the man with a nod and stepped into the palace. The inside of the palace was barely worth mentioning. There was nothing noteworthy, save for the dazzling runes engraved on the floor and walls of the palace.

A careless glance at the runes would make a person feel like they were actually moving around, but they would appear utterly still at a second glance. Long Feng took a deep breath and watched as the runes lit up with brighter glow, signalling the activation of the teleportation formation. This was the first time he would be leaving the supreme heaven sect. He was stepping out of the rather safe environment to enter the extreme dangerous world of the mainland.

Even with his mental fortitude, he couldn't help but feel slightly nervous. After a few seconds, the runes exploded with a dazzling glow. A circular spinning formation appeared beneath Long Feng's feet as the teleportation formation activated completely. A thick beam of light engulfed him for a second before fading away. The formation also went dormant again, and Long Feng was no longer standing inside the palace. His presence had vanished completely.

Long Feng felt the exact same feeling he had when they used the teleportation formation in the Yihua continent to get to the thunder sky continent; a sense of extreme dizziness that shook the mind. The feeling was similar to when one was falling down an endless cliff with nothing to hang on to. His heartbeat became erratic for a second before everything returned to normal. He was no longer in the heaven reflection city. Instead, he was standing inside a similar palace but in an entirely different city.