Chapter 1796: Chapter 1796: How Do You Know

An Xiaxin has already been taught how to use the Divine Gifted Heavenly Power; as long as she has enough courage, she isn’t afraid of danger—what’s worrying is that she may lack the courage.

"I remember," An Xiaxin nodded heavily, a hint of coldness appeared in her eyes that was never there before.

Such a gaze also reassured Han Yan.

"Let’s go." Upon Han Yan’s command, Mu Tu whipped the horses, and the carriage sped away.

"Take care, Master Priest!" Behind them, a group of Priest Guards clutched their chests and saluted, watching the carriage disappear from sight before turning back.

Like the Holy Court Continent, the Divine Continent is vast, yet cities are rare; it’s not unusual for two cities to be tens of thousands of miles apart. The distance between the Huayu Temple and the Heavenly Sun Temple is nearly a hundred thousand miles. Naturally, there are no roads connecting such distances. Luckily, vast stretches of wasteland connect them, though a bit rugged, the specially-chartered carriage enhanced with an Array Barrier hardly felt any bumps.

Initially, Han Yan wanted to take in the unique scenery. Unfortunately, besides the endless gray plains and occasionally rising similarly gray barren hills, there was nothing much to see. It was the small herds of wild buffalo and sheep sometimes appearing that slightly brightened Han Yan’s eyes, showing some life in the wasteland. However, after seeing this several times, Han Yan became somewhat disinterested.

"How much farther?" Han Yan asked Sikong Qinglan.

She was referring to the transmission point. From what she understood in these days, there were once teleportation arrays connecting the divine temples, but these arrays consumed massive meteorite gold. In fact, the teleportation arrays of the Holy Court Continent already consumed a lot, so countries leading to it often did not open the arrays easily to save materials. As for the Divine Continent’s teleportation arrays, their consumption was at least ten times that of the Holy Court Continent’s, making it impossible for Huayu Temple’s nearly empty coffers to sustain, leaving the teleportation arrays wasted for years, even if Wen Gaoren took out all his possessions, it would be impossible to repair and activate them.

Han Yan initially thought the journey to Tianyang City would have to be made slowly against the north wind in a carriage. Fortunately, according to Sikong Qinglan, a small teleportation array could be used. Using these so-called transmission points, one could transmit thousands to tens of thousands of miles at a time. Although a bit troublesome, it saved a lot of meteorite gold.

"About dozens of miles." Sikong Qinglan glanced at the six-sided metallic disk in his hand and said. The disk was covered with star points, somewhat resembling a Star Compass, but upon closer inspection, it was entirely different from the star phase in the sky.

"What’s this?" Han Yan asked curiously.

"This is the Heavenly Guiding Compass, actually, it’s a specially made map by the divine temples with the function of guiding direction. The largest star points on it represent the locations of the Five Great Divine Temples. The slightly smaller ones represent the Twelve Divine Temples and special temples like Huayu Temple. Even smaller ones represent villages with barrier protection scattered across the continent." Sikong Qinglan explained.

After listening to his words, Han Yan completely understood. According to the arrangement of star points on the map, all villages in the Divine Continent centered around a small divine temple, while these small temples were centered around the Five Great Divine Temples. Notably, there were vast blanks among the Five Great Divine Temples, which clearly represented the unbridgeable gaps between the five continental plates.

"Then the center is the Main Temple?" Han Yan asked.

"I don’t know either. It’s said that even the Main Priests of the Five Great Divine Temples don’t know where the Main Temple is; it may not necessarily be in the center of the map." Sikong Qinglan shook his head.

Playing mystery tricks like a God-man, Han Yan muttered inwardly, be it the Holy Court or the Main Temple, both enjoy doing such mysterious things, for reasons unknown.

"What about those that flicker?" Han Yan noticed there were other tiny star points on the map blinking intermittently and asked curiously.

"Those are the transmission points I mentioned." Sikong Qinglan stared intently at the map and suddenly shouted, "We’re here!"

Mu Tu pulled the reins sharply, bringing the carriage to a halt.

Sikong Qinglan was the first to jump off the carriage, followed closely by Han Yan and others.

Upon jumping off the carriage, Han Yan felt the Power of Laws around her was distinctly different from the wasteland. It became more gentle and calm under mutual restraint, somewhat similar to the feeling within Huayu City’s barrier. Of course, it was only similar, had it not been for the extraordinary strength of her Divine Sense, she wouldn’t have been able to sense the uniqueness at all.

"It’s around here; I’ll look more carefully." Sikong Qinglan held the Heavenly Guiding Compass and searched carefully. Apparently, even with his Divine Sense, he couldn’t feel any specialness here and had to rely on the Heavenly Guiding Compass to indicate the specific position.

Out of curiosity, Han Yan followed behind.

As Sikong Qinglan moved, a tiny star point on the Heavenly Guiding Compass flickered more frequently, its brightness fluctuating. However, it was still too small, and finding the exact position was not easy.

Sikong Qinglan paced back and forth unconsciously for over an hour, covering nearly a hundred yards in diameter. Han Yan also followed him for over an hour.

Initially, she felt curious, but gradually, a surprised look flashed in her eyes.

"Still not found? Why is it taking so long?" Ling Baobao urged impatiently.

"I don’t know either, logically, it shouldn’t take this long." Sikong Qinglan said perplexedly.

Previously, matters at Huayu Temple were managed by An Xiaxin; he had barely traveled far himself. This was only his second time using the Heavenly Guiding Compass, making the situation a bit baffling.

"Would it be time to change the meteorite gold?" Wen Gaoren reminded.

"Oh, how could I forget that?" Sikong Qinglan patted his forehead.

The Heavenly Guiding Compass, being capable of guiding directions, was evidently a Magic Artifact, but of low grade, unable to self-absorb and store energy, requiring meteorite gold to activate.

While speaking, Sikong Qinglan took out a piece of meteorite gold. Judging by his expression, he was clearly in pain. Even though the Heavenly Guiding Compass was not large, its consumption of meteorite gold was indeed significant. Usually, one piece of low-grade meteorite gold could only be used three times. Having lived a hard life, how could Sikong Qinglan not feel the pain?

"Wait, no need to search anymore; it’s here." Han Yan pointed at the ground and said.

Life at Huayu Temple had gotten slightly better, only to the extent where filling their bellies was no issue, without much wealth. The daily enhancement of arrays still required meteorite gold, so they saved where possible.

"Master Priest, how do you know?" Sikong Qinglan looked at Han Yan in surprise.

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