Top-tier Unruly Master

Chapter 2244: Chapter 2279: We’ve Been Waiting for You

Ding Fan smiled and said to Zheng Tianxing, "Brother Zheng, you speak too highly of me. As long as you can help me take care of the Skeleton Sect and the Herr Family, I will be eternally grateful to you."

"Rest assured on that! As long as I, Zheng Tianxing, am in the Northern Wastelands, should anything happen to anyone from the Herr Family or the Skeleton Sect, you can hold me accountable."

Zheng Tianxing spoke with the utmost seriousness to Ding Fan.

Having heard Zheng Tianxing’s assurance, Ding Fan was completely at ease. He raised his cup and clinked it with Zheng Tianxing’s, and the two drank together.

Zheng Tianxing put down his cup, thought for a moment, and asked, "Brother Ding, are people from the Sirius Clan coming to pick you up to go to the Central Plains this time?"

Zheng Tianxing knew too much about Ding Fan’s background, so Ding Fan did not hide it from him and said, "No, I wish to go to the Central Plains to find them. Do you know their exact location, Brother Zheng?"

"I do know!"

Zheng Tianxing’s brows furrowed, and he said, "The Sirius Clan’s location is at Sirius City in the southernmost part of the Central Plains. However, if no one from the Sirius Clan is coming to greet you, going to Sirius City might indeed be quite troublesome."

"Troublesome?"

Ding Fan and Crimson Flame exchanged a glance and asked Zheng Tianxing, "What kind of trouble? Isn’t the Zheng Family, where you are, one of the prominent families in the Central Plains? Can’t you just use your teleportation array to send me there directly?"

"A prominent family?"

Zheng Tianxing showed a bitter smile and shook his head at Ding Fan, saying, "Brother Ding, you don’t know. Compared to the family powers in the Northern Wastelands, the Zheng Family could be considered a prominent family, but in the Central Plains, we’re really nothing. Moreover, if you’re going to Sirius City, the Zheng Family truly can’t help you much. If you really need it, we can send a couple of Sixth Level experts from the Divine Realm to escort you there."

Having Sixth Level experts from the Divine Realm was something Ding Fan did not need. With Crimson Flame and Zhong Zhiyong, no martial artists under Sixth Level of the Divine Realm could harm Ding Fan. If experts of the Sixth Level or above of the Divine Realm were to harm Ding Fan, no number of Sixth Level experts sent by the Zheng Family would be of use.

Thus, Ding Fan declined Zheng Tianxing’s kind offer. After some thought, Zheng Tianxing called for paper and pen. He marked a point each on the southern and eastern parts of the white paper, saying, "The Sirius City Domain you need to go to is in the south; if you’re going from the Northern Wastelands to the Central Plains, you can only be teleported to the eastern part of the Central Plains. Therefore, you would have to take a large super airship from the eastern part of the Central Plains to go south. Even if there aren’t any mishaps along the way, it would take at least over two years!"

"Why take a large super airship, can’t we use the teleportation array?"

Ding Fan and Crimson Flame were somewhat puzzled. Even here in the Northern Wastelands, there were many teleportation arrays. Couldn’t the Central Plains surpass the small Northern Wastelands? Why not go directly from the east of the Central Plains to the Sirius City Domain using a teleportation array?

"There is a teleportation array!"

Zheng Tianxing drew a circle on the paper with his pen and explained to Ding Fan, "There’s a rule in the Central Plains that teleportation is only allowed between cities of the same rank. Teleportation between cities of other ranks is not allowed. Sirius City is one of the eleven main cities of the Central Plains, hence it can only be teleported to from the other ten main cities. Originally, there was a city in the eastern part of the Central Plains, but...the teleportation array to Sirius City was shut down fifteen years ago. So now, no main city can teleport to Sirius City."

"Why did Sirius City close its teleportation array?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Fan was even more bewildered. He asked Zheng Tianxing, "Brother Zheng, from what you’re saying, the Sirius Clan seems very powerful. But if they’re so strong, why would they close the teleportation array? Did something happen to them?"

"You actually know nothing about the Sirius Clan? The Ding Family of the Sirius Clan is one of the eleven great royal families of the Central Plains, the strongest offensive lineage family in the Central Plains. They are an eighth-level family, a family of significant prestige in the Central Plains!"

Hearing that Ding Fan did not know the specific situation of his own Sirius Clan, Zheng Tianxing was quite surprised. He thought for a moment and said, "As for why the Ding Family closed the teleportation array, that’s a mystery in the Central Plains too. If you want to find out, you’ll have to inquire with the other eleven royal families of the Central Plains."

After Zheng Tianxing’s explanation, Ding Fan had a rough understanding of the situation. There are eleven main cities in the Central Plains, one in each of the four directions, and four between them, with three in the central area of the Central Plains.

These main cities can teleport between each other, but smaller cities cannot teleport into them. The teleportation array in Sirius City was closed fifteen years ago, meaning now no city’s teleportation array can teleport to Sirius City.

To go to Sirius City, Ding Fan now has two options. One is to take short-distance teleportation arrays, constantly shuttling between small cities and eventually reaching near Sirius City, and then proceeding to Sirius City.

But this would also take a lot of time, and...this requires a large amount of black obsidian stone.

In the Central Plains, those who can use teleportation arrays are quite powerful individuals, some superpower’s offspring. Generally, young members of fourth or fifth-level powers do not even dare to use these teleportation arrays when going out.

Why is that?

Because the Central Plains is vast, for instance, the Sirius City Domain, though just one domain, is more than ten times larger than the Great Wasteland. The teleportation between domains is extremely far and consumes a massive amount of energy stones, naturally requiring a vast quantity of black obsidian.

Another reason is that the space above the Central Plains is particularly stable and far more complex to traverse than the airspace above the Northern Wastelands. Therefore, each teleportation between cities requires millions of black obsidian stones. Teleporting between domains starts at fifty million black obsidian stones.

How many city domains are there in the Central Plains? Excluding particularly small towns, there are over six hundred that count as Ye’s.

From the eastern Central Plains to the southern Central Plains, one would need to traverse at least hundreds of domains, and to teleport within one domain requires fifty million black obsidian, so ten would be five hundred million, and a hundred would be five billion...

Fifty billion black obsidian could even buy a few limbs of the Golden Dragon Branch, how could those level four and five forces possibly afford that?

If they were from the Great Royals, it would be much better. These young masters and misses possess royal family badges and only need to pay one-tenth the amount of black obsidian to use the array.

Ding Fan is an inheritance disciple from the Ding Family of the Sirius Clan, but he doesn’t possess a royal family badge of the Sirius clan. He couldn’t possibly just shout around that he’s the disciple of the previous generation’s Sirius heir, Ding Aohuang, could he? Even Ding Family members can’t all receive a royal family badge.

Sirius elder Ding Aohuang once fought a fierce battle against an enemy in the Northern Wasteland, establishing a Sirius Ancient Tomb without his body inside, which indicates that Ding Family members are not absolutely safe outside either, and Ding Fan is unfamiliar with the Central Plains, so how dare he announce his status recklessly?

Another way is to travel by chamber of commerce’s large super airship, but that’s much slower, taking at least two years.

Of course, for martial artists of the fourth realm in the Divine Realm, two years is not significant. Many times, they pass the time in solitary cultivation, so many people choose to travel by large super airship, and although safety isn’t absolutely guaranteed, generally no accidents occur.

"Two years?"

For Ding Fan, two years is far too long, but he doesn’t have that much black obsidian now. He can’t possibly ask the Herr Family or Ye Family in another world for it, nor could he ask Zheng Tianxing, could he?

Ding Fan doesn’t want to owe such a favor, and tens of billions of black obsidian is no small amount. Asking the Herr Family would be exploiting their situation, and he’d be accused of extortion. Asking Zheng Tianxing, Ding Fan is not that familiar with him yet, so he doesn’t want to owe such a favor. Asking Ye Li in another world? This time, Ye Family members helped him greatly, and if it’s discovered, they face possible extermination. Moreover, the Ye Family martial artists also need to buy various miraculous medicine pills for cultivation; Ding Fan really can’t bring himself to ask them.

Ultimately, Ding Fan decided to first go to the Central Plains and assess the situation. He brings two sixth-level experts from the Divine Realm, and he surely can earn black obsidian along the way, at worst earning it while traveling.

After Zheng Tianxing finished speaking, seeing Ding Fan silent, he thought for a moment and gritted his teeth, saying, "Brother Ding, if you really must travel by teleportation array, I could arrange with the family, and our Zheng Family can still afford tens of billions of black obsidian."

"No need for that."

Ding Fan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Brother Zheng’s goodwill is appreciated, but I’ll figure out something regarding the black obsidian."

Zheng Tianxing didn’t insist, as it exceeded his authority within the Zheng Family. Ding Fan then inquired about numerous Central Plains matters from Zheng Tianxing for about two hours before getting up to bid farewell.

"Brother Ding!"

As Ding Fan stood up to leave, Zheng Tianxing grabbed his hand and said, "You first teleport to Black Water City in the Central Plains. I’ll send word to my family to assist you there. My duty is in the Northern Wasteland, so I can’t accompany you to the Central Plains. The mountains won’t change, and the waters will flow forever. I’ll surely have the chance to see you again someday, or if you return to the Northern Wasteland, we can drink wine and talk of heroes again."

Ding Fan bowed respectfully to Zheng Tianxing, spoke no unnecessary words, and left with Crimson Flame.

Zheng Tianxing watched Ding Fan’s departure, sighed, and muttered, "The Sirius Clan doesn’t know Ding Fan’s existence? But the Sirius City closed the teleportation array fifteen years ago; maybe something happened? Not knowing Ding Fan’s existence is understandable. Ding Fan is traveling tens of thousands of miles to the Sirius City; will his journey go smoothly? Ding Fan, you mustn’t die on the road, otherwise, it’ll all be in vain this time."

...

Ding Fan left the auction house but saw the crowd outside; they were the leaders of all the Tianmu Sea powers who, upon seeing him come out, immediately expressed their respect to Ding Fan.

But Ding Fan had no interest in engaging with these sycophants; he would soon leave and didn’t want to waste time with them. He looked at Crimson Flame, and Crimson Flame lifted Ding Fan into the air, enlarging and releasing his divine weapon pellet, carrying both of them toward Daozhen Villa.

Watching Ding Fan and Crimson Flame flying away, the group looked at each other, feeling worried, unaware of where they might have offended Ding Fan.

Crimson Flame directly flew toward Daozhen Villa without using the teleportation array. As soon as they arrived at the villa’s plaza, Madam Yan led a group of Herr Family elders to surround them as if knowing in advance Ding Fan would come.

"Herr Qianjun?"

Ding Fan saw a familiar figure; Herr Qianjun had survived but lost an arm. Though he walked over with Madam Yan, his complexion didn’t look good and seemed rather cold.

On Wolf Fall Cliff, Herr Qianjun once guarded Ding Fan. Seeing Madam Yan and others preparing to bow to him, Ding Fan stretched his hand to stop them and then bowed respectfully to Herr Qianjun, saying, "Greetings, elder Qianjun."

Herr Qianjun’s expression eased slightly, nodded, but said nothing. Madam Yan noticed the awkward atmosphere and approached Ding Fan, saying, "Ding Fan, let’s go into the inner hall. We’re ready, and we’ve been waiting for you."

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