"Not only reduce, space should also be able to expand and extend... move in all directions." 

Ling Tian kept thinking, realizing that the more he thought and delved into the mysteries of space, the more paths and possibilities he found, having no end in sight. 

What is space really? 

Everyone in the place watched Ling Tian sink into his thoughts, noticing how he crossed his arms over his chest, shook his head slightly, frowned deeply and made some grimaces. Ling Tian sometimes seemed to look up at the sky, moving a few steps, and then bring his hand back to his chin, while the frown deepened more and more. 

Lang Qingzu, worried, she wanted to approach Ling Tian as she noticed him strange, when suddenly, she was stopped by Ying Chen. 

"Shhh... don't disturb your grand master for now." Ying Chen put a finger to his mouth, whispering, signaling Lang Qingzu not to make noise or disturb Ling Tian. 

"En..." Lang Qingzu nodded confusedly, but still, she followed Ying Chen's instructions. 

Listening to Ying Chen's low voice, everyone made sure not to make a noise, even avoided swallowing saliva, breathing softly. 

Hao Zhentian stepped a little away from them and quickly ate a chi recovery pill, beginning to cultivate to return to his peak state. 

Hao Zhentian had previously explained to Ling Tian that in order to use the small pocket world, it would consume a lot of strength and energy from him, therefore, Hao Zhentian had to recover to his peak state. Ling Tian knew this and for that reason he was immersed in his thoughts while waiting at the same time. 

After a long time, Hao Zhentian recovered to his peak state. Using the flying boat had consumed a considerable amount of his cultivation essence even with the help of Ying Chen, Shin Wei, Deng Tianjin and Sun Xiang. 

Hao Zhentian's gaze was fixed on Ling Tian as he silently approached, seeing that he was still deep in thought. 

A couple of minutes later, a faint tired sigh was clearly heard, coming from Ling Tian. 

"Was there any gain, Master?" Shin Wei asked curiously for everyone. 

Clearly Ling Tian was meditating on something very mysterious and powerful, something that even they, his disciples, wouldn't be able to know yet with their cultivation levels. 

Ling Tian looked at Shin Wei for a few seconds and then at everyone else quickly, before nodding slightly and saying, "If I had to say, from what I am learning I have personally understood something significant, but if I explain it from a general point of view as if it were some technique, I can say that I haven't even reached the entry level, much less learned the technique at all, as if I can barely know the name of the technique and what it does..." 

Another sigh came out of Ling Tian again. The knowledge and understanding of the dao of space was infinite, and could not be easily grasped from one moment to the next. 

What Ling Tian currently knew about space was currently a small drop of water in a whole sea, with quite some information to discover. 

But Shin Wei took a cold breath, not doubting Ling Tian's words. Similarly, Hao Zhentian, Ying Chen, Deng Tianjin and Sun Xiang also looked at Ling Tian dumbfounded. 

If Ling Tian said this, didn't it mean that it would be some very powerful immortal secret method? Or even some supreme ability? 

Ling Tian shook his head. Every time he seemed to comprehend something, his intuition would jump, as if he was about to have a small success of space comprehension. But somehow he always stopped a moment before, as if the current knowledge would not allow him to go any further. 

The hunch and intuition Ling Tian has undoubtedly expressed to him that he had to concentrate much more, and not let go of that feeling just before the end, holding on to it. 

"So, you're already recovered to use your small pocket world?" 

Ling Tian looked at Hao Zhentian. 

... 

Two men walked straight towards a giant platform that seemed to be over 30 meters long. 

"Stop there!" 

A guard exuding a powerful aura belonging to the body condensation realm quickly stopped the two men. 

"We're going to use the teleportation formation." 

Ling Tian responded unfazed by the glimpse of aura deliberately directed towards them by the guard. At his side, stood Hao Zhentian. 

At this moment, they had entered the capital of the east state, Jiaohei City, and in front of them, the guard exuded an aura belonging to the body condensation realm! 

A body condensation realm cultivator would be a leader or ancestor in the south state, while in the east state they were the core disciples of each sect or clan and experts who could be considered strong as long as a separation and reunion realm expert did not come out. 

Countless cultivators exuding auras of the golden core realm and nascent soul realm could be frequently seen throughout the city! 

Don't see the guard who is simple just because he has this particular position. In fact, to be a guard of this place, they have to minimally have a cultivation in the body condensation realm to avoid most problems, especially since it was the teleportation zone and a single problem could seriously affect the formation that countless masters and formation grandmasters had repaired and improved, allowing there to be communication and pass with the north state. 

The specialized guards protecting the teleportation zone were very important, even more important than the cultivators at the separation and reunion realm! 

"Huh? Are you going to use the formation?" 

The guard was stunned to see these two men who were so young, which is why he had thought that they were coming to cause trouble in the place. At once, he added seriously, "It's 10 million middle grade spiritual crystals!"

Before Ling Tian could hand over the spiritual crystals, Hao Zhentian was quicker and threw a storage ring at the guard. 

The guard took the storage ring and quickly poured his spirit sense into it, counting the spiritual crystals inside in no time. 

"Wait a moment while we activate the formation!" The guard nodded and left at once. 

"You guys really are rich!" Ling Tian smiled as he looked at Hao Zhentian. 

10 million mid-grade spiritual crystals converted to low-grade spiritual crystals is a billion!

"Although we can't consider ourselves the richest in the entire world, we still have a lot of wealth accumulated from all our travels, in addition to what you had left us, with countless resources and treasures from heaven and earth." Hao Zhentian replied with a smile. 

Ling Tian laughed lightly, realizing once again that these kids he had taken care of in the past had actually grown up and adapted to this world. 

At this moment, everyone else was inside the small pocket world that Hao Zhentian carried in his hand. A small pale green ball of marble, which took up half of his hand was the small pocket world. 

Hao Zhentian explained to him that in order to use the small pocket world, he had to constantly use all of his cultivation essence and even his soul spiritual force so that it could function and maintain the stability of the interior. Likewise, the more people who entered this small pocket world, the greater the consumption would be and Hao Zhentian would not be able to endure it for long. 

Everyone who entered would have to suppress their cultivation temporarily to avoid trouble inside, especially Ying Chen, Shin Wei, Deng Tianjin, Sun Xiang, Lang Qingzu and Xuan Li, as they were the ones with the most powerful cultivations. 

Obviously, since they were more than 50 people, the consumption in Hao Zhentian would be much higher. But Hao Zhentian estimated that he could endure a little more than three hours without any problems. 

Ling Tian checked Hao Zhentian's small pocket world superficially and noticed that it was damaged, so the huge consumption of all spiritual energy and instability inside was to be expected. 

Ling Tian could repair it, however, it required some low-level immortal materials so that it could be almost completely restored. Ling Tian estimated that it was a small pocket world of low grade immortal level. 

But now, as long as Hao Zhentian was not directly involved in some dangerous mishap, there would be no problem with the small pocket world in his hand. 

The teleportation formation took a long while to work, especially since the distance between the east state and the north state was very long, unlike the platform connecting the south state to the east state. 

The place where they would be teleported to would be the Royal City in the Sun Dragon Empire! 

After a while of waiting, the guard signaled them to step onto the teleportation platform. 

Ling Tian and Hao Zhentian climbed up smoothly. Ling Tian placed his hand on Hao Zhentian's shoulder, enveloping him with the aura of The Sacred Heavenly Scriptures as well. 

Several guards spread around and deposited over 8 million of the middle grade spiritual crystals. The runes and patterns lit up at once, with space being shaken briefly. 

Space was gradually shaken, the runes and patterns throughout the formation were illuminated and fully activated. 

Ling Tian released his sense of mental perception, perceiving all the space around him. 

* Swoosh! * 

Both Ling Tian and Hao Zhentian disappeared from the platform. 

... 

A nearly 50-meter platform, made of stones that seemed to glow in the sun's rays, immediately began to shake. 

The guards nearby noticed this and fixed their gazes on the formation. They knew someone was going to appear in the formation, so they knew it was someone from the east state. 

Patterns glowed and symbols and runes floated in the air, space shook and spiritual aura concentrated. 

Two figures appeared instantly! 

The guards fixed their gazes, realizing that they could not sense aura from one of them, while the other made them feel threatened. 

Great ascension realm expert... or at least a strong separation and reunion realm expert! 

The guards swallowed hard, knowing that this was a superior expert in front of them. Even though they all had cultivations at the peak of the body condensation realm, they were still nothing in front of these top experts! 

Ling Tian kept his eyes closed, taking advantage of the large movement of all the spatial principles around him. Although Ling Tian had used these types of long-distance teleportation formations a lot in the Immortal World, he had never paid attention to them since he had to watch out for enemies not to follow him or avoid being ambushed at the place where he would appear. 

Hao Zhentian noticed this and said nothing, remaining silent as he waited for Ling Tian. The small pocket world was still in operation, but Hao Zhentian could wait for Ling Tian. 

The guards noticed Ling Tian, thinking he was suffering from the effects of teleportation, with nausea and dizziness enveloping him. 

However, one of them recognized Hao Zhentian! 

"Senior Hao!" The guard couldn't help but greet somewhat enthusiastically. 

Hao Zhentian was briefly startled and couldn't help but shoot a dark glance at this guard as he noticed a frown appear on Ling Tian, feeling the aura around them faintly seem to disappear. 

The guard was stunned and couldn't help but feel ashamed when he realized that he had disturbed both Hao Zhentian and Ling Tian. 

Ling Tian finally opened his eyes slightly, pressed his hand lightly on Hao Zhentian's shoulder and the next moment the two of them disappeared without a trace.