After a false alarm, the Xuanling Empire had once again returned to its former prosperity. Gazing at the pleasant weather outside, Mu Chen slowly closed the white scroll in his hands and sighed, "It looks like this is going to be another long journey."
Comparing his current geographical map with the map of the Netherworld Purgatory his Master had given him, he determined the route. To get from the Xuanling Empire to the Netherworld Purgatory—a name Mu Chen had given the unknown, dangerous region himself—he would have to travel straight south, passing through several low-class empires and a medium-sized one called the Terral Empire. The Netherworld Purgatory itself was located right near the Terral Empire.
Mu Chen roughly estimated that the round trip would take at least a year and a half. If anything delayed him along the way, it could be closer to two years.
