Tianya City, nestled within the Tianqing mountain range thousands of miles away from the Black Corner Region, was the only city within a thousand miles that possessed a spatial wormhole to Zhongzhou. Its degree of prosperity was second to none in that thousand-mile radius.
With the speed of a griffin beast, reaching Tianya City in the Tianqing mountain range from the Black Corner Region would take at least two to three days. Xu Ran treated it as a journey for sightseeing, enjoying the customs and scenery from high above along the way.
In the Fighting Spirit Continent, everyone was obsessed with battling. Who had the leisure to appreciate natural scenery? However, Xu Ran was quite enthralled by it. In his previous life, Xu Ran often traveled and enjoyed encountering different landscapes and people with various dialects and customs.
"Come over and give young master a shoulder rub, and knead my legs."
Yawning from the weariness of looking around, Xu Ran summoned Han Yue and Xin Lan over.
Living like a landlord with servants was truly delightful.
"Really enjoying it, aren't you? Acting like some dissolute young master," Han Yue and Xin Lan couldn't help but laugh when they saw Xu Ran's lazy demeanor. If Xu Ran didn't possess such formidable strength and talent, he wouldn't be any different from those prodigal sons out there.
"If I'm a prodigal, then you are the concubines I've forcefully taken," Xu Ran grinned, then closed his eyes to savor the moment.
Four soft hands kneaded all over his body—it was the utmost comfort.
It was not only a physical comfort but also a form of spiritual indulgence.
Not all girls would do whatever Xu Ran asked like Han Yue did. Most tigresses, you say one thing, and they retort with ten, cracking sunflower seeds like their life depended on it. Looking every bit the boss, who would serve you so obediently?
Having two beautiful women bustling around him was indeed ecstatic.
"Take off the shoes and socks, and rub my feet as well," Xu Ran wiggled the leg cradled in Han Yue's arms and shook his foot as he spoke.
His smug look earned him rolled eyes from both women, but they still indulged his wishes.
They wouldn't defy Xu Ran; he had done so much for them, but there wasn't much they could do for him in return. All they wanted was to serve Xu Ran wholeheartedly for life. Fortunately, Xu Ran wasn't the type to enjoy bullying others and treated them extremely well, never once looking down on them.
Some people, as long as their spouse is good to them, would become arrogant and even wish to trample others underfoot, acting like overlords. Only when the spouse is a bit tougher can they remember to behave themselves properly.
"I wonder how our sister Xue'er is doing now."
Humming a tune leisurely, Xu Ran thought of Han Xue, his dear sister, with a surge of excitement. In fact, he had read the book Dou Po in his previous life when he was in middle school, only getting as far as the Green Lotus Core Flame, then missed a huge chunk of it until he jumped to the part where Xiao Yan went to Zhongzhou. He couldn't help it as the teacher confiscated the book before he'd finished. Later, when he got a cellphone, he was able to complete it.
So, for a long time, Xu Ran had thought that Han Xue was the new girlfriend of Xiao Someone. Even after reading on and finding that Han Xue didn't appear much later on, Xu Ran still had a strong impression of her.
She was one of the few side characters Xu Ran could remember after Xiao Yan went to Zhongzhou.
Xu Ran felt that if the original story had a few girlfriends in Zhongzhou, the reading would have been more enjoyable. The latter half after arriving in Zhongzhou lacked any romantic interests; it was all about fighting and leveling up, which nearly put Xu Ran to sleep. The earlier parts introduced all the significant female characters, and to have none appear later was just too boring.
"What are you scheming now? She's my sister, you big scoundrel!!!"
Xin Lan couldn't help but curse inwardly; men were all the same. They were still here serving him, yet this man's mind had already drifted to another woman.
Absolutely ridiculous!!!
This person is stubborn as a mule, no amount of feeding will make him run.
Dozens of sisters had foolishly tried to wear him down with a tag-team strategy, yet their attempts ended in failure. They were, without a doubt, convinced that Xu Ran was the most terrifying man in this world.
"Wasn't this what you agreed to initially? But you sold out your sister, so you can hardly blame me. Now Xue'er is my property," Xu Ran said leisurely.
Han Xue's appearance should be quite similar to that of Han Yue's, perhaps gentler in temperament but surely lacking in talent compared to Han Yue. When Han Yue reached the Douhuang level, Han Xue was only at the Douwang level.
Han Yue originally had an aura of aloofness about her, which made her seem somewhat unapproachable. However, now in front of Xu Ran, she was quite lively and talkative.
"I can't make decisions for my sister. If my sister doesn't like you, that's out of my control," Han Yue said in exasperation, pinching Xu Ran's foot with force as if she were jealous of her own sister.
"Ha ha. Indeed, what if Xue'er doesn't like me? I surely can't just forcefully take her to be the Chief's Wife, ah, this is distressing," Xu Ran feigned concern.
The two women looked down on Xu Ran with disdain. Could there really be any woman in the world who wouldn't like Xu Ran? They found it hard to believe.
Throughout his journey, which beauty at Canaan Academy hadn't been touched by Xu Ran?
"Hmph, I don't care about your love affairs," she said dismissively.
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"To think it only took a few hours to reach the Northern Region of Zhongzhou."
Han Yue and Xin Lan were both stunned.
Even using spatial wormholes, a trip back home would take at least ten to twenty days for them. Although spatial wormholes could indeed speed up the journey, they weren't supposed to be this… fast.
"The space power within spatial wormholes can be harnessed by me to stride through space, which naturally makes it a tad faster," Xu Ran explained casually. With his strength, it wasn't difficult.
The drawbacks of spatial wormholes created by a Dou Zun are numerous; one always has to worry about a space storm that might send you adrift, not to mention the excruciatingly slow speed of traversing space.
The difference between this kind of spatial wormhole and the ones created by Xu Ran was as vast as the gap between a minivan and an airplane – not by a small fraction at all.
If Xu Ran were to establish such a spatial wormhole, at most it would take only half a day to travel through it.
The speed of this ordinary spatial wormhole truly dumbfounded Xu Ran; it was far worse than he had expected. That people were even eager to use it just went to show how distant Zhongzhou was from the Northwest Continent.
"Indeed, it's a bit faster," the two women quickly got used to it. After all, with Xu Ran's strength being so formidable, if they were still dropping their jaws every day, their mouths would eventually become dislocated.
"Let's hurry, or your sister will be in danger," Xu Ran said, his eyes briefly scanning the area. Within his sight, everything was crystal clear a thousand miles away.
Beautiful, and bearing a resemblance to Han Yue – that must certainly be Han Xue; she wasn't hard to recognize.
However, even though the timeline had been advanced so much, why had the inevitable still occurred?