"I need to hurry," Shi Yu thought. "This is Soto City, a long way from the Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City. If I'm too slow, I might not even get there before it's time to go back, given the thousands of kilometers."
Suddenly, a sense of urgency seized him. If he wanted to obtain the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's opportunity during this period, he had to act fast.
This might be his only chance. The next time he could come here might be when he reaches his fifth spirit ring, which could be a year or two from now.
By then, Tang San would have long since taken the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, possibly clearing them all out, leaving nothing for him.
Shi Yu lost the desire to continue watching; he already knew the outcome.
He left through the exit. His rather peculiar attire attracted quite a bit of attention along the way.
After leaving the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, Shi Yu looked around and found a nearby clothing store to buy clothes from this era.
"Can these gold coins be used?" Shi Yu took out the gold coins that were commonly used in the Peerless Tang Sect era.
During the Peerless Tang Sect era, he had taken out quite a few gold coins from his gold coin card and kept them on him.
Most places didn't support direct card swiping with gold coin cards; using physical gold coins was more convenient.
"Your gold coins are a bit strange," the clothing store owner said, frowning as he examined a gold coin.
"I'll give you ten gold coins. Just tell me if it's pure gold. As long as it's real gold, it doesn't matter if it's a bit strange," Shi Yu said, taking out nine more gold coins and handing them over.
There were indeed differences in these gold coins, mainly due to different production years.
In the Douluo World, gold coins were basically cast from gold, but in this World, the value of gold was not as high as imagined.
Truly precious metals were often those containing energy, which could be used to create powerful spirit tools.
"It is indeed real gold," the owner nodded slightly after examining it, then quickly put away the ten gold coins, as if afraid Shi Yu would go back on his word.
"You said it. Give me all ten gold coins."
"No problem," Shi Yu didn't bother saying more to the owner and simply left.
He was already wearing the clothes of this era and carrying several sets of clothes.
It was fortunate that these gold coins were still usable; otherwise, he would have had to become a thief and just run away.
Shi Yu found a shop selling maps and similar items by asking around.
He again exchanged ten gold coins for the Heaven Dou Empire map he wanted.
He found a place to study the map and determined the route to the Sunset Forest.
"I need to travel through the night," Shi Yu felt time was exceptionally pressing. He bought some food and headed out of the city.
As soon as he left the city, he started running, moving very quickly, each step appearing one or two hundred meters away.
As his strength further improved, the maximum distance he could Teleport also increased.
He tried moving the furthest distance possible: one thousand meters.
This was the furthest he could Teleport at present.
Moving that far required a bit of effort, but one or two hundred meters per step was much easier and more suitable for quick travel.
Shi Yu ran for half an hour, collapsing to the ground, exhausted, his spirit power depleted, his body weak, utterly worn out.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo," Shi Yu lay on the ground, panting heavily. He was so tired, he felt like he was going to die.
It took him over half an hour to recover. He wouldn't have pushed himself so hard if he had known it would be this exhausting.
This fatigue wasn't from running, but from constant Teleportation. Each step was a Teleportation, nearly two hundred steps a minute, meaning six thousand Teleportations in thirty minutes.
He had never attempted such a high number of Teleportations before; this was his first time, and he was so tired he never wanted to try it again.
He sat up, ravenously ate some food, drank water, and then sat cross-legged on the spot to recover his spirit power.
Two hours later, Shi Yu finally returned to normal, his spirit power replenished.
"I ran almost a thousand kilometers this time," Shi Yu calculated, surprised by his own estimate.
He ran along the main road, which was smoother and didn't require crossing mountains, making the journey unobstructed and relatively easy.
Thus, he ran continuously for over half an hour.
With each step covering one or two hundred meters, the distance covered in half an hour of running was quite astonishing.
Shi Yu ran a bit further, stopping at a landmark to confirm his position with the map. He had indeed run over a thousand kilometers.
"No wonder I'm so tired," Shi Yu thought, surprised but also a little pleased.
His travel speed was faster than he expected. He had already covered about a third of the distance. If he continued at this pace, he estimated he could reach the Sunset Forest by two or three in the morning.
"I'll slow down a bit; there's no need to push myself so hard," Shi Yu thought, consciously slowing his pace for the rest of the journey.
He would run for about ten minutes, then stop to rest, eat, and recover his spirit power.
The time lost this way was only about an hour, which, when calculated, was similar to running for thirty minutes straight and then resting for over two hours, but it was much easier.
Around four in the morning, Shi Yu could already see the outline of the forest.
"This travel speed might not even be inferior to some Titled Douluo," Shi Yu admired himself.
Although he didn't have the ability to Teleport thousands of kilometers at once, through continuous Teleportation, he could still quickly cross thousands of kilometers.
From departure to arrival, it might have taken only about seven hours.
Seven hours, over three thousand kilometers—this would probably shock many people if spoken aloud.
Shi Yu did not enter the Sunset Forest directly. The Spirit Beast forest at night was very dangerous, and there was no need to go in at this time.
Since he was resting anyway, finding a random spot outside to lie down and sleep was safer than sleeping in the forest.
Shi Yu found a random spot to lie down. There was no one around, so it was quiet.
He didn't lie directly on the ground but took out some clothes to spread out as a cushion.
It wasn't very comfortable lying down, but he didn't mind.
He was very tired at this moment, so he could sleep even if he lay directly on the ground.
Lying there, looking at the full moon in the sky, his mind unconsciously started to ponder how to obtain the Immortal Herbs.
There were two main difficulties in successfully obtaining those Immortal Herbs.
The first difficulty was how to deal with Dugu Bo.
That was Dugu Bo's territory. If he was lucky and Dugu Bo happened to be away when he arrived, it would be easy.
But if he was unlucky and Dugu Bo was there, he was a Titled Douluo. If he couldn't find a way to trick him, he might not even leave alive.
When he first transmigrated, he was only at level ten-something. At that time, because his time and space powers were enhanced after coming to this World, he successfully escaped from Spirit Saint Zhao Wuji.
Now at level thirty-something, he might face pursuit from a Titled Douluo. Both are two spirit ring advancements, but the difficulty of escaping might not decrease but increase.
He had little confidence in escaping from a Titled Douluo, even if the opponent wasn't skilled in spatial abilities.
The powerful aura suppression of a Titled Douluo might prevent him from smoothly operating his spirit power.
The premise for his Teleportation was the normal operation of his spirit power. If his spirit power couldn't operate, then he couldn't Teleport.