Whoosh...
The golden eagle flies with unimaginable speeds so that even Qin Tian finds it difficult to see the environment around.
If it wasn't for Lin Ji who made an energy barrier around them, they both would have been thrown off the eagle's back a long time ago.
In just ten minutes, the golden eagle has passed through many mountain ranges and cities in the Qin kingdom.
Luckily it flew so high above the air that the people below couldn't see it clearly.
The Floating Cloud region is located on the northern border of the southern spiritual continent while the Qin kingdom is located right on the northern border of the Floating Cloud region. It is directly adjacent to the Deserted Land at the center of the spiritual continent.
As for the Floating Spiritual Clouds, it was located right in the middle of the Floating Cloud region.
To reach the middle of the Floating Cloud region, Qin Tian's entourage must pass through at least five kingdoms and one empire located in the central region.
To cross many kingdoms and empires, even with the golden eagle carrying them, they still need two more hours of travel.
On their journey, golden eagles flew more frequently over the more remote areas so they did not attract too much attention. Regardless, although most people cannot see the golden eagle given its flying height and speed, yet, for other Transcendent realm experts, they can still see them.
With Lin Ji escorting them personally, they naturally were not afraid of anyone. However, to avoid unnecessary problems, they still need to be careful.
Whoosh...
After an hour and a half of travel, they finally entered the imperial territory. This empire has the name of the Holy Wind Empire. The Holy Wind Empire's territory was located in the middle of the Floating Cloud region and it was bordered by the territory where the Floating Spiritual Clouds were located.
To go to where the Floating Spiritual Clouds were, most people would go through the Holy Wind Empire.
However, Qin Tian's group did not intend to stop in the Holy Wind Empire, they continued to fly through many cities and mountain ranges to go directly to the place of the Floating Spiritual Clouds.
As an Empire, it had a wider territory than the kingdom. To cross the entire Empire, the golden eagle took more than thirty minutes.
Whoosh...
After thirty more minutes of travel, the golden eagle began to slow down its flight, and began to descend downward.
Only after the golden eagle had slowed down did Qin Tian able to see the environment around them clearly.
A few kilometers ahead of them, there were countless mountain ranges. Each mountain is so high that it penetrates the clouds in the sky.
And in the middle of the mountain range, there is a vast meadow. The meadow looks very green and lush, making the people who see it feel relaxed.
And right in the middle of the meadow, there is a circular lake that reaches a kilometer wide. Strangely, no water was seen in the lake. There are only bluish-white clouds that emit extraordinary spiritual feelings.
Located directly above the lake, there is a white energy barrier that covers the entire lake, making people unable to enter it.
Even without anyone telling him, Qin Tian could tell right away that the lake was called the Floating Spiritual Cloud, a magical place that was said to be able to help someone break through.
No one knows the origin of the Floating Spiritual Clouds because it's been there a long time.
Over time, there were many strong experts who tried to force their way into it to solve the mystery. However, until now, none of the experts had been able to break through the energy barrier.
It made people realize that the Floating Spiritual Cloud might be a place created by a very strong expert.
In this world, it is very common for very powerful experts to make certain magic places. Usually, magical places like that have a legacy left by the expert who made them. Sometimes, besides inheritance, usually there are also many cultivation treasures left behind.
However, just like the Floating Spiritual Clouds, most inheritance can usually only be entered by the younger generation.
If an older generation wants to force their way into it, that person must first consider whether his own strength is sufficient to withstand the power of the expert who made that magical place.
Basically, only experts who are stronger than experts who create magical places can really force their way in. Of course, stronger experts will not be interested in places created by experts who are weaker than themselves.
For most experts, breaking into a place belonging to experts who are weaker than themselves is no different from insulting themselves. It was like an emperor robbing a beggar.
Floating Spiritual Clouds is a magical place that can help one improve cultivation. However, because it could only be entered by young people under the age of twenty years, and could only help improve cultivation in the domain of Awakening Meridian and the Spiritual realm, it could only be considered an ordinary magical place.
Although the king said that the place was far more magical than people knew, unfortunately no one knew that. Otherwise, it would not be the turn of the Empire and Kingdom in the Floating Cloud region to monopolize it. People from strong sects will definitely come to take over.
Located not far from the Floating Spiritual Clouds, there was a city that wasn't too big, it was about one-third the size of the capital of the Qin kingdom. Although the Floating Spiritual Cloud is only open once every ten years, yet no matter where it is, such a magical place will always have many people coming to visit.
No mention of the number of people who came to visit, only the supervisors were sent by various large powers, the numbers were very much.
For example; in the Qin kingdom alone there were quite a number of noble clans, and each of those noble clans would usually send one or two people to watch over magical places.
And who sent the overseers were not only large powers from the Floating Cloud region, even large powers from other regions also sent some of their overseers.
Even though they can't come in, but it doesn't mean they don't want to know what's going on there.
Sometimes, in certain situations, magical places like that can also experience some changes.
For example in certain circumstances; it might be that the protective force protecting the magical place suffered some damage.
If that was the case, that magical place could naturally be forcibly opened by strong experts.
If by any chance the magical place is the tomb of a very powerful expert; there will definitely be a lot of cultivation treasures left in it.
And wherever there is treasure, people from various places will surely come in droves to fight over it. At that time, no one would care anymore which region had a magical place.
In fighting over the treasure left by a very powerful expert, it would not be surprising if there was a battle between the emperors or kings. At that time, no matter how high their status was, surely many of them had fallen dead.
Whoosh...
After arriving not far from the city, the eagle immediately swooped down towards the city.
In addition to the group of Qin Tian, there were also other groups who came with various mounts. Some rode spiritual beasts like the Qin Tian group, and some rode the flying carriage. Regardless of what their mounts are, anyone can immediately know that they are people from the royal and noble clans.
But compared to the golden eagle the Qin Tian group was riding on, the group from another kingdom seemed to be lacking a few points.
After the golden eagle landed outside the city, the golden eagle's body as big as the Qin royal palace immediately shrunk.
In a few moments, it had shrunk to the size of an ordinary eagle.
It then flew several rounds around Qin Tian's group before landing on Lin Ji's shoulder.
Even if Qin Tian's status was very high, it would still not care for him because his strength was very weak compared to him. He would only submit to Lin Ji who was stronger than him.
"This bird is rude, Your Highness!" Seeing the golden eagle's actions, Lin Ji could only apologize.
"It is okay!" Qin Tian gave a resigned smile.
He would not be so petty to be angry just because of the actions of a bird. The golden eagle, after all, is just an ordinary spiritual beast that has no intelligence.
If it's a spiritual monster that has intelligence, it won't be able to be subdued so easily.
The difference between spiritual monsters and spiritual beasts is; the first has intelligence and can cultivate while spiritual beasts are similar to ordinary animals besides the fact that their strength is very strong. However, their strength was not the result of cultivation, but it was the result of their natural evolution which increased with their growth.
If spiritual beasts want to gain intelligence, they must get enlightenment that enables them to cultivate, and increase their strength higher again. As they become very strong, they will naturally gain intelligence and can even change into humans like spiritual monsters.
Qin Tian's group then walked towards the city with Qin Tian and Yu Siqi side by side in front while Lin Ji followed behind them.
Just by looking at the clothes that Qin Tian wore, anyone could direct know that he was a prince of an kingdom.
The status of a royal prince is very high. It was only one level below the imperial prince. Even though there are many noble clans in an empire. However, even the strongest of them must be a few points lower than an kingdom.
Being a king is definitely better than just being a nobleman after all. The reason why they could only become nobles and could not establish their own kingdom proved that they still lacked a number of things.
Besides having cultivation in the fourth layer of the Transcendent realm, one also needs loyal subordinates. And the most important thing is a foundation that enables the next generation to also achieve cultivation at the king level.
The leaders of the most powerful noble clans in the empire might have the same cultivation as the kings of an kingdom. However, whether their offspring could reach their level, it was still uncertain. If those who inherit the kingdom cannot reach the level of the average king, it will probably be the last day of an kingdom.