Zhou Yan left the hotel very early and returned to the academy before heading towards his residence.
Zhou Yan had already summoned the two people from the villa back, so there was no one in the villa at the moment.
No one had entered for months, yet it remained spotless, as Zhou Yan had learned the Dust Removal Spell, ensuring not a speck of dust would accumulate in the entire villa.
Zhou Yan stayed in his territory for over an hour before donning the uniform of Ziwei Academy and heading to class.
"That's Zhou Yan. We saw news of his appearance on the campus forum yesterday."
"He's an incredible fellow."
"He's already very strong; I heard he can even deal with demigods."
"The number one under heaven, and also the most talented student in history."
...
Zhou Yan returned to the classroom, where all the students had already arrived. Although they had woken up a bit later than Zhou Yan, they still came to class on time.
A group of them greeted Zhou Yan, and he nodded at each of them.
Zhou Yan lived a normal campus life, attending classes and returning to his territory to develop it, seemingly falling back into his usual routine.
However, their courses for the introductory disciple stage had concluded, and most of them had passed their advancement exams, allowing them to be promoted to outer disciples next year.
Ye Bufan said to Zhou Yan, "I'm not going back for the summer break; I'll be staying at Ziwei Academy."
"You're not staying to accompany me, are you?" Zhou Yan inquired.
"You're overthinking it. I'm not here to keep you company. I want you to take me to the Myriad Realms Lord Continent to explore. You must have a way," Ye Bufan revealed his purpose.
"It's very dangerous there. You sure are bold, kid," Zhou Yan remarked.
"What's there to fear? At worst, I'll have you come to my rescue," Ye Bufan said.
"What do you take me for? I'm not your bodyguard," Zhou Yan replied.
"Some materials are too difficult to find. I want to go to the Myriad Realms Lord Continent to mine them myself. My family definitely won't agree to me going. You won't refuse to help, will you?" Ye Bufan pressed.
"Don't worry, your safety is my responsibility. Oh, and I'll give you those subordinate dragon mounts I promised you tonight," Zhou Yan said.
"Alright, then I'll see you tonight." Ye Bufan left.
In the evening, Zhou Yan said to Ye Bufan, "Send me the coordinates."
"Right away!" Ye Bufan immediately sent his coordinates to Zhou Yan.
After receiving them, Zhou Yan asked, "What materials do you need? Perhaps I need them too. I'll take you mining this time."
"Phoenix Blood Tiger Stone," Ye Bufan replied.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan began to search. This item was indeed rare, and even Zhou Yan's territory didn't have a single piece, indicating that Ye Bufan's territory was also not ordinary.
Zhou Yan searched in the [Heaven and Earth Library] and discovered the location of the item. He then said to Ye Bufan, "How will you thank me, kid? I've found the exact coordinates of that thing."
"Holy cow! You can even find this? How on earth did you do it? This is too amazing!"
Ye Bufan couldn't help but be astonished. He had no way of finding this information, yet Zhou Yan had managed to locate it, which left him deeply impressed.
"It's a small matter, a small matter. As for how I found it, that's a secret, a secret," Zhou Yan replied.
"Alright, a secret, a secret. I won't ask," Ye Bufan said, merely curious and not insistent on knowing.
"I'll link your territory with mine in a moment. You just need to choose to accept it," Zhou Yan said.
"No problem," Ye Bufan replied.
After a while, Ye Bufan indeed received a teleportation prompt regarding Zhou Yan's territory and chose to accept it.
The next second, the entire territory was drawn into a spatial vortex by a powerful energy. Then, he saw a territory in the distance, which was Zhou Yan's.
"Holy cow! A colorful territory! It's changed again!" Ye Bufan was surprised but not overly shocked.
After all, his own territory was golden, and there were quite a few special territories like this on the Myriad Realms Lord Continent.
After a while, the two territories descended upon a certain location on the Myriad Realms Lord Continent.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two looked at the world and found it to be blood-red.
Not only was the sky blood-red, but the ground, and even the distant flowers and trees, were all blood-red.
"Holy cow! What kind of place is this?" Ye Bufan exclaimed.
"How would I know? Regardless, the location is definitely correct," Zhou Yan replied.
The two territories were only about a kilometer apart, visible to each other.
Ye Bufan ascended the city wall and looked at Zhou Yan's territory. He then asked in surprise, "Has the area of your territory expanded again?"
"Yes," Zhou Yan replied.
"The expansion of your territory's area is a bit exaggerated." Although Ye Bufan couldn't see the exact size of Zhou Yan's territory, he still felt deeply impressed.
"It's not that big, just ten billion square meters," Zhou Yan stated.
Ye Bufan froze, then stared in disbelief, "Are you kidding me?"
"I don't think this is a very funny joke," Zhou Yan replied.
"I finally understand why you need so many materials and buildings. Having such a large territory is indeed a headache."
Although Ye Bufan's territory was still quite substantial, it paled in comparison to Zhou Yan's.
Ye Bufan felt that even if his territory reached its maximum level, it would never be this large.
"There's movement!" Ye Bufan looked around and said, "It seems like monsters are attacking the territory."
"I hope there are plenty of monsters."
Zhou Yan looked around and saw many monsters approaching the territory from a distance. These monsters were red and exuded an aura of flames, with each monster possessing considerable strength.
The monsters were dense and numerous, continuously attacking the territory.
"Whoa, there are too many monsters!" Ye Bufan gasped.
"Do you need help?" Zhou Yan asked.
"No need for now. Tell me if I can't hold them off," Ye Bufan replied.
Zhou Yan roughly assessed the levels and strengths of these monsters. They were all above level 80, and their cultivation realms were around the fiftieth heaven.
Oh, and a large number of monsters from the seventieth heaven were attacking from the sky, but to Zhou Yan, these were no more than a matter of defensive towers.
Fire dragons emerged from the territory's defensive towers, once again dyeing the entire sky red.
"Holy cow! What is that?" Ye Bufan stared blankly at the massive dragons flying out of Zhou Yan's territory, utterly shocked.
"It's just the attack from the defensive towers. What's so surprising about that?" Zhou Yan said.
"Rumble!"
Tens of thousands of monsters were annihilated by the fire dragons. The terrifying power made Ye Bufan swallow hard and say, "You're telling me that terrifying attack came from defensive towers?"