Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's inquiry, Xuu Changqing smiled bitterly, shaking his head as he said, "How could the senior students be interested in the few academic credits I have? If time allows, I might be able to earn more credits to hire them, but I can't wait that long, so I just wanted to find someone suitable."

There are about a hundred or so senior students at Dongyue Mansion.

The senior students who entered the Tiangan Secret Realm with Mu Jinyu before were all at the bottom of the rank.

During their process of advancing from intermediate students to senior students, maybe they didn't encounter the opening of the Tiangan Secret Realm, or for some other reason, they hadn't received the purification of the Creation Divine Liquid to smoothen their future paths.

Such senior students are actually not even as good as some top-tier intermediate students.

Naturally, Xuu Changqing did not look up to them.

And those senior students whom he does admire, having more assurance to help him kill that early stage Life-and-Death Realm enemy, don't really need academic credits, unless Xuu Changqing offers them some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that would tempt them.

Otherwise, they would not take the risk to hunt down an early stage Life-and-Death Realm powerhouse just for those few credits.

One could say that Xuu Changqing himself admitted that he was lucky to encounter someone like Mu Jinyu, who lacks credits but is strong enough.

"I see…"

Hearing Xuu Changqing's explanation, Mu Jinyu nodded, also realizing that he may be at a disadvantage.

But he certainly was lacking in credits at the moment.

Since Xuu Changqing was honest with him, he didn't want to argue.

After all, he was satisfied with this reward himself.

Soon.

They arrived at the teleportation platform.

After Xuu Changqing took out some Source Crystals from the Qiankun Ring, he activated the teleportation platform.

The two of them then teleported away from Dongyue Mansion.

Arriving at the Examination Mansion in the outer Donghua Province.

"Let's go!"

Following that, Xuu Changqing took out a Flying Shuttle, and after inserting some Source Stones, he activated it. The Flying Shuttle grew against the wind, transforming into a small boat that could carry two people.

Then Xuu Changqing invited Mu Jinyu to board it.

Mu Jinyu said, "Why not use Void Shift directly? Using the Flying Shuttle, won't it be too slow?"

Xuu Changqing explained, "This is not an ordinary Flying Shuttle. It's not only for flight but can perform medium to long-range Void Shifting."

"At full throttle, its speed even rivals an early stage Life-and-Death Realm powerhouse fleeing for their life!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Jinyu gave the Flying Shuttle an astonished glance and said, "Oh, it's quite special."

Thinking, he estimated this Flying Shuttle isn't cheap, given it can compare to the escape speed of an early stage Life-and-Death Realm powerhouse.

Obviously, it seems Xuu Changqing sold some of his Magic Treasures specifically to acquire this Flying Shuttle for hunting down his enemy.

That way, when they ambush the Life-and-Death Realm enemy, they won't let him escape.

Otherwise, they'd have no means to catch up, only watching in vain as he flees.

Xuu Changqing really thought things through.

"Mm."

Mu Jinyu responded, then with a sway, he sat in the rear seat of the Flying Shuttle.

"Hold on."

With Xuu Changqing's warning, he began to fully activate the Flying Shuttle.

Instantly, the shuttle beneath them burst into a brilliant silver light, eventually concealing their figures.

"Whoosh!"

Soon, the radiant silver exploded in a burst.

The void trembled violently!

When the light vanished.

They had already left the Examination Mansion.

They had shifted several million miles away.

"So far…"

Now that Mu Jinyu was at the Void Breaking Realm, long-distance shifting didn't cause him any discomfort.

Noticing the Flying Shuttle shifting them millions of miles, he was amazed for a moment.

Because with his current cultivation in the Fourth Layer of the Void Breaking Realm, which is middle stage, he couldn't achieve such long shifts in one go!

Estimating not only could he not do it, but even Xuu Changqing couldn't possibly do it.

Plus, previously accompanying Qingli across the Eastern Region, he knew this mid-long range shifting covered over half the distance across Donghua Continent.

With another such Void Shifting, they'd leave Donghua Continent, reaching a nearby state domain.

"Boom!!"

"Bang!!"

Before Mu Jinyu could urge him, Xuu Changqing had already placed the necessary Source Stones into the activation slot again.

Soon, the Flying Shuttle absorbed the Source Stone energy, vibrating in place, and flew towards the next state domain.

Muyun Province is on the southern side of the Eastern Region, relatively far from the center of Donghua Province, around ten state domains away. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

If the Flying Shuttle continued starting and shifting so swiftly without delay, they'd reach Muyun Province in less than half a day.

Unfortunately, although the Flying Shuttle is impressive, after three or four long-range shifts, it became too hot to handle.

If forced to activate further, it may shift two or three more times.

But after that, the Flying Shuttle would be completely scrapped.

Currently, they were merely traveling to Muyun Province, not facing any fleeing enemy of Xuu Changqing.

They didn't need to take such risks, recklessly activating the Flying Shuttle to chase.

So, after Xuu Changqing used the Flying Shuttle to shift two state domains, taking Mu Jinyu to one, they temporarily rested.

"Let's rest a while."

Xuu Changqing turned to Mu Jinyu.

"Mm." Mu Jinyu nodded.

He didn't suggest letting the Flying Shuttle cool down, using their own Void Shifting.

The idea was to conserve energy where possible, not exhaust themselves traveling.

Then, after a thought, Mu Jinyu asked, "Soon, we'll reach Muyun Province. When it's time for me to deal with your enemy, can you tell me what grudge requires you to go to such lengths to kill him?"

Hearing this, Xuu Changqing's face darkened, then he sighed and smiled bitterly, "Well, since you're helping me kill, I won't hide it from you."

After a pause, with a complex expression and seething resentment, he said, "Actually, the one I want to kill is my uncle!"

"Uncle?"

Hearing Xuu Changqing's words, Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow but seemed unsurprised.

After all, when taking on this task, Xuu Changqing mentioned helping to kill someone to assume the Family Head position.

Clearly, something went wrong in his family, internal strife, getting parents or relatives into trouble, leading to someone ascending as the new Family Head.

Naturally, Xuu Changqing, on receiving the news, wished to kill the new Family Head, reclaiming the rightful position.

Under Mu Jinyu's speculations,

Xuu Changqing explained the truth.

It wasn't much different from his guess.

He was a descendant of the Xuu Family in Muyun Province.

Almost a tyrant, akin to Dongyue Mansion in Donghua Province.

But while Dongyue Mansion could challenge the Royal Clan, the Xuu Family fell short.

So, they could be called Royal Family?

His parents were the Xuu Family Heads. This time investigating a Secret Realm outside, they encountered misfortune, returning barely alive.

Originally, if rescued properly, they might've survived.

But unexpectedly, his father's brother, seeing his brother critically ill, needing costly treatment to recover, directly issued a death order to his parents.

He seized the Family Head position.

After learning this from his parents' confidants, Xuu Changqing couldn't stand by. But he knew, alone, killing his uncle in Xuu Family was tough.

So, he issued a task, to find the right assistant to help him ambush his uncle!