The trial route's carriage was empty, with not much decor inside.

The only thing that could be considered interesting was probably the carriage's 'window.'

Made of a special transparent material on one side, through the 'window' one could see the real-time scene outside during Earth Vein Transmission.

Zhang Ze thought those light streaks looked somewhat similar to interstellar travel, really dizzying to watch.

On the other side of the carriage, there was no 'car window.'

Instead, there was a Crystal Stone Screen, which looped advertisements for pills that treat dizziness, infertility, and lower back pain. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

[Kidney Treasure, tastes wonderful!]

You could only say that Lily was full of clever schemes to make money.

The carriage was quiet, and because it was a bit boring, Zhang Ze started talking to his Junior Sister about the middle finger situation.

Xiangxiang wasn't in the carriage, the projection terminal of Xiangxiang was just in his pocket. Her real body was offline because of bad signal during transmission.

Junior Sister was sitting on the opposite bench, listening to Zhang Ze speak while her hands restlessly rubbed something inside her sleeves.

...

Zhang Ze, "That's how it is, we're headed west for serious business..."

Junior Sister, "So you really weren't eloping, huh, tsk tsk tsk."

It was hard to tell what she had been thinking before, but after hearing Zhang Ze's clarification, she appeared disappointed.

Zhang Ze, "..."

Junior Sister, "Alright, my bad, as an apology, I'll give you a treasure."

Saying so, she took out the thing she had been rubbing from her sleeve.

Junior Sister, "Here, I saw you keep that gesture which looked tiring, so I made you a glove."

A pure gold hand, hollow inside as a sleeve, mimicking the same middle finger gesture as Zhang Ze.

The size was just slightly larger than Zhang Ze's hand.

Zhang Ze, "Wearing this will make it less tiring?"

Junior Sister, "No, what I mean is, when you wear this, your hand can't move. This way, even if there's an accidental mishap, Li won't get lost."

Without waiting for Zhang Ze to retort, Junior Sister put the golden finger on Zhang Ze.

"Without Li, those near-expiry snacks from the elder sisters would be wasted."

Junior Sister was genuinely worried about Li.

"Near-expiry?" Zhang Ze was taken aback.

Chen Qin's second sister would occasionally send over some snacks. A wide variety, mostly pastries and a few fruit preserves.

No matter the style, all packed in exquisite ice boxes.

Those ice boxes were overly celestial, giving a feeling that eating them would lead to long life and transcendence.

Although most of the snacks ended up in Li's stomach, Zhang Ze had tried some as well and hadn't tasted any sign of them about to expire.

"What year are those snacks from?" Zhang Ze asked curiously.

He thought, it's just additives, he's eaten them before.

Unexpectedly, Junior Sister began counting on her fingers, and after a while, she swung her sleeves in self-defeat, "Can't remember, anyway they're leftovers from my sister's childhood."

Zhang Ze, "?"

"Your sister... from childhood?" Zhang Ze asked again, unsure.

Junior Sister nodded, "Yes, from my sister's childhood."

In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, every female cultivator outside called themselves eighteen, but the objective truth doesn't change based on what they say.

Zhang Ze clearly remembered, Chen Qin's second sister, Chen Mumu, became the Pavilion Master of the second Sword Pavilion ages ago.

Snacks leftover from her childhood?

Zhang Ze felt that these shouldn't be called snacks but heirlooms.

For those with lower cultivation, they might be sent off by those fruit preserves.

Seeing Zhang Ze's change of expressions, Junior Sister was puzzled, "Isn't this a normal thing? Just treat those snacks as sugar-added pills.

"If a high-level pill lasts less than a thousand years, it's considered low-grade.

"A pill not changing quality across a millennium seems normal to you, why not the same for snacks?"

Zhang Ze, "How can it be the same?"

Junior Sister, "Why can't it be the same?"

Soon, the two began discussing the Four Continents' food safety issue.

Of course, neither planned to reason it out, chatting about such trivial matters was merely to pass the time.

Not long after, the carriage 'stopped,' and the view outside the window returned to normal. In the unopened underground station, besides a sleeping Medicine King Valley disciple, only the Sword Spirit was active.

Looking at the sleeping disciple, Zhang Ze sighed; it's unknown how much longer this leisurely period would last, estimating that soon this brother would be hurried by his master to execute various tasks.

The place they arrived wasn't the entrance of Medicine King Valley but a location three hundred miles from the sect named Tianqiao, an ancient city.

Tianqiao City once served as a pathway connecting east and west, quite prosperous, but due to various reasons, this place declined, becoming an ordinary herbal cultivation greenhouse for Medicine King Valley.

However, once the hub station opens, the place should become bustling again.

Leaving the underground station, Xiangxiang also came back online, floating behind Zhang Ze like a replacement, guiding a direction for him and Chen Qin as this was their first time here.

During the Earth Vein Transmission earlier, she had already arrived here via another terminal, checked on the subsequent itinerary.

According to the arrangement, Zhang Ze was to meet Granny Anya at the center of Holy Tree Division in [Fucheng].

Meanwhile, upon learning of the arrangement, Xiangxiang also conveyed Zhang Ze's queries on his behalf.

Yet Granny Anya's response was quite ambiguous.

It was just one word.