Hidden Moth-Chapter 492 - 280: Gone in a Few Dawns and Dusks

From October every year to April of the following year, the Bering Strait enters its ice period, becoming a cold and perilous world of ice and snow, where the view is dominated by stacks of ice and snow mounds.

This is the closest point between the Eastern Continent and the Mizhou Continent, with the strait’s narrowest part measuring only thirty-five kilometers, and islands distributed in between.

During this period, He Kao’s cultivation did not slacken. He resumed his nightly journey to "light up" the world, traveling northeast from the Wulong River basin, eventually crossing the Bering Sea to reach the North American Continent.

The ability for the Primordial Spirit to travel out of the body is a Divine Technique that Tier Four Sorcerers of the Hidden Moth Sect have all come to understand, while instantaneous movement within the range of the Divine Sense is a capability unique to the Hidden Moth.

After breaking through Tier Four Cultivation, He Kao’s travel "speed" surpassed that of commercial flights.

Though he also explored the technique of continuous instantaneous movement at high altitudes, and possessed the Magical Treasure Moth Wings to prevent sudden falls, allowing him to cross large bodies of water, He Kao still favored the steady, on-ground patrol method.

Even if high-altitude continuous instantaneous movement was possible, He Kao’s cultivation could not allow him to cross the Tai’an Ocean, because there would always be times when his Divine Power depleted, and even Moth Wings might not save his life.

However, He Kao could traverse the Bering Strait, especially convenient during the ice period. As a Hidden Moth, he had a major advantage: he could treat each destination he reached as the starting point for his next journey.

Crossing the icebound strait didn’t take long, but the process had a bit of thrill—He Kao almost got pounced on by a big polar bear. Fortunately, his cultivation was not a mere facade, and they ended up reaching a friendly understanding, with the polar bear aggrievedly departing.

Upon disembarking, He Kao wandered through the forest and snowy plains, temporarily not spiraling like "lighting a mosquito coil," but instead heading southward along the coastline, passing through Ma Country and entering the United States.

Fabre came from overseas, and the organization he’s part of, the so-called "Carefree Wanderers Alliance," is said to now be headquartered within the United States.

A branch of the Huiming Shi Family also moved their assets to North America, and Bitter Tea was once active in the United States...

If they only managed their own heritage, the Ancestral Hall would gladly stay harmonious. But they continually infiltrated the Eastern Country, supporting various forces and colluding, deceiving sect outcasts, and creating multiple incidents.

Elder Li mentioned that one must reciprocate visits, or it’s rude. It’s rumored that Kang Rulin and Wild Phoenix, the two elders, have secretly gone to Mizhou, investigating relevant clues.

He Kao is also a victim of their mischief, so he naturally has to visit their territory if he has the opportunity, even if finding the Xiao Alliance’s hideout is one thing, he must leave his mark.

Should something arise in the future, as a Hidden Moth, he could appear anytime in the hinterlands behind the Xiao Alliance.

Heading southward from the North American Continent, the climate gradually warms, slowly revealing signs of spring. He Kao witnessed many different natural landscapes, including local unique species and spirit medicine in the wilderness, but more of the cultural scenery.

The population gradually densified; he saw traces of former prosperity, the starkly different sights compared to the Eastern Country: lavish perversion and dilapidated filth, elegantly dressed and omnipresent uncleanliness, tranquility and harmony and lurking risks, often only separated by a district.

Recently, He Kao’s cultivation life has been very regular, working punctually during the day, departing early every day to avoid traffic, and having his meals at the company canteen.

If not working overtime, he would drive back to Pugang Town after dinner, entering the secret room on the third floor to "cultivate," essentially heading to the Floating Colors Grotto Heaven.

In the first half of the night, he sometimes transferred to the Celestial Palace Curtain, experiencing the world from a vine’s perspective, occasionally feeding the Celestial Palace Curtain a Spirit Awakening Pill, feeling as if he fed himself post-transference.

At midnight, he engaged in sitting meditation, practicing the Hidden E Technique’s Fundamental Technique—Observing Me as Such—the Primordial Spirit seemed in a state between being out of body and not.

In the latter half of the night, He Kao appeared in Mizhou, sometimes in the countryside, and sometimes on the streets; it’s early morning here, but almost dusk there.

Without the Hidden Moth Gauze, he donned a specially made mask, appearing as an ordinary face of an Eastern Continent person, modeled after Gao Chenshu, a subordinate of Bitter Tea.

Although he hadn’t detected any trace of the Xiao Alliance yet, his cultivation was slowly approaching Tier Four Perfection.

After glimpsing the concept of "Seeing Heaven and Earth," he returned to cultivating by traveling the world, witnessing various aspects of human life, and also perceiving the world around him more clearly.

Extending his footprints far enough meant he could reach far places anytime, as if harboring the world in his heart.

He had faintly touched the threshold of breaking through Tier Five Cultivation; if seen through the eyes of outsiders, one would be surprised at the rapid progress of his cultivation.

But He Kao didn’t find it remarkable, as he had seen Wei Luo, several years younger than him yet with higher cultivation, and talents like Mei Guyu with cultivation above Wei Luo’s.

Thus, he only considered his cultivation speed as ordinary.

Sitting quietly at home, in a blink, he could walk across the ocean, a Divine Technique only belonging to legendary immortals. Yet, the Hidden Moth could enjoy the Immortal Family’s freedom in a mortal body, as proof by the poem—

In the mountain, sitting hidden, glancing at the four directions. Coming and going with dusk and dawn, voyaging thousands of miles as usual.

He Kao’s rambling in North America wasn’t without purpose; he headed south all the way to Berkeley, California, United States, blending in with the local campus and surrounding generations.

The Shi Family’s renegade Shi Yun Road, who once attempted to plot against Li Chun and his wife, studied here; during a gathering of local Eastern Country immigrants and prospective immigrants, Shi Yun Road met Fabre.