Jupiter and Earth are separated by Mars.
Li Changzhou had visited Mars, instantly teleporting there from the Moon. The artificial star he brought back from Konglu Star was still in orbit.
Leaving Mars, he flew toward Jupiter.
With every step he took, his figure shot through the cosmos like an arrow.
"Bow strength."
Envisioning the 'Daoist Light Bow', he transformed all his mana into the Divine Bow and shot his body forward.
This was a method of movement and also a fighting technique.
It was rated A+.
Li Changzhou possessed the Fragrant Leaf Crown, and until the Jiajing Period, he had acquired all the Daoist methods available. The reason he favored this A+ level Daoist method was that it was the entry level to the S- tier method, Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Fist.
Since he was on the road anyway, why not practice a Daoist method?
Rest? Was it worthy?
By the time he reached the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter's orbits, Li Changzhou's form was as fast as flowing light, a cosmic rock drifted before him, and he struck it with a punch.
He flicked his right arm, stabbing forward like an arrow.
Silently, the approximately 30-kilometer long asteroid was directly pierced from end to end.
Li Changzhou took a step, his body once again becoming a beam of light shot through the asteroid belt.
The asteroid belt contained over 500,000 asteroids, some scientists believed millions, but only 120,000 had earthly designations.
Despite this, he didn't collide with any asteroids along the way.
Looking around, there was an average distance of several thousand kilometers between each, Li Changzhou figured even a spacecraft could fly through the asteroid belt for tens of thousands of years and might never hit any object.
Among these asteroids, the largest was Ceres, which was one-thirteenth the size of the Moon.
Li Changzhou located Ceres, and just as the astronomers had stated, it indeed had water and a thin atmosphere formed from water vapor, but there was no airglow.
Just as he was about to transform into a streak of light and leave, he suddenly stopped.
An asteroid whisked past from a distance. Li Changzhou locked his gaze on it and directly "teleported" there.
He immobilized the asteroid with a wave of mana, and another sweep of his arm sent a fog-like burst of apricot-yellow Five Elements True Saber enveloping the asteroid.
The Earth Element True Light continuously eroded the surface of the asteroid, and soon, Li Changzhou saw what he had sensed.
A massive gemstone.
The asteroid was a huge gemstone, emitting a blue light throughout, looking dream-like and ethereal, like a solidified ocean.
The gemstone was about 1 kilometer long; it would take a college student approximately three to four minutes to run from one end to the other—such was the size of the gemstone.
The more he traveled in the universe, the smaller Earth seemed.
If there really were aliens capable of discovering Earth's civilization, in their eyes, Earth might not amount to much, even if its habitability was relative.
Sitting cross-legged in the cosmos, collecting energy radiance facing Earth, Li Changzhou's mindset subtly transformed. He no longer focused on Earth and lost interest in the affairs of his home planet.
He tossed the gemstone into his "Honey Pot World," where it sank into a large lake, causing the water level to almost overflow into Bird Nest Plain.
At that moment, Bird Nest Plain resembled a riverside grassland, and their homes the village beside the river.
Looking at the deep blue gemstone at the bottom of the lake, Li Changzhou smiled a little; such a large gemstone was sufficient not just for making rings but even for carving out a Gem Palace.
In ancient times, Emperor Wu of Han treasured beauties in his golden house, now he would house Yang Qinglan in a Gem Palace, yes, not bad.
The problem was, Yang Qinglan might not like living in a gemstone palace.
Leaving the "Honey Pot World," Li Changzhou continued his journey. With the gemstone found, he paid more attention to the asteroids, perhaps there would be one completely made of gold.
He had no interest in gold—although he was broke, it was entirely to show off to Li Qianxia, to broaden her horizons.
Besides, it could serve as a tourist spot on the Moon.
It might also serve as a reminder to Earth's governments: the universe is vast with infinite resources, and since it's possible to leave Earth, there's no need to keep fighting over it.
Li Changzhou drew cosmic energy as he hurried towards Jupiter, along the way scouting for celestial bodies worth visiting.
Roaming the Solar System felt like a farmer walking through his own fields, parting the leaves to check if the corns were ripe; lifting the vines to seek hidden watermelons, strolling leisurely with a sense of abundant leisure.
Of course, he didn't forget to hasten his journey.
As long as there was an asteroid within sight to serve as a coordinate (a sheer vacuum wouldn't work), he would use "Teleport."
It took five days, making it from the Moon to Jupiter, 780 million kilometers away.
This distance, well...
Solar Probe II was the fastest probe ever flown by humankind, traveling about 240,000 kilometers per hour. At this speed, it would take roughly 109 days to reach Jupiter from Earth.
If one were to travel by commercial flight, a person born on a plane, unless living over 80 years, might never reach Jupiter in their lifetime.
Even an average immortal's mana would likely be enough only for a one-way trip without carrying enough energy radiance on hand or stopping mid-way to gather enough to recover mana, they would die from the cosmic radiation due to exhausted mana.
Traveling on the Princess from Turquoise Pool would be faster, but Li Changzhou didn't want too many dealings with Turquoise Pool outside of his missions.
Moreover, the time on the road wasn't wasted as he was also cultivating.
From afar, Jupiter's surface was covered with white, yellow, brown, and red clouds, tightly packed together, forming a total of 17 stripes, like cloud bands, colorful and splendid, resembling an enchanted Immortal Realm surrounded by auspicious clouds.
Moving forward, he approached Jupiter's ring.