"The commercial Flying Boats really are convenient, but the journey just takes too long."
Carson Flores lay on a sun lounger, a book in hand, passing the time.
Alone and bored, naturally the best way to kill time was through cultivation, but with two people on the journey, it was hardly dull, so naturally Carson didn't cultivate.
Cultivation in the ordinary way increased one's strength far too slowly. Without elixirs or some serendipitous encounter, for someone in the Late Phase of Transforming Spirit like Carson, to cultivate to the Peak of Spirit Transformation would take at least a hundred and eighty years, or perhaps even longer.
Carson's journey thus far had been filled with all sorts of adventures, encounters, and gains: True Dragon's Blood, luminous gems, Immortal Spirit Qi, and so on. Without these, how could he have improved so fast?