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Li Shizhou dared not agree, for the Six Paths Supreme Saint was behind the rebellion of the Star Palace.

When they discover he's a disciple of the Star Palace, they'll likely have to extract his soul and refine his spirit.

Li Shizhou was not a big deal when he was a rogue cultivator, but now that he has joined the Star Palace, if the sect finds out that he has ties with the demonic path, having his cultivation destroyed would be considered a light punishment.

Before he could even utter the words of refusal, a cold glint flashed in Wen Tianren's eyes.

I could understand not drinking before, but refusing again might offend the other person.

Li Shizhou then feigned agreement: "Then I'll trouble Brother Wen to make the introduction. Thank you in advance. Let's set off again at dawn tomorrow."

"No, no, there's no time like the present, let's go now."

As soon as Wen Tianren finished speaking, without waiting for Li Shizhou's reply, he got up and walked downstairs.

Li Shizhou had no choice but to get up and follow, thinking to himself, "It seems I can only try to escape on the way."

The two went to a secluded place, concealed themselves, and used their flying magical artifacts to fly out of the city in a direction completely different from that of Kui Xing Island.

Wen Tianren was riding a flying shuttle, and judging from his aura, it was definitely not an ordinary top-tier flying magic weapon.

He kept flying alongside Li Shizhou the whole way, neither too close to avoid being ambushed, nor too far away so that he could pursue Li Shizhou at any time if he wanted to run away.

Ten days later.

The two flew through the air above the boundless sea.

Li Shizhou was standing on a newly purchased top-tier flying sword artifact.

He hasn't been idle these days either, chatting with Wen Tianren from time to time to get closer to him, which has successfully reduced Wen's wariness.

After flying for a while, we passed a sea area surrounded by several small islands.

Li Shizhou was chatting with Wen Tianren when he suddenly shouted into the void not far away, "Who's there, sneaking around here?"

Reminded by this, Wen Tianren scanned the direction of Li Shizhou's gaze with his divine sense.

Just then, Li Shizhou suddenly unleashed the Immortal Imprisonment Talisman, which transformed into countless golden lights that appeared around Wen Tianren and were rapidly shrinking towards the center.

Wen Tianren's expression changed drastically, and he was about to dodge to the side.

The golden light had converged, transforming into a large golden sphere that firmly enveloped it, before plummeting towards the sea like a shooting star.

They continued drilling down to the bottom of the sea, hundreds of feet deep, before finally stopping.

After Li Shizhou used the Immortal Imprisonment Talisman, he immediately took out a copper bottle about the size of two fists. He had several spare copper bottles, and to save time, he crushed it with a clench of his fist.

In an instant, billowing black mist enveloped his entire body, and he flew away into the distance.

In just a dozen breaths, they had already escaped several miles away, their speed even faster than that of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After another incense stick's time, Wen Tianren broke free. His face was extremely gloomy. He scanned his surroundings with his divine sense and eyes, but Li Shizhou had already disappeared without a trace.

"Yun Mu, I'll remember you. You think you can escape so easily?"

......

Six months later.

Standing on his flying sword, Li Shizhou looked at the island before him and thought to himself, "This is Kui Xing Island. It is indeed worlds apart from Tian Xing City."

According to the original novel, the ancient teleportation array was built on an unnamed island near Kui Xing Island.

Finding this island in the vast ocean would likely take quite some time.

Fortunately, the book provides clues that can narrow down the scope.

After being teleported over, Han Laomo flew from the nameless island all the way on the Divine Wind Boat. Half a day later, he met a shipping merchant surnamed Gu, and then took a boat to Kui Xing Island.

This Mr. Gu was originally born on an island near Kuixing Island and ran a short-haul shipping business.

After making his fortune in business, he moved to Kuixing Island, wanting to get involved in long-distance shipping.

Little did they know that long-distance shipping business required qualifications, and to obtain those qualifications, one had to invite cultivators to participate in a magical duel.

Since Gu Dongzhu couldn't find any cultivators on Kui Xing Island, he had no choice but to take the opportunity of delivering goods to return to the island where he was born.

I would like to ask a cultivator on the island with whom I have a distant relative for help.

But things didn't go as planned; the cultivator had just set off on a long journey.

Fortunately, they met Han Laomo on the way back, which helped them get through the ordeal.

In other words, if Li Shizhou wanted to find the nameless island where the ancient teleportation array was located, he only needed to search along the area between Kui Xing Island and the island where Gu Dongzhu was born, which would reduce the search area by at least 90%.

However, there is a problem: the original book only mentions the surname of this Master Gu, and his given name is unknown. However, he has a subordinate named Wang Changqing, which can be used as a reference.

Li Shizhou arrived at Kui Xing Island, found the cultivator in charge of registering mortals on the island, gave him some spirit stones and searched around, and indeed found his target.

He pretended to need to deliver goods and went to the Gu family to inquire.

It turned out that Master Gu had not found a suitable cultivator on Kui Xing Island, and a few days ago, his large ship set sail for his birth island.

With time of the essence, Li Shizhou took out a flying artifact directly from the Gu family mansion and soared into the air.

This immediately drew gasps of surprise from the mortals on the ground.

......

A month later.

Looking at the vast sea and the scattered islands, Li Shizhou felt a pang of melancholy.

"We've been drinking sea air for a month now, where are we?"

Just as he was feeling worried, the spirit beast pouch at his waist stirred.

The dog awoke at this moment. It had been asleep for more than half a year since it swallowed the Azure Sea Dragon's spine.

Li Shizhou probed the spirit beast pouch with his divine sense and found that the dog's aura had reached the level of a second-level demon beast, equivalent to the early stage of Foundation Establishment in the human race, and its size had also increased significantly.

He quickly found a small island nearby, landed on it, and released it.

Since reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Shizhou had long been working diligently within the sect to acquire the method of beast taming, and the spirit beast had already recognized him as its master.

He communicated with the dog through the spiritual imprint within its body.

"Dog, show me what you've got."

The dog was a little confused at first, but after a while it realized what was happening. It put its head and front paws on the ground, indicating to Li Shizhou that it should sit down.

A moment later, a black monster carried Li Shizhou as it raced across the deserted island.

After running for a while, the dog headed towards a cliff. Just as it was about to crash, a yellow spiritual energy shield suddenly appeared on its body, protecting Li Shizhou as well.

With a whoosh, it disappeared into the cliff face, moving three times faster than it would have on flat ground.

Once off the cliff, the dog jumped into the azure sea, its protective shield now a pale blue.

Perhaps because it felt novel about its newly awakened innate supernatural power, it traveled over a thousand miles in water before stopping.

Emerging from the water, Li Shizhou, riding his flying sword, discovered an island not far away.

It stretches for about ten miles, roughly the same size as the nameless island described in the original book.

He quickly flew over, circling the isolated island while constantly scanning it with his divine sense.

A moment later, they indeed found a huge stone door.

"This is what they mean by 'the flowers you plant with care may not bloom, while the willows you plant unintentionally may thrive.'"

Just as Li Shizhou was flying towards the stone gate with joy, an angry voice rang out from ahead.

"Yun Mu, you little thief, I've finally found you."