With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

A few days later, Tieguai Li led Gu Qing and Xin Ruyin back to the canyon mine area.

At this moment, only one white jade spider was guarding the entire mine. As for Han Xiangzi, he had already gone into seclusion to cultivate. As mentioned before, Han Xiangzi could not improve his cultivation simply by obtaining spirit stones; he still needed a period of time to absorb and refine them.

The White Jade Spider did not attack when it saw Tieguai Li and his companions enter the stalactite cave in the mine, seemingly having received some kind of order.

Han Xiangzi was indeed skilled at controlling strange beasts, managing to tame the white jade spider completely and even making it understand human nature. This skill was even more impressive than that of the Spirit Beast Mountain.

"This is the teleportation array. It's missing a corner. Do you think you can fix it?" Gu Qing asked, walking to the edge of the teleportation array. This was the second time he had seen a teleportation array, and he was still amazed by its wonder.

It's important to understand that the knowledge of teleportation arrays in the entire Tiannan region is severely fragmented, and even within the major sects, there are only a handful of teleportation arrays. Even those that exist are small arrays capable of only transporting people a few hundred miles.

Even so, these sects would feel a great deal of pain if they built a small teleportation array, because it would consume a lot of materials.

This demonstrates the value of the ancient teleportation array; if the news were to spread, it would surely cause a sensation throughout Tiannan.

Perhaps the entire Tiannan region will be engulfed in a fierce battle over this teleportation array, erupting into a war in the cultivation world even more terrifying than the invasion of demonic forces.

Xin Ruyin did not answer Gu Qing's question immediately. Instead, she circled the teleportation array several times and checked it repeatedly. After confirming that the teleportation array was roughly the same as the one described in an ancient book, she finally said, "I can repair this teleportation array, but it will take a year."

"A year?" Gu Qing frowned, feeling that the time was a bit long.

Seemingly sensing Gu Qing's feelings, Xin Ruyin said, "A year is only if you have help. If you can find more array masters, you might be able to shorten that time."

"A master of formations? No, you're the only one who can repair the teleportation array. Just tell me what you need. As for helping out, although my uncle and I don't know much about formations, you can teach us. We learn very quickly," Gu Qing said frankly.

Cultivators naturally possess the ability to remember everything they see, which allows them to quickly grasp new concepts.

As for mastering a skill, it requires a lot of consumables to become proficient in it.

However, Gu Qing and Tieguai Li were only assisting, and they did not need to complete a complex formation on their own, so they did not need to consume a lot of consumables to improve their proficiency.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you to assist me, Senior Brother. As for Master, just help me stabilize my condition. I believe it won't be long before this great formation is repaired." Xin Ruyin made the arrangements directly, without any politeness.

Xin Ruyin has always been extremely persuasive when it comes to formations.

And so, Xin Ruyin took a brush and paper and began to scribble and draw on the edge of the array. Gu Qing watched for two or three days, but still couldn't understand it, so he simply sat down cross-legged and began to meditate.

"Senior brother, could you please put this paper over here?"

"Senior brother, the paper is crooked!"

"Senior brother, try adding a stroke here."

"Senior brother..."

Whenever Gu Qing was about to enter a meditative state, Xin Ruyin would always find some excuse to wake him up.

Gu Qing didn't complain at all and did everything according to Xin Ruyin's instructions, trying his best not to make any mistakes—this was their only hope of leaving Tiannan.

If the teleportation array cannot be repaired, Gu Qing will have no choice but to return to the sect; he has other plans as well.

Within the Tiannan region, it is extremely rare for independent cultivators to achieve Core Formation. Most Core Formation cultivators have families or sects to rely on, and all cultivation resources are controlled by the sects.

Therefore, this teleportation array must be repaired.

Time flies, and the group spent countless days and months in the cave before the teleportation array was finally repaired.

"Senior brother, the teleportation array is fixed. Can I go back to Yuanwu Kingdom to see Xiaomei now?" Xin Ruyin asked tentatively.

Xiaomei and Xinruyin grew up together, and although they were mistress and servant, they were as close as sisters. Upon learning that she might have to leave Tiannan for a distant place, Xinruyin couldn't help but worry about Xiaomei.

Gu Qing looked at the complete teleportation array, his excitement beyond words, but when he looked at Xin Ruyin, he quickly regained his composure: "Sorry, junior sister, we have to set off now."

Xin Ruyin thought to herself, "Just as I thought. The day the formation is repaired will be the day I leave."

However, the result was not bad. Judging from Gu Qing and Tieguai Li's appearance, they did not intend to kill him to silence him.

"Senior brother, will we ever come back?" Xin Ruyin stared at the teleportation array, her heart filled with disappointment.

"He will come back, of course he will come back, but it's absolutely impossible in the short term. You need to be mentally prepared." Gu Qing didn't hide anything.

Gu Qing remembered that the Chaotic Star Sea would also fall into turmoil in another one or two hundred years, and at that time Tiannan would become stable. That would be the day he returned to Tiannan.

Gu Qing disliked fighting and only wanted to focus on cultivation.

"Fellow Daoist Han, how is your cultivation now?" Gu Qing asked, pointing towards one direction of the stone cave. Han Xiangzi had been in seclusion for nearly a year, so his cultivation should have reached the Pseudo-Nascent Soul stage by now.

"Hehehe, thank you for the spirit stones, fellow Daoist. My cultivation is now on par with Old Li's." Han Xiangzi's voice still echoed in the air, but he had already appeared inside the stalactite cave.

"Alright, since we have nothing to worry about, let's teleport away from Tiannan directly." Gu Qing was a little impatient and reached out to take out a Great Teleportation Token.

Seeing that there was only one Great Teleportation Token, Xin Ruyin couldn't help but wonder: "With only one token, how can we teleport to the other side?"

"You don't need to worry about that. Your master's gourd can hold all things in the ocean," Tieguai Li said with a smile, then gestured for the others not to resist. With a wave of his hand, he sucked everyone into the gourd. He then held the Great Teleportation Token, stood on the teleportation array, placed a few mid-grade spirit stones inside, and activated the array.

In an instant, a beam of light shot into the sky, and Tieguai Li led everyone to the Chaotic Star Sea.

Upon arriving at the Chaotic Star Sea, Tieguai Li immediately released Gu Qing and the others. Gu Qing promptly took out a top-tier magic artifact and completely destroyed the teleportation array to prevent anyone from Tiannan from finding them later.

"Don't let Xin Ruyin out for now," Gu Qing said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Tieguai Li smiled knowingly, naturally understanding Gu Qing's thoughts, which is why he did not release Xin Ruyin in the first place.

After Gu Qing finished giving his instructions, he looked around and saw that they were in a dark, empty room with no furniture or decorations.

Gu Qing walked up the stone steps and pushed hard against the stone door. Instantly, the stone door made a heavy creaking sound, and a lot of dust fell down, filling the air.

A sliver of sunlight streamed into the secret room from outside, and a fishy, ​​pungent sea breeze blew in. Gu Qing smelled a hint of freedom, the true smell of freedom.