Linglong Popo also came over at this moment and asked, "Is everything ready? If it is, let's leave now."

Mo Wuji quickly said, "Senior, please take my four friends to Wentian City first. I'll need to delay for a few more days before returning."

After speaking, Mo Wuji said to Sang Yiping, Pu Qian, and the others, "Two of my friends came to this area because of a sea chart, and I need to look for them for a few more days. If I can't find them after a few days, I will immediately return to Wentian City."

"How will you get back?" Linglong Popo asked Mo Wuji with a puzzled look.

Mo Wuji had no choice but to tell the truth, "I have a flying car spiritual artifact."

Immediately, he summoned his flying car spiritual artifact.

"Oh, this flying spiritual artifact looks familiar?" Linglong Popo exclaimed in surprise as soon as she saw the flying car spiritual artifact Mo Wuji summoned.

Mo Wuji guessed that Linglong Popo recognized it, so he simply said, "This was given to me by Senior Sister Cen from Jian Lake."

Linglong Popo glanced at Mo Wuji meaningfully before saying, "Alright, in that case, I'll leave first. Everyone, get on the boat."

Sang Yiping quickly stepped forward, "Senior Brother Mo, although there are fewer demonic beasts in this sea area, there are many scattered cultivators here. Since you have a flying car spiritual artifact, why don't we accompany you to search?"

Mo Wuji thought for a moment and felt that what Sang Yiping said made sense. It wasn't just that there were more rogue cultivators here, but because he had a flying car magic treasure. Moreover, going back was different from coming, the direction and time for returning were clear, and there was no chance of getting lost in the Tianhai Sea, so there was no need for a sea ship.

Secondly, his flying car magic treasure could seat six or seven people, so Sang Yiping and the others wouldn't have much of an impact if they came along. On the other hand, if Sang Yiping and the others returned to Wentian City, it would be dangerous if the Lei Clan noticed. If Hou Yucheng could find out that he, Mo Wuji, was the one who bought the first move of the Tianlei Seven Styles, it was likely that the Lei Clan would also find out. Once the Lei Clan knew that he was the one who bought the first move of the Tianlei Seven Styles, they might already be waiting in Wentian City.

"Alright, in that case, let's go together." Mo Wuji immediately decided, and then said to Linglong Popo, "Then Senior, please return first. I will have to trouble you to take care of Yan'er."

Mo Wuji only mentioned Yan'er's matter briefly. Yan'er's mutated five elements spiritual root aptitude made her cultivation speed even faster than his, so without his reminder, Wentian Academy would treat her as a treasure.

Linglong Popo was very straightforward. She could see that Mo Wuji had a very good relationship with the other four people. Furthermore, she really had urgent matters that required her to return to her sect quickly, so she reminded him, "Then I'll leave first. Be careful of that man in black. I'm afraid he might not have gone far. Although he was severely injured by me and his strength is less than one-tenth of what it was, you still won't be able to stop him."

"I know." Mo Wuji finished speaking and asked, "Senior, what realm has that man in black reached?"

When Mo Wuji exchanged treasures for contribution points in Yindu, he learned that the extraterritorial cultivator he had accidentally killed was at the Perfection of Virtual God Realm. Because on the platform for exchanging treasures, he saw that killing a cultivator at the first level of Virtual God Realm contributed 5000 points, while killing a cultivator at the Perfection of Virtual God Realm contributed 9000 points. That time, after he killed the extraterritorial cultivator who blocked Qi Laoshi's companions, he gained exactly 9000 points.

Linglong Popo said with a solemn expression, "That person's strength should be similar to mine, reaching the first level of True God Realm."

"Senior, you are at True God Realm?" Mo Wuji gasped. He had always known that Linglong Popo was a grade seven celestial alchemist, but he had never known that Linglong Popo's cultivation was so powerful.

"Yes, I am indeed at the first level of True God Realm. If that person hadn't launched a sneak attack and poisoned me first, I wouldn't have been afraid of him." Linglong Popo seemed to have remembered something at this point, and then asked, "Mo Wuji, where did you get your Ji Ti Pill from? Why is it a broken pill? As far as I know, in the Five Great Empires, there are no more than two people who can refine Ji Ti Pills, and I am one of them."

Mo Wuji immediately thought of Qi Laoshi. This guy should still be alive, and when he takes over the Tianji Sect in the future, this guy will be the first person to guard against.

Based on the realm of the extraterritorial cultivator he killed, Qi Laoshi was likely also at the Perfection of Virtual God Realm.

"I obtained this by chance. I have some understanding of pills, and when I obtained it, I knew it was a Ji Ti Pill, so I kept it." Mo Wuji didn't mention Qi Laoshi or his divine sense.

Linglong Popo didn't ask further and directly entered the flying ship, saying, "I'm leaving. Be careful yourself."

After speaking, the flying ship drew a shadow and disappeared into the sky above the Tianhai Sea.

"Sect Master Senior Brother, is this senior the True God Realm expert from the first Heaven of the Celestial World?" As soon as Linglong Popo left, Sang Yiping asked in a trembling voice. Pu Qian and the others also looked at Mo Wuji with fervent eyes. To them, experts from the Celestial World were legendary great figures.

Mo Wuji smiled slightly, "That's right, she is Linglong Popo from Wentian Academy. I met this senior by chance."

"Ah..." Sang Yiping exclaimed and then asked, "Sect Master Senior Brother, isn't it said that this senior has a very strange personality and is unsociable?"

Mo Wuji shook his head, "If she were very sociable, then she wouldn't have time to cultivate every day. So those who can't get what they want from her deliberately slander Linglong Popo's character. Some people and some things can only be truly understood when you come into contact with them, and you'll realize that rumors and reality are often the opposite."

Zhuang Yan agreed, "Yes, this Senior Linglong is very approachable and completely different from the rumored volatile temperament."

Sang Yiping nodded, "That's right, she is the most powerful alchemist in the Five Great Empires. If she agreed to every request for her to refine pills, she wouldn't have been able to cultivate to the True God Realm."

Mo Wuji cast a few hand seals on his flying car magic treasure, activating the flying car, "Let's leave this place first. This place is not a good place."

There was a corpse cultivator cultivating in seclusion here, and Mo Wuji felt that this place was a bit strange. Even if he didn't understand what kind of environment corpse cultivators needed to cultivate in seclusion, he knew that a place where corpse cultivators could cultivate would definitely not be good.

Everyone followed Mo Wuji into the flying car magic treasure, and Mo Wuji controlled the flying car magic treasure to rush out of this small island. Although the space in the flying car magic treasure wasn't large, it didn't feel crowded with five people inside, and was even quite spacious.

The five of them were now members of the Tianji Sect, and everyone quickly became familiar with each other. Only Zhuang Yan's mood was slightly low, probably because she had the lowest strength, and she couldn't let go of Qi Wenxuan in her heart.

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Half a day later, Mo Wuji's flying car magic treasure began to circle in a certain sea area.

Seeing Mo Wuji circling for nearly half an hour without leaving, Sang Yiping asked in confusion, "Sect Master Senior Brother, why are we hovering here?"

Mo Wuji took out the sea chart drawn by Jing Lengbei and said, "This is the sea chart I obtained. According to the markings on this sea chart, there should be a gourd-shaped island here. But there doesn't seem to be an island nearby, and I suspect that this sea chart might be wrong."

"Oh, this map is also a Celestial Mansion map, and its location seems to be different from our Celestial Mansion sea chart." Sang Yiping was the first to recognize that Mo Wuji's map was a Celestial Mansion map.

Mo Wuji nodded, "It's a Celestial Mansion map. I think it's also possible that it's a fake map..."

"Sect Master Senior Brother, this isn't a fake map. I came here a month ago, when our ship hadn't sunk yet. I saw that there was indeed a gourd island here. It's only been a month, and that gourd island has disappeared." Pu Qian said immediately.

The others looked at each other, and then almost simultaneously said, "That gourd island has sunk."

Mo Wuji immediately said, "I want to go into the sea to investigate."

"Let's go down together. Maybe there really is a Celestial Mansion." A look of anticipation appeared in Sang Yiping's eyes. If there really was a Celestial Mansion, then the rise of the Tianji Sect might not be impossible.

Mo Wuji took out a rope and grabbed the front end, "Then let's go down together. Everyone, grab the rope and don't get separated. I'll go in front, and you can just follow me."

Even Zhuang Yan, who had the lowest cultivation here, was at the late stage of Spirit Building, and could last for one or two days without breathing underwater.

After everyone grabbed the rope, Mo Wuji kept the flying car and jumped into the sea together. Zhuang Yan's cultivation was the weakest, so she was behind Mo Wuji. Pu Qian was the second strongest here, so he was at the end of the rope.

The seawater was salty, bitter, and cold, and the pressure increased the deeper they went. After the five of them had dived for hundreds of meters, Zhuang Yan, whose cultivation was the weakest, was already starting to struggle.

Mo Wuji took out a Profound Essence Pill and handed it to Zhuang Yan behind him, signaling her to swallow it.

The Profound Essence Pill stimulated the essence power within the body in a short period of time, increasing strength, but it also had considerable side effects. After Zhuang Yan swallowed one, her entire body's essence power surged, and the pressure of the surrounding seawater immediately lessened. She nodded gratefully to Mo Wuji. If it weren't for the Profound Essence Pill, she would have had to go up now. Staying on the surface of the sea alone would not only be unsafe, but would also attract attention.

After diving for another few hundred meters, when even Sang Yiping and Pu Qian were starting to struggle, the feet of the three of them touched the seabed.

The few of them simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief, but soon Pu Qian and the others discovered that they were not stepping on the seabed, but on a place with grass and trees.

Pu Qian was the first to realize that the place they were stepping on should be the gourd island, but at this moment, the gourd island had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Mo Wuji's divine sense had already swept out, and he could see more clearly than Pu Qian and the others. The island they were currently standing on was shaped like a gourd. It really was the gourd island.

Mo Wuji raised his hand and made a gesture, signaling everyone to follow him. He proceeded along the direction of the gourd mouth of the gourd island.

This island wasn't very big to begin with, and the speed of the few people in the seabed wasn't slow either. In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Mo Wuji had reached the mouth of the gourd. His divine sense penetrated downwards, and he really found an entrance below the mouth of the gourd.

(The tenth addition, the first update, asking for monthly votes.)

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