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Qin Yi took out an airship, and the group sat on it, heading north as guided by the scroll.

Li Qingjun asked, "Have you been to the Land of Chaos before?"

"Hmm." Qin Yi absentmindedly reached out and touched Qing Cha's ahoge (cowlick).

Ju Yunxiu asked, "Let me make this clear—are there another woman of yours here?"

"No." Qin Yi touched Qing Cha's ahoge (cowlick) again.

Qing Cha finally exploded. "You stinky martial uncle, what are you touching?!"

"Oh, I was just thinking about something, it was subconscious, just a spur-of-the-moment thing..."

"What are you thinking about?"

"Considering where you got your clothes when you transformed from tea leaves into a human... oh no, slip of the tongue, help me!!!"

The three women worked together to lift him up and throw him out of the airship.

Qin Yi struggled and thrashed in mid-air for a moment, Gang Qi powerful energy. He stomped his foot in mid-air, causing a mushroom cloud to explode in the void. Qin Yi then flew back, his movements fluid and graceful.

Everyone sneered, "You've really made something of yourself, huh? You're not going to die from that fall now."

Qin Yi forced a smile, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! I was really just thinking about the theory and learning of the process of tea leaves transforming into humans, I absolutely didn't want to see anyone naked... really not!"

"Go to hell!" Qing Cha pulled a large calligraphy brush from her skirt.

"Wait a minute!" Qin Yi pointed to the scroll in Ju Yunxiu's hand. "I'm really thinking about something... If we travel all the way north and return to Shenzhou, what will we do?"

Ju Yunxiu Li Qingjun remained silent.

The northward direction is indeed a rather troublesome issue, because it could very well point to a certain place in China, which would mean returning to the Witch God Sect's wanted list.

Don't think that no one in the vast Divine Continent can't find you. This matter is already being watched by Qian Yuan and possibly even Wu Xiang. Things that such powerful beings can calculate with a flick of their fingers cannot be predicted by common sense. Even Feng Bulie had a yarrow stalk to calculate the direction you fled in. Now that you are involved in the great karma of killing Feng Bulie, once you return to the Divine Continent, it is perfectly normal for someone to calculate your location and chase after you.

Previously, it was separated by the underwater membrane, so others could only calculate the approximate location, not the exact place. Later, it even crossed the Netherworld Realm, which is now Land of Chaos, so it's normal that it's difficult to calculate.

Once they return to China, it's no different from swaggering around in the city.

Therefore, what Jade True Person said was that it's better to leave as far away as possible, rather than finding a cave in Shenzhou to hide in and be done with it.

Meng Qingying also said that once you reach the Land of Chaos, you will have time to plan your route, instead of letting them blindly return to Shenzhou.

If returning to Shenzhou is truly unavoidable, it would be better to cultivate in seclusion in the Land of Chaos, or go to the Rift Valley, or return to the Netherworld; all of these would be far better than returning to Shenzhou.

But that would be too slow.

Without the immense fortune of the fragments, how long would it take to resist the Witch God Sect? Even if they borrowed the Purple Mansion of the Rift Valley, it would still take many, many years, which is too late.

Li Qingjun then asked, "Does this guide indicate the approximate distance?"

Ju Yunxiu said, "It's very vague. I don't know if it's due to the special influence of the Land of Chaos, or if Master originally intended it to be this vague. Logically, this scroll should clearly show the specific location, not provide such a vague directional indication. This should be our Painting Dao's most typical advantage, not like this."

Everyone was at a loss, and could only stare blankly at the Big Dipper in the painting.

After all, an arrow pointing north can have many possibilities. It might be within the Land of Chaos, not yet past the rift valley. Or perhaps, because of the distance, the arrow, which initially appears to point north, adjusts its direction as it gets closer, becoming more northwest or something similar, and entering the desert.

As it turned out, they were indeed flying due north, and the further they flew, the colder everyone felt.

We've been flying north for two or three days now... If we keep flying, we'll almost see the rift valley.

Ju Yunxiu sighed, "It seems we really can only find a place to cultivate in the Land of Chaos or the Rift Valley Demon City. We can't find this treasure... Huh?"

Qin Yi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"The stars have scattered."

Qin Yi peeked out and saw that the Central Plains the scroll, with the handle pointing the way, suddenly dispersed, and the stars scattered in all directions.

Qin Yi stopped the airship. "What does this mean?"

Ju Yunxiu scanned the mountains and rivers below with her Divine Sense and frowned, saying, "The meaning of the scroll is that it's in this area."

Qin Yi exclaimed happily, "Isn't this a good thing? Being in the Land of Chaos is incredibly lucky!"

"No... the headache is that it didn't give me any specific location, it just said it was right here. The stars scattered in all directions probably refer to a radius of thousands of miles." Ju Yunxiu slowly scanned the area below with her Divine Sense, and finally shook her head. "I haven't found any similar scenery to the painting yet, and there are many spiritual mountains in this area, with faint formations and swirling clouds and mist, making it impossible to detect. This is very troublesome."

After all that, even though I had navigation, I still had to explore thousands of miles?

Something's not right...

Qin Yi was stunned for a moment, then cautiously said, "Have you ever considered... that the problem might not be with the painting itself, but rather something like this..."

"Um?"

"Your master has been in the tomb for hundreds of years... He suffered hidden injuries and shortened his lifespan while exploring this place, and then he spent a long time planning the layout before finally going to the tomb. So the exploration of this place must have started much earlier, maybe almost a thousand years ago, right?"

"Right."

"This place may be well hidden, and no one else has discovered it, so the instructions from the art world are still effective, proving that the guidance left by your master is still there."

"Right."

"But is it possible that, almost a thousand years ago, this place has already been occupied by someone else for cultivation, becoming someone else's sect or cave abode dwelling... Because it was hidden so well, they never discovered that they had a secret realm in their own backyard... And under the shielding of the Mountain Protection Array, our guidance has become blurred."

Ju Yunxiu was dumbfounded.

That makes a lot of sense.

This guy keeps touching people's ahoge (cowlicks), how did he come up with this? Does touching ahoge make you smarter?

Ju Yunxiu took Qin Yi's hand and placed it on Qing Cha a type of hair sticking up in the air): "Keep thinking."

Qing Cha stared wide-eyed, looking completely bewildered.

"No need to think, this place must be hidden in the sacred mountains where you see those formations, in someone's home!" Qin Yi said, both amused and exasperated.

Li Qingjun had remained silent until now, said, "It's already quite good. It's been almost a thousand years, and it's lucky that it wasn't dug up by someone else beforehand. We can still explore; there will always be opportunities."

"Uh..." Qin Yi's Divine Sense swept over the mountains and rivers below, and his expression turned somewhat ugly. He said awkwardly, "There's something I need to tell you."

"What's wrong now?"

"I once encountered a formidable enemy here, and this enemy was like this..." Qin Yi recounted the events of the Profound Yin Sect in detail, concluding, "Xuan Hao Zhenren is currently integrating the cultivation of Monk Cheng Yuan to break through the Qian Yuan Pass. I don't know if this will result in inheriting Cheng Yuan's hatred and resentment, which might be detrimental to the Immortal Palace. I once sent a letter to my Uncle Chess Maniac, and he only replied with 'I understand'..."

Ju Yunxiu pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since Master Chess Maniac already knows, you don't need to worry about it. Besides, Heavenly Mystery Child is probably more concerned about this matter."

"I have to care too, because I offended Xuan Hao directly. Even if he didn't absorb Cheng Yuan's old grudges, he'll still kill me when he comes out."

"What's there to be afraid of? The Celestial Palace isn't afraid of him coming to our door, and he can't find you or me anyway."

"But now... within a thousand miles below, there is a sect... that is the Profound Yin Sect."

"..."

Ju Yunxiu turned to Li Qingjun: "Qing Jun, I want to beat him up."

Li Qingjun said calmly, "Let's go together."

"Wait, wait! The Profound Yin Sect has been established here for thousands of years, so it can't be them. We just need to avoid them and secretly find out who founded the sect within the last thousand years, which will narrow down the search area considerably."

How do you know that?

"There's a mountain range not far ahead, where a group of Rogue Cultivator and mortals live together, called the Thousand Mountains Alliance. There's an acquaintance among them named Tai Huang Jun; I can ask him..." Qin Yi scratched his head, "But it's best if you don't go together; let's split up and act separately."

"Why?"

"He will try every means to tell you that this dao companion is not worth associating with."

Why do we feel that he is right?