Originally, with the news not having leaked and Lu Xiaotian's injuries being so severe, he had not had many choices. Staying here would not have mattered much. But now that his identity had been exposed, the first thing Lu Xiaotian had to do was get as far away from the Eastern Sea as possible.
The trouble was that the injuries within his body were still far from fully recovered. Even against a Celestial Immortal-level powerhouse like Xuan Zitong, he had to resolve the fight in as short a time as possible. If it dragged on too long, it could easily aggravate his internal injuries. Even so, compared with over nine hundred years ago, Lu Xiaotian's condition after recently refining this pill was worlds apart.
Now that he had been exposed, Lu Xiaotian could not be sure whether he would ultimately escape the Jade Xuan Celestial Court's pursuit. Without borrowing the power within the Green Fruit Barrier, he was merely an ordinary Celestial Immortal-level powerhouse. Even under the rule of the Jade Xuan Celestial Court, Lu Xiaotian's current cultivation was enough to overwhelm a vast swath of the masses. But if the other side truly received the news and wanted to capture him, Lu Xiaotian honestly did not have much confidence in himself. There were no perilous places like the Luoyang Prison near these waters for him to hide in.
The only thing that gave Lu Xiaotian a little comfort was that the news had not leaked in the Eastern Sea waters. Otherwise, given the Heavenly Punishment Palace's style, they would almost certainly have laid a net from heaven to earth and turned the entire Eastern Sea upside down.
At that moment, Lu Xiaotian's mind was also a blank haze, but for now, he could only take things one step at