Several months later, Lu Xiaotian had boarded a massive ship bound for Blue Nether City. This was Blue Nether City's flying warship, carrying several dozen Golden Core cultivators, though most of them were wounded and needed to be sent away. Qingzhou City was not small, but it could not accommodate too many injured cultivators. Cultivators needed to absorb spiritual qi while recuperating and cultivating, and some severely wounded cultivators needed ten or even several decades to recover. Remaining in Qingzhou City would take up too many resources. As for the teleportation formation, according to rumors outside, it would likely take another fifty or sixty years to repair. Taking one or two centuries to construct a mid-to-long-distance teleportation formation was perfectly normal.
Lu Xiaotian had originally intended to return alone, but he happened upon this large flying warship from Blue Nether City. He heard that Blue Nether City's cultivators had suffered an assault from a beast tide on the island, with considerable casualties. After meeting the needs of city defense, they still lacked enough manpower to escort the flying warship home. Thus, they recruited Rogue Cultivators, with Blue Nether City's Golden Core cultivators as the main force and rogue Golden Core cultivators as auxiliaries, transporting a ship full of demon beast materials and vast quantities of spirit herbs back to Blue Nether City. After all, Qingzhou Island was a long way from Blue Nether City, and the route was far from peaceful. They might very well encounter other wicked cultivators or adventurous cultivators who made their living intercepting travelers.
The flying warship was fast, somewhat faster than most Golden Core cultivators flying on their artifacts. Moreover, as long as it had Spirit Stones to power it, it did not need to rest along the way. Lu Xiaotian also felt that traveling