Chen Lin did not rashly approach the dark speck. Instead, he took out a Crow Puppet and sent it to investigate.
Then delight spread across his face.
The dark speck was actually a small island, and the scenery on it was quite pleasant.
After directing the Crow Puppet to circle the island and confirming there was no danger, he piloted his Spirit Boat to its edge.
The island was small, but many trees of unknown species grew on it, and there were even flowers. When Chen Lin examined them, he found that many of the plants gave off energy fluctuations. They qualified as heaven and earth treasures!
The few islands he had encountered along the way had all been utterly barren. This one alone was decent, so Chen Lin decided to stay for a while and establish his bearings.
If he sailed blindly and ended up circling back to the Tianyuan Continent, that would be a fine joke.
Over the next few days, he used the small island as a base and went out every day to explore the surrounding waters.
His exploration did turn up two barren little islands. Unfortunately, after comparing their locations, he discovered that his position was not covered by any of the sea charts he possessed.
With no other choice, Chen Lin marked the three islands on a sea chart he drew himself, then carved out a simple immortal cave on the island and began cultivating.
This period of seclusion lasted an entire month.
Only after fully absorbing everything he had accumulated over this period did he emerge from the immortal cave.
Next, he gathered everything of value on the island. After carefully comparing his finds against the Spiritual Herb Illustrated Handbook, he discovered several plants that could be used to refine pills for the