After leaving the Ascension Pavilion, Naruto had no intention of staying on Green Cloud Mountain to admire the scenery or meet more fellow cultivators.
Instead, he flew straight off Green Cloud Mountain on his magical artifact and returned to Gu Family Manor.
Early the next morning, Naruto left a letter for Boss Gu on the wooden table in his room.
Then he took Han Li, Hinata, and the others and flew toward the nearest small town.
There, after buying a map of Kuixing Island and the surrounding waters, he headed straight for the harbor.
According to Wang Changqing, there was a street in western Kuixing Island dedicated to immortal masters buying and selling goods.
Naruto flew out from the harbor through the immense restrictive seal enveloping all of Kuixing Island, then followed the map straight toward Little Ring Island.
Although the island appeared right beside Kuixing Island on the map, Naruto had to fly aboard the Divine Wind Boat for an entire day and night before he spotted it from the sky.
After circling the island, Naruto finally spotted a small pier that appeared to be the entrance to the formation.
He slowly descended onto the pier.
There were very few people there—only a dozen or so men who looked like fishermen, resting aboard small boats beside the pier.
As soon as they saw Naruto and the others descend from the sky, they climbed out of their boats and gathered around them.
"I am Hei Gui. Greetings, immortal masters!"
The group all bowed upon reaching Naruto and the others. An exceptionally burly, dark-faced man greeted them with particular respect, apparently the leader of these fishermen.
"This is Little Ring Island, correct?"
Although Naruto felt certain he had come to the right place, he cautiously asked first.
"Yes, honored immortal master!