The crowd stepped onto the spirit boat in turn, each seeking a comfortable spot and sitting firmly upon the Ice Silkworm Silk futons.
Cao Banxian stood at the bow, his hands forming hand-seals like fluttering flowers as streams of spiritual light merged into the hull of the boat.
Following a low shout, the spirit boat trembled slightly, slowly rising into the air before transforming into a streak of cyan flowing light that pierced through the clouds and departed.
Outside the boat, clouds and mist roiled, while the sea below was vast and boundless.
Cao Banxian piloted the spirit boat with total concentration, at times adjusting his course to avoid turbulent air currents, at times forming hand-seals to urge the concealment formation.
A Detection Spirit Talisman remained clenched within his sleeve, his divine sense spreading out like a spiderweb as he vigilantly scanned his surroundings.
Whenever he sensed an unknown aura approaching, Cao Banxian immediately urged the pre-arranged Bewildering Trail Formation.
Only to see the clouds and mist around the spirit boat grow abruptly dense, several illusory figures shooting off in different directions to lead potential pursuers astray.
Such cautious conduct caused everyone inside the boat to hold their breath and concentrate.
After more than twenty days and nights of such detours, the spirit boat finally descended slowly onto a solitary island deep within the boundless sea.
From appearance alone, this small island was thoroughly unremarkable, its diameter no more than a few dozen miles, with sparse vegetation on the island and weak spiritual qi fluctuations.
Yet when the spirit boat passed through an invisible barrier, the sight before everyone suddenly opened up-
Only to see the spiritual qi on the island misty and dense, rare flowers and exotic grasses spread across the mountains and fields, with a waterfall in the