"Elder Ye, the southeast is where our spirit stone vein is. The sea in this area is safe and doesn't have any dangerous sea beasts.
In addition, this is a sea map passed down by the sect's founders. It records the distribution of sea beasts, but because of our limited cultivation levels, we haven't been to many places, so it might not necessarily be trustworthy. "
Mo Tiange took the sea map from Wei Haolan and said sincerely, "Thank you. With this sea map, my trip will be much safer."
Mo Tiange smiled and waved her hand. "Elder Ye, you're our Bixuan Court's guest elder and we're indebted to you, so this kind of trivial matter is something we should do."
Mo Tiange also understood Bixuan Court's current situation. They had spirit stones and disciples, but what they lacked was some ways to obtain scarce resources and guidance from high level cultivators. Therefore, a guest elder like her was very important to Bixuan Court.
Wei Haolan would definitely do her best to satisfy Mo Tiange's request and ask her to help Bixuan Court. Wei Haolan didn't only agree to Mo Tiange's request only because they went through trials and tribulations together several decades ago and because the sect founder was her ancestor.
After all, Wei Haolan had an extraordinary status in Xuanqing School. It would be much easier to get some medicinal pills or even Core Formation cultivation techniques if they could form a relationship with her.
Moreover, Wei Haolan's cultivation level was high and her future was promising. If she formed her Nascent Soul in the future, Bixuan Court would benefit greatly as long as she occasionally looked after them.
Nevertheless, Mo Tiange didn't care about Wei Haolan's plan. In any case, who could truly be good to someone without selfish motives in the cultivation world?
It was enough as long as Wei Haolan didn't have any bad intentions.
Besides, Wei Haolan and Bixuan Court had that kind of relationship, so she was much more reliable than strangers.
As Mo Tiange put away the sea map, she suddenly remembered something and said, "Sect Head Wei, there's something I want to ask you."
"Oh?
Please speak, Elder Ye. "
Mo Tiange said, "There's a fishing village near Linhai Town, and there's a fisherman named Shui San.
When I came to Linhai sixty years ago, I had a fated encounter with his family. He had a daughter who was tested to have five spiritual roots, so she should be sixty-eight years old now.
When Linhai was in chaos, I don't know how they were doing. Please help me ask around. "
Upon hearing this was such a trivial matter, Wei Haolan readily agreed. "Rest assured, Elder Ye. It's just a trivial matter."
"Thank you in advance."
Mo Tiange then raised her head and gazed at the Eastern Sea.
As far as the eye could see, the sea was boundless. The sea breeze blew gently, and the ripples were clear and crystalline.
When the wind was gentle and the sun was bright, the sea was so calm and beautiful. However, when it was angry, the waves were turbulent.
In the face of its fury, humans, even cultivators, would find it difficult to calmly face it. Only those who reached the Nascent Soul stage and had the ability to move mountains and drain oceans would be able to face the fury of the ocean without fear.
Mo Tiange speculated that since Mo Yaoqing set up her Immortal's Cave in the depths of the Eastern Sea, there was bound to be danger there. Although they had a map of the route she left behind, there were bound to be high-level sea beasts lurking in the depths of the sea.
Perhaps it was because of this consideration that they had set up such a complicated restriction.
However, she was not afraid.
First of all, her natal magic weapon, the Heaven and Earth Fan, had reached the advanced level. This treasure's lethality wasn't very high, but its defensive and trapping abilities were top-notch. Coupled with her Cloud-Treading Boots, White Silk Handkerchief, and Virtual Sky World, she had a lot of life-saving means that ordinary Core Formation cultivators simply couldn't compare to. As long as she wasn't too unlucky, her life wouldn't be in danger.
"Sect Head Wei, I'll take my leave first."
Wei Haolan cupped her hands. "Elder Ye, come back soon."
This time, Wei Haolan was much more polite. Although the two of them were still as close as before, it was inevitable that there was some respect in her tone.
Mo Tiange smiled. Clouds formed under her feet and she soared into the sky, turning into a flight light that swept towards the depths of the sea.
After advancing to the Core Formation realm, a top-grade magic weapon like the Cloud-Treading Boots could truly display its power.
When she was building her foundation, although she could also fly while wearing the Cloud-Treading Boots, her speed wasn't as fast as now.
After she advanced to the Core Formation realm, when she used the Cloud-Treading Boots, clouds would form under her feet and these clouds would carry her to fly, saving her a lot of spiritual power.
A Core Formation cultivator's speed was extremely fast. In just half a day, she had already passed the location of the spirit stone vein Wei Haolan mentioned.
If she flew further into the depths of the Eastern Sea, she didn't know what she would encounter.
Mo Tiange pondered for a moment. She decided to fly a bit higher to avoid disturbing the powerful sea beasts, but she couldn't fly any higher because she still had to look at the surface of the sea to find the marks Mo Yaoqing left behind.
More than five thousand years had passed. Mo Tiange wasn't sure whether the marks Mo Yaoqing left behind were still effective or not. However, with Mo Yaoqing's intelligence, she should've thought of this problem.
With this thought in mind, Mo Tiange threw these doubts to the back of her mind and flew at full speed.
This flight lasted for five days.
During these five days, Mo Tiange changed from only seeing small sea beasts of the first and second rank at first to now, she often saw the appearance of fourth and fifth rank sea beasts.
She was very cautious along the way. If she attracted the attention of these sea beasts, she would fly a bit higher to hide.
On the sixth day, Mo Tiange finally found an island full of spiritual aura on the sea.
This island was extremely small, only about 500 square meters in circumference. Maybe this island would be swallowed by a high tide. The spirit veins weren't very good either. The spiritual aura was faint, and it was only a very small spirit vein.
Mo Tiange was very pleasantly surprised because there was a record of this island in Mo Yaoqing's Jade Slip. However, Mo Yaoqing said it was a bit bigger. After all, five thousand years had passed, so it was normal for the area of the island to change. In the sea, this kind of island could disappear overnight.
Mo Tiange flew around the island in the air but didn't find any traces of high rank sea beasts in the surroundings. She then carefully landed on the island.
She didn't know how long it had been since people came to this island. It was densely covered with vine-like plants, almost covering the whole area except for the beach.
Upon seeing this, Mo Tiange carefully released Xiaohuo from her spiritual beast pouch.
Mo Yaoqing's Jade Slip said these vines were very strange. They seemed to be alive, and as long as there was a living thing, they would entangle and swallow it.
In this world, beasts had always been herbivores. Herbivores like these violated common sense.
Abnormalities were monsters, so these vines could also be said to be a kind of demonic grass.
Because of this, there were very few sea beasts near this island. If those low rank sea beasts accidentally came here, they would be swallowed by these vines.
However, these vines were not without natural enemies. If it was a Rank Five Demonic Beast or above, it would be able to fight against them. Moreover, some sea beasts liked to eat these vines because these vines often ate Demonic Beasts and contained more Spiritual Qi than ordinary Spirit Grasses. Swallowing these vines would also be beneficial to one's cultivation.
The reason why Mo Yaoqing recorded these islands in the Jade Slip was because there was still a long way to go.
The sea wasn't like land. You could stop and rest when you were tired of flying. It was normal to not see land for several days or even dozens of days. Therefore, if someone wanted to find her Immortal's Cave, they would need to rest on this island.
Although flying consumed very little spiritual aura, if one couldn't rest, even if one's spiritual aura was replenished by Spirit-Recovering Pills, the mental fatigue would be unbearable.
Once one's mental state was bad, one's reaction to danger would be slow, and their strength would drop a lot.
Therefore, Mo Yaoqing recorded the locations of many islands that could provide temporary rest on the Jade Slip.
Mo Tiange had the Virtual Sky World, so this problem originally didn't exist. The reason why she looked for these islands was firstly to use as a reference, and secondly, because Mo Yaoqing remembered the characteristics of these vines. She was interested and wanted to collect some.
After all, this was the Eastern Sea where few people lived. Bixuan Court cultivators' levels were still low, so they couldn't come here. These vines were also rare, so collecting some might be useful in the future.
As soon as Xiaohuo came out of the spiritual beast bag, it rushed towards the island with great joy. Maybe it was because it hadn't come out of the spiritual beast bag for a long time.
Upon seeing this, Mo Tiange hastily stopped it. "Xiaohuo, come back!"
Xiaohuo stopped for a moment then turned to look at her. It blinked its black eyes then turned to stare at the green vines, looking like it really wanted to go there.
Upon seeing this, a thought emerged in Mo Tiange's mind. Could it be that not only sea beasts, but even a land-based spiritual beast like Xiaohuo also instinctively wanted to eat these?
Mo Yaoqing didn't say what would happen to spiritual beasts if they ate these vines. She only briefly mentioned the characteristics of these vines in the Jade Slip and told them to pay attention to them when resting here.
However, since sea beasts liked to eat them, it should be the same for spiritual beasts, right?
With this thought in mind, Mo Tiange said to Xiaohuo, "Xiaohuo, use your magic to attack them."
Xiaohuo and her mind were connected, so after receiving her order, it immediately jumped and spewed out Sun Real Fire.
All spiritual herbs were afraid of things like gold and fire. Even if these vines were demonic herbs, they were no exception.
Once Xiaohuo's Sun Real Fire came out, the vines, which were originally as peaceful as ordinary plants, instantly rose to avoid the Sun Real Fire.
Upon seeing this, Xiaohuo's eyes widened. It jumped up and shot another Sun Real Fire at the roots of the vines.
This time, even if the vines tried to dodge in panic, they couldn't escape. The roots were immediately burned black, and the branches and leaves softened.
"Wuwu!" Xiaohuo cried out excitedly. It ran over and bit those branches and leaves then started to chew them.
Mo Tiange saw that it could deal with them easily, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, Xiaohuo was already in the fifth rank and was a mutated beast. Ordinary demonic beasts couldn't do anything to it, let alone these vines. Since it liked to eat them, she'd let it eat them.
With this thought in mind, she took out a flying sword and, relying on her high cultivation level, uprooted some vines. She used her spiritual power to suppress them and sealed them in a jade box.
She originally planned to wait for Xiaohuo to eat enough before entering the Virtual Sky World to rest. Who would've thought that this little guy seemed to be addicted to eating and wouldn't leave?
Mo Tiange thought about it. There weren't any high rank sea beasts in the vicinity, so she might as well let it go. She found a place to lay a defensive formation and rest while she was at it, continuing to study Mo Yaoqing's route map.
Mo Tiange took out the Jade Slip and the sea map Wei Haolan gave her, then carefully compared the two.
In terms of meticulousness, Mo Yaoqing's map was naturally better. She carefully recorded the route she took that year. She clearly remembered which places had islands to refer to and what kind of demonic beasts there were.
However, the sea map Wei Haolan gave her might be more accurate. After all, Mo Yaoqing was a person from five thousand years ago. Five thousand years had passed, and some things had definitely changed. The small island might disappear, but another island might appear, and the demonic beasts might have migrated.
According to Mo Yaoqing's notes, if she flew southeast from this small island, there would be a big island. However, according to Wei Haolan's sea map, there was no big island there.
Mo Tiange frowned. Which one was right in the end?