We speculated that it was the Loose Celestial who ambushed us, "Jiao Jiu, who was wearing a sheep mask, said as he looked away from the corpses on the ground.
"After learning about the situation here, Jiao Ba and I rushed to our respective destinations. As expected, all of the people who tried to sneak in disappeared," Jiao San said in a deep voice.
"Along the way, other than the fact that some cities were empty and it was said that they were on a pilgrimage to the Holy City, we didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
As for the pilgrimage, our findings were similar to Jiao Jiu and the others. It should be a way for Gongshu Hong to gather faith, "Jiao Ba said after thinking for a while.
Han Li suddenly said, "Have you noticed that among the pilgrims, there are some so-called devout believers who will be chosen and won't be able to return to their original cities after the pilgrimage?"
"There is indeed such a thing. He said that we were moved to a more prosperous city. Perhaps it is just a way for Gongshu Hong to increase the faith of his believers … Speaking of which, Lord Jiao San and I were not ambushed by him. It seems that he has been on guard against us for a long time.
The accuracy of the information we received from the alliance is worth considering. "Jiao Ba didn't seem to mind and changed the topic.
"That's right, he might have already grasped our whereabouts and purposely used fake information to lure us there. However, he underestimated our strength.
Let's not talk about other things for now, but Gongshu Hong is definitely not in the six or seven places that we mentioned. Instead, he might be in the so-called Holy City, Red Moon City. Why don't we go there and take a look? Maybe we can find something there, "Jiao Jiu suggested with a bitter smile.
"Speaking of this, there are twenty-eight prefectures in the Red Moon Island. It seems that each prefecture has a city called Red Moon City," Jiao Ba said as he shook his head.
"Is that true?" Jiao Jiu was slightly startled.
"In the map we obtained earlier, although there was a place called the Red Moon City, when we passed by a certain city, we inadvertently discovered that the so-called Red Moon City they spoke of was in another direction.
At first, we didn't pay too much attention to it, but later we discovered that it wasn't the case.
Although we've only passed through a few provinces, we've noticed that there is a Redmoon City in every province. "With that said, Jiao Ba waved his sleeve and five jade slips flew towards Han Li, Jiao San, and the others.
After Han Li and the others caught the Jade Slip, they released their Divine Sense to explore it.
The map in the jade slip had many more markings than before. In addition to the Red Moon City from before, there were also Red Moon Cities marked in the other provinces.
Every single one of these prefectures was extremely vast. If a high-grade cultivator were to deliberately conceal it, it would be impossible for mortals or even low-grade cultivators to discover this.
"The cities we passed by only sold maps of a certain area. They never sold maps of the entire island. It seems like Gongshu Hong did this on purpose.
As for the cultivators under this person, they must have been under some kind of special restriction, so they couldn't reveal this matter, or else their souls would explode and they would die.
Even the map we obtained was deliberately leaked to us by Gongshu Hong, "Jiao Jiu said slowly as he nodded his head.
As soon as he said that, everyone fell silent.
After all, based on the clues they had so far, their target Gongshu Hong's whereabouts were a mystery. It was indeed troublesome.
Han Li suddenly thought of something and placed the jade slip on his forehead again. A strange look flashed across his eyes.
"Since there are no other clues, let's start with the Hong Yue City.
All of you will move together and search each of the Hong Yue City, "Jiao San suddenly said.
"Lord Jiao San, are you not coming with us?" Jiao Jiu was startled.
"I will move alone.
If you find anything, just send me a message. "
Jiao San looked at everyone and a red light flashed across his body. He didn't conceal his aura at all and shot into the sky, flying towards a certain direction.
Jiao Ba coughed lightly and said, "It seems like Lord Jiao San plans to openly find Gongshu Hong.
Let's do as he says. This is the Lan Province and the Hong Yue City is not far from here, "the monkey-faced Jiao Ba coughed lightly and said.
The others immediately changed their appearances and left the courtyard. They blended in with the crowd and headed out of the city.
"Everyone, please wait for a moment. I have some matters to attend to and will take up a bit of your time," Han Li suddenly said as they passed by a street.
After saying this, he didn't wait for the others to respond and quickly walked into a shop that sold all sorts of books.
The others were slightly startled, but after looking at each other, they didn't say anything.
Not long after, Han Li walked out with a few books in his hands. They seemed to be about the geography of the island.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Han Li nodded at the others and put away the books in front of them.
The group quickly left the Dragon Lake City and arrived at a secluded place. Then, they used various methods and flew into the sky.
Jiao Jiu once again took out the blue crystal flying boat and carried Jiao Shiliu and Han Li, who hadn't fully recovered their strength yet. This caused Jiao Ba and the others to raise their eyebrows.
Han Li stood on the spirit boat and looked down at the river near the Dragon Lake City. Then, he sat down cross-legged and took out a book and carefully flipped through it.
Jiao Shiliu was a bit puzzled by Han Li's actions, but he didn't pay attention to them and continued to recover.
Han Li quickly finished flipping through the books. After muttering to himself for a moment, he took out the jade slip that Jiao Ba had given him and inserted his spirit into it.
At that moment, the sky gradually darkened and stars began to appear in the sky.
The group of seven flew for half a day before stopping in front of a large city.
This city was the Hong Yue City of the Lan Province. It was extremely large, far larger than the Dragon Lake City. A river that was hundreds of meters wide flowed through the city.
The entire city was enveloped by a huge blue restriction. The surface of the restriction would occasionally ripple with a mysterious light. Through the blue light, one could only vaguely see the outline of the city.
However, there were four gaps in the blue restriction at the east, west, south, and north gates of the city to allow people to enter and leave.
There were cultivators wearing blood-moon blue robes standing guard at the four gates. They were inspecting the people entering and leaving.
"If I'm not wrong, this should be the famous Thousand Light Illusion Restriction. Its defensive abilities are average, but it is extremely sensitive to spirit sense," Jiao Ba muttered to himself as he looked at the blue restriction.
"This city is so heavily guarded. Could this be the Red Moon Island's lair?" Jiao Shiliu, who was following behind Jiao Ba, said with joy.
Hearing this, the others' eyes also lit up.
"It doesn't matter. Let's go in and take a look.
Everyone, be careful. Try to restrain your spirit sense and don't touch the restriction, "Jiao Ba warned in a deep voice.
Hearing Jiao Ba's commanding tone, Jiao Jiu's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything.
The seven of them landed in a secluded area outside the city and blended into the crowd.
Although there were Soul Formation cultivators guarding the city gates, they couldn't see through Han Li and the others' disguises. The seven of them entered the city smoothly.
The ground of the city was paved with wide green stone slabs. It was clean and tidy, and there were many shops on both sides of the street. It looked very prosperous.
Two wide roads connected the four gates, dividing the city into four parts. There was a huge plaza in the center of the city, and a huge statue stood in the center.
The city was overcrowded. The plaza in the center was densely packed with people. The streets were the same. There were at least a few million people.
At that moment, everyone was respectfully worshipping the statue in the center of the plaza. The entire city was filled with a solemn atmosphere.
"This is …" Han Li was startled by the scene in the city.
The others were also surprised, but they quickly understood what was going on.
The scene in front of them was probably the so-called pilgrimage.
Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light as he looked around and frowned.
Although there were many people in the city, most of them were mortals without magic power. There were also cultivators, but they were all Qi Refinement or Core Formation cultivators.
There were a few cultivators in crimson-moon blue robes in the city, but their cultivation bases weren't very high. They were only at the Nascent Soul Stage and Deity Transformation Stage, and there wasn't a single Spatial Tempering cultivator among them.
This place didn't look like the place they were looking for.
The others noticed this as well, and their expressions darkened.
"No matter what, let's search the city first. Maybe we'll find some clues," Jiao Ba said.
The others nodded. After a short discussion, they decided to split up.
The city was too big, and they couldn't use their spirit sense on a large scale. Everyone was in the city anyway, so even if there were enemies lying in ambush, they would be able to help each other.
After the discussion was done, the group quickly split up.
Han Li walked along a street. His eyes flashed with blue light as he searched his surroundings.
His figure became faintly discernible, as if he was one with his surroundings.
The people on the street were all quietly paying their respects. Walking around alone would attract attention, so he used a technique to hide himself.
A moment later, Han Li appeared in front of a shop on the street. It was a shop that sold ancient books.
At this moment, the entire city was on a pilgrimage. Although the shops were open, there were no customers inside. There was only a middle-aged shopkeeper guarding the shop.
Han Li's figure flickered as he flew in. A moment later, he walked out.
He didn't waste any more time and carefully searched every corner of the city.
The area of Hong Yue City wasn't small. It took the seven of them half a day to search every corner of the city. They gathered in a secluded area of the city.
Unfortunately, they didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
Hong Yue City seemed to be an ordinary city. There was nothing special about it.
Jiao Ba said, "Looks like this isn't Hong Yue Island's base. If that's the case, we shouldn't waste any more time here …"
"Fellow Jiao Ba, wait a moment. There's something strange about this place." A voice suddenly interrupted Jiao Ba. It was Jiao Twenty-Five.