Chapter 863: Ancient Teleportation Array

Chen Mobai took Qing Nü to Nanxi Market in Yunjun, intending to use the teleportation array there to go to Fengyu Dock.

However, they discovered that the teleportation array on Fengyu Dock's side was shut down.

If it was closed on that side, they couldn't teleport from Nanxi Market.

Chen Mobai then went to another market in Yunjun, only to find the same situation. He quickly realized the reason.

It was likely because Luo Xue'er was forming her Golden Core, and Nujiang feared an accident, so Fengyu Dock was sealed off.

Realizing this, he didn't rush. Instead, he simply controlled the Taiyi Five Smoke Veil, carrying Qing Nü directly towards Fengyu Dock.

At his current speed, flying from Yunjun to Fengyu Dock would only take a few days.

When Nujiang received Chen Mobai's message saying he was at the entrance, his mouth gaped open in surprise.

"Junior Martial Brother, why didn't you notify me in advance when you came here?"

Nujiang welcomed the two inside, his expression grave. After all, in the local mindset, any movement by a Nascent Soul cultivator signaled a momentous event was about to occur.

Nujiang, in any case, didn't believe Chen Mobai would make a special trip to Fengyu Dock just for Luo Xue'er's Golden Core formation.

"There's something that might involve demonic cultivators..."

Chen Mobai didn't hide anything, explaining how Rogue Cultivator Yuji had gathered a group of people in Yunmengze. Nujiang was instantly shocked upon hearing this and immediately summoned the disciple responsible for recording movements on Fengyu Dock's medium-sized teleportation array.

Soon, the records of Rogue Cultivator Yuji's group were found.

After Luo Xue'er's Golden Core formation, they had teleported to a place called Dazhi Island, which had a high-grade second-tier spiritual vein. The Five Elements Sect had consequently established a market and set up a small teleportation array there.

Nujiang immediately dispatched disciples to investigate, and detailed information soon arrived.

Rogue Cultivator Yuji's group of Foundation Establishment cultivators left Dazhi Island immediately upon arrival. A few individuals, having revealed their Foundation Establishment cultivation, were noticed by the island's disciples, who observed them heading towards the water to the south.

"Junior Martial Brother, leave this matter to me. I'll personally lead the investigation."

Nujiang volunteered, having guarded Yunmengze for nearly two hundred years and thus knowing the area intimately.

"This matter involves demonic cultivators; it's safer if I handle it myself."

Chen Mobai shook his head. Having been so cautious already, he couldn't stop halfway.

At this point, Nujiang also shared the good news of Luo Xue'er's successful Golden Core formation.

Chen Mobai was very pleased to hear this.

Since Luo Xue'er was still consolidating her realm, he didn't disturb her. After exchanging a few words, he took Qing Nü directly to Dazhi Island.

Unfortunately, the waters of Yunmengze were vast and boundless; finding eleven Foundation Establishment cultivators there was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, they had the approximate direction of their departure and the Life Cult's grand art, "Water Mirror Reflection"!

Qing Nü was a true genius. To catch up with Chen Mobai as much as possible, she cultivated diligently. She had already mastered the five grand arts of the Life Cult.

A pool of Abyssal Nether True Water appeared in her snowy palm, like a round mirror. After aligning it with the direction, it quickly utilized the omnipresent water vapor in the void to reflect all things within a hundred-mile radius, revealing every minute detail.

Chen Mobai entered the state of Fangcun Book, analyzing these reflections in the shortest time possible, identifying several locations with abnormal spiritual energy or unusual activity beneath the water surface.

He used Void Walk to investigate each spot. Two locations were hiding demonic beasts, which he easily eliminated. At the third location, he discovered a relatively rare third-tier Water Immortal Grass, guarded by a second-tier demonic beast, which he naturally also dispatched.

"An unexpected gain."

Returning to Qing Nü's side, Chen Mobai handed her the third-tier Water Immortal Grass. With a look of pleasant surprise, she placed it into the Pure Yang Cauldron.

"Isn't it said that cultivators and demonic beasts are constantly fighting in Yunmengze? How can there still be such good medicinal ingredients?"

Qing Nü was somewhat puzzled by the fact that they could just pick up a third-tier medicinal herb simply by going out.

"It's normal. Yunmengze is too vast, comparable to the combined area of Donghuang and Dongwu. Although the total number of cultivators in both regions is considerable, compared to Yunmengze, they are just a drop in the ocean. At most, they occupy some crucial spiritual islands and develop the surrounding water resources."

"Because of this, if the demonic beasts don't go mad and launch active attacks, neither region previously had the ability to completely clear out all the demonic beasts hidden in Yunmengze."

"Therefore, there are still many resources like Water Immortal Grass growing beneath the surface. This is also where the Heavenly River Realm is better than the Immortal Sect: as long as one is willing to work hard, even ordinary cultivators have a chance to find rare treasures that could change their lives."

Listening to Chen Mobai, Qing Nü nodded, then immediately cast the Water Mirror Reflection art again, beginning to scan the next hundred-mile radius.

This time, they indeed found two more different valuable medicinal herbs, as well as groups of alligator turtle demonic beasts.

Chen Mobai used the Yuan Yang Sword Aura, which caused the least disturbance. An orange-red ray of light burst from his sword scabbard. After entering the water, it flashed back and forth several times, silently slicing all the demonic beasts into pieces of flesh.

"Could we be looking in the wrong direction?"

After three consecutive uses of Water Mirror Reflection, they found no trace of Yuji's group, and Qing Nü spoke with some hesitation.

"Let's keep looking. If we still can't find them, we can investigate thoroughly after they return to Beiyuan City."

Chen Mobai said this, as he hadn't originally intended to take action himself. His plan was to confirm Yuji's identity as a demonic cultivator and then let the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sect handle it.

Qing Nü nodded gently after hearing him.

On the fourth use of Water Mirror Reflection, after Chen Mobai analyzed the reflected world with the Fangcun Book, he finally noticed a strange distortion on the water's surface.

He immediately used Void Walk to reach the area above this distorted water surface.

He quickly discovered an illusion array beneath the water. After casting his Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes, he soon realized the illusion array was concealing a teleportation array.

After confirming there was no one inside the illusion array, he stepped into it.

At the core of the teleportation array, several unused spirit stones were still present, indicating someone had just used it.

Chen Mobai immediately cast Echoing Valley Sound to listen to the lingering fluctuations of void energy.

Unfortunately, Echoing Valley Sound clearly couldn't directly discern the situation on the other side through the teleportation array.

To find out where Yuji and his group had gone via this teleportation array, they would have to activate it and follow.

Soon after, Qing Nü also arrived.

"Should we teleport?"

Qing Nü said this with a hint of eagerness. In her view, with her Dao companion being a Nascent Soul cultivator, there was no place they couldn't go in this realm.

"Let's still be cautious. After all, the Life Cult was once here, and even an ascended cultivator like True Monarch Yiyuan emerged from this place. What if the other side of the teleportation array leads to a cultivation cave left by such beings? We could still get trapped."

Chen Mobai's ability to cultivate to his current level was entirely due to his prudence. Even as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he first used a Faceless Puppet to test the waters.

Besides his own, he even gave Qing Nü a Faceless Puppet.

Given his current status in the Immortal Sect, gathering materials for crafting Faceless Puppets only required a phone call. When Wenren Xuewei heard about the most difficult biomimetic materials, she dropped everything and prepared them for him immediately.

It was precisely for this reason that Chen Mobai had extra Faceless Puppets to give Meng Huang'er.

Of course, when crafting Faceless Puppets, besides using them himself, he also wanted to try and see if he could upgrade these puppets to the fourth tier.

This was, after all, Che Yucheng's lifelong wish. As his disciple, now that he had the ability, he was certainly going to try.

The new Faceless Puppets Chen Mobai crafted were already somewhat different from the original version; he had also incorporated some of Yan Xinjie's understanding of puppetry.

However, the journey to complete the theory for a fourth-tier puppet within the Immortal Sect's knowledge and material framework was still long and arduous.

The Faceless Puppet given to Qing Nü could be considered the pinnacle of Chen Mobai's current puppetry.

Apart from biomimetic and other irreplaceable materials from the Immortal Sect, all other components that could be replaced with higher-grade local materials were upgraded.

Moreover, the puppet's energy core was a top-grade spirit stone.

After Qing Nü split her divine sense to inhabit the puppet, she felt that the Faceless Puppet could unleash even greater power than her own body.

Once both were ready, they activated the teleportation array.

Soon, the two puppet avatars were bathed in silver light, but after the teleportation light vanished, they were still standing in the same spot.

Chen Mobai couldn't help but be slightly stunned by this scene.

Under Qing Nü's puzzled gaze, his expression remained normal as he cast the Fangcun Book, thoroughly inspecting the teleportation array from beginning to end.

Soon, he discovered the problem.

It turned out that this teleportation array could only transport cultivators below the Golden Core stage.

No wonder all the people Yuji brought were Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Understanding this, Chen Mobai quickly thought of a solution.

He removed the top-grade spirit stone from the puppet's core and replaced it with a mid-grade spirit stone.

This way, it would only emit Qi Condensation level fluctuations.

Qing Nü followed suit. Of course, they still kept the top-grade spirit stones with them, planning to swap them back in after teleporting.

They activated the teleportation array again. Bathed in silver light, the two puppet bodies finally vanished before their eyes.

After passing through the teleportation array, Chen Mobai and Qing Nü found themselves in an underwater world.

A massive, transparent light barrier, like a hemisphere, enveloped the area. It didn't block the water flow but instead contained the abundant and vast spiritual energy within.

Chen Mobai gently moved the puppet body and felt the resistance of the water. He activated the Faceless Puppet's scanning function, and soon the screen displayed images of schools of fish swimming around various vibrant corals.

The water here was crystal clear, and under the coral's glow, it seemed as if rainbows shimmered.

They were now at the edge of the light barrier, and in the center, opulent golden palaces could be seen.

"The spiritual energy here is actually fifth-tier!"

At this moment, Qing Nü also used the Faceless Puppet's built-in function to detect the spiritual energy level and was greatly astonished!